Terri Nunn
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Terri Nunn (born June 26, 1961 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is an American singer and actress.
She appeared in numerous television shows of the 1970's and 1980's, including T.J. Hooker and Lou Grant. She also appeared in the 1978 film Thank God It's Friday.
Nunn joined the New Wave, techno-pop band Berlin in 1979, but temporarily left the band the following year to pursue an acting career. In 1981, Nunn rejoined the group as the lead vocalist and would soon forge her recording career with the band. Nunn's greatest success with Berlin was the top-selling single "Take My Breath Away", the love theme from the film Top Gun, which reached the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100, and has since been remade in a cover version by Jessica Simpson. Other popular songs songs voiced by Nunn included "Sex (I'm A...)", "The Metro", "No More Words", and "Masquerade".
In 1985 Nunn took a brief break as lead vocalist for Berlin and recorded the song "Dancing In Isolation" for the film Better Off Dead. The song was produced by British singer and producer Rupert Hine. In 1989, Nunn performed a duet with ex-Squeeze member Paul Carrack called "Romance". The song appeared the film soundtrack to the movie Sing, starring Peter Dobson and Lorraine Bracco.
In the early 1990's Nunn sang backing vocals for the band The Sisters of Mercy. In 1992, she recorded and released a solo album entitled Moment of Truth. Nunn obtained the rights to use of the band's name when Berlin disbanded in 1987, and resurrected Berlin with new members in the late 1990s and resumed recording and touring. Two EPs, Fall Into Heaven and Fall Into Heaven 2, were released in 1999, followed by Berlin's first live album, Sacred and Profane, in 2000. This album also contained three new studio tracks including the title track which was notable for Nunn's collaboration with Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins. A subsequent album featuring all new songs, Voyeur, was released in 2002. Berlin's latest album, 4Play, released in 2005, included both new songs and covers of some of the band's favorite songs by other artists. In 2006, Nunn appeared as a guest vocalist on Pamela Moore's album Stories from a Blue Room.
