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Andrea True Dead: 'More More More' Singer, Adult-Film Star Dies at 68
- Posted on Nov 22nd 2011 10:55AM by Dan Reilly
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Born in Nashville, True -- real name Andrea Marie Truden -- moved to New York City as a teenager to pursue a career in acting. After getting small parts in films such as 'The Way We Were' and '40 Carats,' True turned to pornography and became a leading lady in the industry, appearing in movies like 'Deep Throat Part II' and 'Lady on the Couch.'
Her singing career was launched thanks to a few twists of fate. After shooting a commercial in Jamaica in 1975, True was unable to leave the island with the money she had earned, thanks to the country's rampant political instability. Rather than fork over her pay, True enlisted a record producer to help her record a song so she could leave with the master tape and, in effect, keep her money. True put her vocals on the instrumental track and thus 'More More More' was born.
The song was remixed and released in 1976, ultimately reaching No. 4 on the pop singles charts and No. 1 on the disco tracks list. True followed it up with several other singles, including 'Party Line,' 'N.Y., You Got Me Dancing' and 'What's Your Name, What's Your Number,' that were hits on the Club Play charts but failed to reach the success of 'More More More,' which is currently being used in a Honey Bunches of Oats cereal commercial.
In 1980, True released what would be her final album, 'War Machine,' and tried to return to her success in the porn industry. A problem with her vocal cords led to surgery, which ended her singing career, and she dropped out of the adult-film game after finding fewer roles. In her later years, she reportedly worked as a drug counselor and astrologer, and made occasional appearances on VH1 throwback shows and in the documentary 'Inside Deep Throat.' In 1999, 'More More More' returned to the spotlight when it was sampled for Len's hit, 'Steal My Sunshine.'
According to the funeral home, True was cremated.
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Al
Be interesting to know what her family thought of her career. I wonder if she was still close to them. Just wondering I guess.
July 02 2012 at 2:05 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
R
The late Gregg Diamond played a huge part in the success of the single and album "More, More, More", writing, producing, and playing drums on it. That sexy "Herb Alpert" inspired horn is the best, too. RIP, Andrea. {>( . . . . . .
December 22 2011 at 3:54 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThis does make me sad. I have lots of good memories of listening to that album. I really loved "Party Line." Time goes on. Makes me think of my friends from the seventies. Good times.
November 25 2011 at 6:33 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI can't believe how corny the Disco era was. We had a blast living it, but today I cringe every time I see one of these tacky old videos. RIP Andrea.
November 24 2011 at 5:28 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
John
She was an amazing talent in and out of bed. More, more, more summed up her entire career. She oviously couldn't get enough. Now, her story has ended and there will be no more, no more, no more. By the way, her BEST songs were N.Y. You Got me Dancing and What's Your Name, What's Your Number. Brilliant and infectious songs which will live forever. RIP Andrea True.
November 24 2011 at 1:07 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
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I thought I'd just walked into a truckstop here.
November 22 2011 at 4:40 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Nicole Benjamin
May she rest in peace my heart goes out to her family and friends . this is really sad all of the disco artist are dying off one by one now Robin Gibb of bees gees is fighting for his life due to liver cancer I hope he makes it gets well the disco culture can't afford to lose anymore artist of that era . who else is going to tell the world what it was like in the disco days. I'm 25years old I've been a disco fan since 2007 Disco rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! .
November 22 2011 at 4:26 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI never have seen her movies, I heard she was a porn actress a while back & her disco classic is 100% better than anything out these days.
November 22 2011 at 3:27 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAndrea spent a lot of "private time" with dozens of radio programmers in 1976 to get her song up to #4 on the pop charts...
November 22 2011 at 3:01 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAnd you make this comment based on what, exactly?
November 24 2011 at 12:35 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHow do you know it's true? If it was true, why would you have a problem with that?
November 25 2011 at 12:02 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
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