IMPRESSIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Marjorie in her wedding dress.

Her biographer wrote: “So after a few years of working 90 hours a week, the music side of her life started to pay off. By 1996, her songs started appearing on prime time and daytime TV. Since then, Marjorie's music has aired on HBO, ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, WB, UPN, LIFETIME, DISCOVERY and TNT; on Emmy winning shows such as The Sopranos, and on prime time series such as Seventh Heaven, Two of a Kind, Clueless, The Strip, Seven Days, ER, and Pacific Palisades; on daytime television, such as All My Children, As the World Turns, Young & The Restless, One Life to Live, Another World, Guiding Light, and Sunset Beach; and in NBC movies of the week, such as Witness to The Mob, (exec. produced by Robert De Niro), and A Champion's Fight. "I even sang on some of the masters. It was great that other people were finally able to hear and feel the music I was making. But unfortunately, it wasn't enough to officially switch professions quite yet."

But one day it would be. Her first mutli-platinum release finally came in November 1999, when her heart wrenching ballad "If Only Tears Could Bring You Back," (co-written with Russ DeSalvo/ produced by Jimmy Bralower ) appeared in the Warner Bros. film, "Pokemon, The First Movie." and on the multi-platinum soundtrack on Atlantic Records, featuring artists such as 'NSync, 98° , Britney Spears, and Christina Aguilera. Soon after, Columbia Pictures' "Stuart Little" hit the theaters and remained #1 at the box office for several weeks. Her song, "The Two of Us," recorded by "SClub 7" (co-written and produced by Soul Solution) was featured on the "Stuart Little" soundtrack on Motown/Universal Records. In the year following, an assortment of artists began covering her songs, including "Sentidos Opeustos." The Latin duo released their 3rd LP, "Movimiento Perpetuo" on EMI Latin, featuring, "Promises," (co-written and produced by Jimmy Greco and Ray Contreras) .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The record went Gold and reached the Top10. But it wasn't until 2001, when she got her first back to back hit singles, that things really started heating up. "Strawberry Kisses," (co-written with Andy Marvel and Jeff Franzel) debuted at #2, on the Australian charts launching the career of hot new BMG/Gotham artist Nikki Webster. The song held the slot for 8 weeks, reaching ARIA Certified Double Platinum. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, her first Spanish single, "Love Colada," (co-written with Andy Marvel and Amy Powers) was released by OV7, Epic's hottest young Latin group and reached #3. Later that same summer, Marjorie signed a sub-publishing deal with EMI International out of New York.” Celine Dion, her favorite artist made her way into the studio, with the Grammy winning producer Ric Wake, to record "When the Wrong One Loves you Right," a song Marjorie co-wrote with Martin Briley and Francis Gallucio, for her comeback album, "A New Day Has Come." Marjorie confessed: "To me Celine Dion was always the one artist I dreamed of writing for. Her voice is perfection! So when I heard that she 'liked the song' because the' lyric hit home' for her, my feet didn't touch the ground for days. This is truly one of those life-changing cuts every songwriter dreams of. I'm so blessed. " Indeed, The song appeared on Dion’s recent multi-platinum album, "A New Day Has Come”. CONTINUES NEXT