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13 Facts About Jane Olivor

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Jane Olivor was born on May 18,1947 and is an American singer.

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Jane Olivor released five more albums from 1995 through 2004.

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Jane Olivor became known, notably among the gay community, for her interpretations of songs such as "Some Enchanted Evening" from the Broadway musical South Pacific and "Come Softly to Me", by The Fleetwoods.

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Jane Olivor eased her way into the burgeoning New York City cabaret scene of the early 1970s.

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Jane Olivor appeared at Reno Sweeney, owned and operated by Lewis Friedman and Eliot Hubbard, which Vito Russo described as "the center of the universe during the now-legendary cabaret revival of the early 1970s".

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The first pressing of the album contained a one-sided insert 45 RPM single of "Some Enchanted Evening", re-recorded by Jane Olivor and produced by Charles Calello.

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In 1978, Jane Olivor released the album Stay the Night, with a title track, "Stay the Night" by composer Susan Casazza and lyricist Norman Dolph.

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8.

In between Stay the Night and the release of The Best Side of Goodbye, Jane Olivor found herself busy with concerts and toured as a special guest of Johnny Mathis.

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Jane Olivor continued to headline at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, Carnegie Hall in New York, and other venues.

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Jane Olivor put her career on hold to care for him until his death in 1986.

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On November 11,2003, Jane Olivor appeared at the Berklee Performance Center at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, where she taped Safe Return, a live album of music spanning her entire career.

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Jane Olivor had recorded her first live album, Jane Olivor in Concert, in the same venue in 1982, but except for a Christmas concert in 1999 had not performed there since.

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Jane Olivor is a staunch supporter of animal rights, and she has taken an interest in the efforts of the Marin Humane Society.