Amy Holland

Amy Holland is a pop rock singer. Her mother was country star Esmereldy and her father was opera singer Harry Boersma. [Joel Whitburn, "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits". 7th edn, 2000] Holland's self-titled album, produced by Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers, was released in 1980 and featured the hit "How Do I Survive", which peaked at #22 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. [ [http://wm02.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:wzfexqw5ldae~T51 Billboard Singles] , Allmusic.com] She was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1981. A second album followed in 1983, featuring the single "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"/"You're All I Need to Get By" with Chris Christian, and that year she landed two songs on the soundtrack to the movie "Scarface". She later married McDonald and sang backup vocals on his records, in addition to singing backup on records by bands such as First Call.

Discography

*"Amy Holland" (Capitol Records, 1980) U.S. #146 [ [http://wm02.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:wzfexqw5ldae~T5 Billboard] , Allmusic.com]
*"On Your Every Word" (EMI, 1983)
*"The Journey to Miracle River" (Chonin Records, 2008)

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