#OnThisDay #BillboardHot100 October 24, 1987 - Laura debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart at #97 with the emotive powerhouse ballad "Power of Love," the second single from her fifth album TOUCH. In August 2003, Laura told "In Newsweekly," "Well, I really love 'Power of Love' because I'm really an emotional singer and that song represents the ultimate in emotion. It also shows the ultimate power in my vocal range." That power and that raw emotion expressed in the vocals on "Power of Love" is un

#OnThisDay #TV #SolidGold January 30, 1988 - Laura gave an impassioned and stunning performance of the ever emotive "Power of Love," the second single released from her fifth album TOUCH (1987), on the hit TV music show SOLID GOLD, after a great introduction by guest host and actor Alan Thicke. This David Kershenbaum produced power ballad was a song in Laura's repertoire that she had a great love and reverence for, commenting, "It's the kind of song that takes every ounce of my being, every minu

#OnThisDay #TV December 4, 1982 - Laura was the musical guest on Season 8, Episode 8 of the legendary late-night TV show "Saturday Night Live," broadcast by NBC from New York City, and hosted that evening by The Smothers Brothers. Laura first performed her mega-hit "Gloria," and then returned later in the show with the powerful rocker "Living a Lie". Her younger brother Billy (striped shirt) was part of her band at the time on guitar. What was not plainly known at the time of Laura's appearance