The event is held at the plaza in Mesilla, and the Branigan Cultural Center in downtown Las Cruces.

Thomas Branigan Memorial Library is the city's public library.

That building is now the Branigan Cultural Center.

*" Gloria ", the Main Line is mentioned in this pop song by Laura Branigan.

The album also won the Best Soundtrack Grammy but, as this award is given only to the composers, Branigan was not nominated.

The Platinum Collection is an 18-song compilation including all the major hits as well as tracks such as " Silent Partners ", " Satisfaction ", " All Night With Me " and " If You Loved Me ", that were four relatively new additions to Branigan hits compilations.

At Byram Hills High School in Armonk, New York, the Laura Branigan Memorial Scholarship is given annually to a senior for excellence in the Performing Arts.

The previous library building, also called Thomas Branigan Memorial Library, opened in 1935.

" The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye " had been originally recorded in April 1991 as a single by Thomas Anders ( of Modern Talking fame ) and also appeared in 1993 on the album, Over My Heart by American pop chanteuse Laura Branigan.

Branigan also contributed songs to notable motion picture and television soundtracks, including the Grammy and Academy Award-winning Flashdance soundtrack ( 1983 ), the Ghostbusters soundtrack ( 1984 ), and the Baywatch soundtrack ( 1994 ), as well as having songs featured in the popular Grand Theft Auto video game series.

Branigan was also nominated for an award at the American Music Awards of 1985 for Favorite Pop / Rock Female Video Artist ( though Cyndi Lauper won the award ).

During the height of her career, Branigan also made acting appearances, first in 1981 in An American Girl in Berlin for German television, and then after the success of " Gloria ," guest appearances on American television series such as CHiPs, Automan and Knight Rider.

Many famous performers such as Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Elaine Page, Frank Sinatra, Queen, Elton John, Sarah Brightman, Roxette, Julio Iglesias, The O ' Jays, Boney M., Black Sabbath, Rod Stewart, Tina Turner, Dionne Warwick, Laura Branigan and Thomas Anders ( of Modern Talking fame ) also performed at the ' Sun City Super Bowl ', a large auditorium which seats 6, 230.

Opening in the summer of 2001 and scheduled for only a few weeks of performances, the show won acclaim and packed houses and was held over several times, the demanding role of the singing Janis attracting rock vocalists from relative unknowns to pop stars Laura Branigan and Beth Hart.

The song " I Found Someone ", a collaboration with Michael Bolton, was recorded by Laura Branigan and ultimately became a top 10 hit for Cher.

The tracks are for the most part works from various real-life artists, such as Megadeth, Electric Light Orchestra, Judas Priest, Quiet Riot, Toto, Blondie, Iron Maiden, Ozzy Osbourne, David Lee Roth, INXS, Michael Jackson, Teena Marie, Rick James, Kate Bush, Bryan Adams, Go West, Luther Vandross, Kool & the Gang, A Flock of Seagulls, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Spandau Ballet, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, Hashim, Corey Hart, Laura Branigan, REO Speedwagon, and Eumir Deodato.

" Cover Girl " became a hit for the band Prism in 1980 and " The Best Was Yet to Come ", written with Jim Vallance, was on Adams ' album Cuts Like a Knife ( 1983 ), and later was covered by Laura Branigan.

Other pop, dancefloor and adult contemporary hits from Branigan's Self Control album include " The Lucky One " ( which won her a Tokyo Music Festival prize ), the continental ballad " Ti Amo " ( another Umberto Tozzi hit, and a # 2 hit in Australia for Branigan ) and the Dance hit " Satisfaction.

( In concerts and television appearances throughout her career, Branigan accompanied herself on the piano for the song.

Also in 1985 Branigan performed the main theme song for the highly rated television mini-series Hollywood Wives, based on the novel by Jackie Collins.

In 2005, Other Half Entertainment organized a memorial for friends and fans of Branigan.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang did not, however, restart her film career or launch a career for her in episodic television despite several guest-starring roles in Mission: Impossible, Marcus Welby, M. D., and Branigan and The Men From Shiloh.

Branigan ( produced by German producer Jack White ) moved deeper into the Euro disco style for further hits, alongside Giorgio Moroder-produced US acts Berlin and Irene Cara.

*" Solitaire " ( Laura Branigan song ) ( 1983 )

Her first solo album Branigan was released in 1982 ; the first single from this album was " All Night With Me ," which hit # 69 on the Billboard charts in early 1982.

Branigan had official hit collections released in South America, Japan, Germany, South Africa, and the United States.

The United States collection was released in 1995: The 13-track The Best of Branigan and included two newly recorded covers: " Show Me Heaven " ( written by Maria McKee ) and the Donna Summer hit " Dim All the Lights ", which Branigan released in several remixes.

Also in 2002 her second official United States hits collection, The Essentials: Laura Branigan, was released, including the long out-of-print hit " I Found Someone ".

Artists and songs covered included " Into The Groove " by Madonna, " Message in a Bottle " by The Police, " Gloria " by Laura Branigan, " Hip Hop Hooray " by Naughty by Nature, " Friday I'm in Love " by The Cure, " Livin ' on a Prayer " by Bon Jovi, " Physical " by Olivia Newton-John, " Heaven Is A Place On Earth " by Belinda Carlisle, " Everybody Have Fun Tonight " by Wang Chung, " All Fired Up " by Pat Benatar, " Workin ' Overtime " by Diana Ross, " The Promise of a New Day " by Paula Abdul, " Pump up the Jam " by Technotronic, " Motownphilly " by Boyz II Men, " I Have Nothing " by Whitney Houston and " Breakaway " by Tracey Ullman in addition to hundreds of other songs over the entire run.

Branigan, the nine-song debut album, alternated four energetic up-tempo songs with five ballads, including one of the few songs written solely by Branigan: " I Wish We Could Be Alone ".

Their other hits include " In Your Room " ( The Bangles ), " Spirit of Love " ( by Laura Branigan ), " I Drove All Night " ( recorded by Roy Orbison, Cyndi Lauper and Celine Dion ), " I Touch Myself " ( Divinyls ), " Sex as a Weapon " ( by Pat Benatar ), and " Look Me in the Heart " ( by Tina Turner ).

" Released in May 1993, Me Amarás features a Spanish-language cover of the Laura Branigan song " Self Control ", titled " Que Dia Es Hoy ".

Cover versions of her hits have been recorded by Madeline Bell, The Belle Stars, Laura Branigan, Aaron Carter, Gary Glitter, Ricardo Ray, Pia Zadora, Southern Culture on the Skids, and Gladys Knight and the Pips ( a version of " The Nitty Gritty ", produced by Norman Whitfield ).

The oldies format returned to WCBS-FM on July 12, 2007 in an updated form featuring music from 1964 to 1989 ( and without the word " Oldies ", but rather " Greatest Hits " in the on-air positioning ), with songs such as " Girls Just Want to Have Fun " by Cyndi Lauper, " Gloria " by Laura Branigan, and " We Built This City " by Starship in rotation ( though it should be pointed out that the original WCBS-FM played current hits mixed in with its oldies as late as the late 1980s and the three songs mentioned here during most of their years ).

Amid reports that pop star Laura Branigan was featuring the song on her next album, Hold Me, Alphaville's " Forever Young " was re-released as a single in the US, but it did not prove to be massively popular.

* 1957 – Laura Branigan, American singer-songwriter and actress ( d. 2004 )

* Branigan, K. & Dearne, M. J. ( 1990 ) The Romano-British finds from Wookey Hole: a re-appraisal.

* Branigan, K. & Dearne, M. J. ( 1991 ) A Gazetteer of Romano-British Cave Sites and their Finds.

** Laura Branigan, American singer ( d. 2004 )

* August 26 – Laura Branigan, American singer ( b. 1957 )

Many celebrities-among them Courtney Love, Michelle Branch, Belinda Carlisle, the Dixie Chicks, Mary J. Blige, Sheryl Crow, Nadia Ali, Florence Welch, Taylor Swift, Laura Branigan, Sarah McLachlan, Kelly Clarkson, Vanessa Carlton, Georgi Cussick, Tori Amos, Michelle Hotaling, Jennifer Hanson, Ruston Taylor, and Delta Goodrem-have cited Nicks as an inspiration.

Laura Branigan initially protested an MTV request to edit her " Self Control " video in 1984, but relented when the network refused to air the William Friedkin-directed clip, featuring the singer lured through an increasingly debauched, if increasingly stylized, series of nightclubs by a masked man who ultimately takes her to bed.

The Branigan Cultural Center examines local history through photographs, sculpture, paintings, and poetry.

Laura Branigan recorded a version of " Mujer Contra Mujer " on her 1993 album Over My Heart.

Two years after she had learned English, Dion made her debut into the Anglophone market with Unison ( 1990 ), the lead single having originally been recorded by Laura Branigan.

That same year, American singer Laura Branigan recorded a version of the song with new English lyrics under the title " Deep In The Dark " on her album Branigan 2.