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Name: Marcia Hines  
   
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Date of Birth: 20th July 1953
   
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
   
Profession: Actress
 
 
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Marcia Hines album cover 1999

Marcia Hines (born July 23, 1953) is an American born singer who achieved great success in her adopted homeland of Australia.

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she began singing as a child in her local church choir and by her teens was performing with groups in her local area. At the age of 16, she was discovered by Australian entrepreneur Harry M. Miller who was visiting the United States in preparation for an Australian stage production of Hair.

She moved to Australia and became the youngest person in the world to play a featured role in any production of Hair. The show was a major success and Hines was very well received. Miller then approached her to play Mary Magdalene in the production of Jesus Christ Superstar. Hines became the first black woman to play Mary Magdalene and achieved a second major success.

A record contract followed and her first single released in 1974 was a cover version of James Taylor's "Fire And Rain". Most of her hit singles were released between 1976 and 1979, and included her cover versions of the Dusty Springfield song, "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself", The Rolling Stones's "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and "What I Did For Love" from the Broadway musical A Chorus Line. Her biggest hit was the number one single "You", an uptempo dance song, which was in turn covered in the United States by Rita Coolidge.

She continued to record and achieved a few more hits including the dance track "Your Love Still Brings Me To My Knees" in the eighties. "Flashdance, What A Feeling" which was originally recorded by Irene Cara and "Time of Our Lives were both hits for Hines in 1999.

In 2003 she returned to the public eye after a period of inactivity, with her role as judge on the television show Australian Idol. The success of the program led to renewed interest in her as a recording artist and in 2004 she released an album of cover versions, titled Hinesight - Songs from the Journey. In 2005 she released a remixed version of her earlier hit, "You".

She is the mother of singer Deni Hines.

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