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Marilyn Martin (born May 4, 1954) is an American singer best known for her 1985 hit duet with Phil Collins, "Separate Lives."
Marilyn Martin was born in Tennessee but raised in Louisville, Kentucky. She was exposed to different kinds of music as a child. Her father was a country music and bluegrass fan, her mother liked R&B and her grandmother sang gospel. At age 18 she started singing with different bands, eventually joining one from Akron, Ohio. After five years of gigs in clubs, they had an opportunity to tour with Joe Walsh, who was headlining with Stevie Nicks. Also on the tour were Michael McDonald, Boz Scaggs and Kenny Loggins. After this tour, Martin moved to Los Angeles and gained notice as a backing vocalist for artists including Stevie Nicks, Joe Walsh, Don Henley, Tom Petty and Kenny Loggins.
Martin became a protegee of Doug Morris, the then-head of Atlantic Records, who had heard her backing vocals on Nicks' album Rock a Little and was impressed enough to ask for a demo. She recorded the Nicks song "Sorcerer" (on which Nicks features on backing vocals) for the Jim Steinman soundtrack of the 1984 film Streets of Fire. Morris signed Martin to a two album contract and connected her with Phil Collins for "Separate Lives," part of the soundtrack for the 1985 film White Nights. The song was a number one hit in the U.S. and a Top 5 hit in the United Kingdom.
I'm tired, I'm thirsty
I'm wild eyed in my misery
Timeless, in your finery
A high price for your luxury
Sorcerer, who is the master
Man and woman on a star stream
In the middle of a snow dream
Sorcerer, show me the high life
Come over, let me put you on ice
I'm tired when I need you badly
Wild eyed in the middle of your dreams
Timeless, it's a mystery
All the way, now, it's never what you see
Sorcerer, who is the master
Man and woman on a star stream
In the middle of a snow dream
Sorcerer, show me the high life
Come over, let me put you on ice
All around, black ink darkness
And who found the lady from the mountain
All around, black ink darkness
Who found the lady from the mountain
The lady from the mountain
The lady from the mountain
The lady from the mountain
I'm tired, I'm thirsty
I'm wild eyed in my mystery
Timeless, in your finery
A high price for your luxury
Sorcerer, who is the master
Man and woman on a star stream
In the middle of a snow dream
Sorcerer, show me the high life
Come over, let me put you on ice
Sorcerer, who is the master
Man and woman on a star stream
In the middle of a snow dream
Sorcerer, show me the high life
Come over, let me put you on
Sorcerer, who is the master
Man and woman on a star stream
In the middle of a snow dream