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Nova Scotia, Canada, Murray studied piano as a child, and at 15 began taking classical voice lessons. While studying to be a teacher, Murray also continued to pursue music and tried out for Singalong Jubilee, a popular Canadian summer television show shot in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She eventually became a regular on the show, which led to a recording contract and the release of her debut album "What About Me" in 1968. The record was well-received and popular for an independent album, thereby earning the attention of Capitol Records, whose Canadian division signed Murray to a long-term contract in 1969. In the fall of 1969 Capitol released "This Is My Way", her first album on the Capitol label. It was this LP that produced her breakthrough hit single, "Snowbird", and the first time in history that an American gold record was awarded to a solo Canadian female. After a period of struggle, Murray returned to near the top of the charts with 1978's, a cover of the Everly Brother's "Walk Right Back," followed shortly afterward by "You Need Me," her biggest hit since "Snowbird". The single reached number four on the country charts and topped the pop charts, going gold by the end of the year and earning Murray a Grammy Award. For the next eight years, she had a virtually uninterrupted string of Top Ten country hits, highlighted by nine number one hits, including "I Just Fall in Love Again" (1979), "Shadows In The Moonlight" (1979), "Broken Hearted Me" (1979) and "Could I Have This Dance" (1980).



Murray's sales began to decline in the latter half of the '80s, primarily due to the shifting tastes of the country audience, who were beginning to seek out harder-edged, new performers. But Murray continued to record and perform, racking up four Grammys, three American Music Awards, three Country Music Association Awards, three Canadian Country Music Association Awards, 25 Juno Awards, and an induction into the Juno Hall of Fame in 1993. "I think that when you leave a performance, you should feel that you know the performer a little better," Murray has said. After forty years of entertaining, fans are pleased to feel like they know her well.