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Marcia Hines
Background information
Born	July 20, 1953 (age 53)
Origin	Born: Boston, United States Resides: Australia
Genre(s)	Pop, Disco
Occupation(s)	Singer, TV Personality
Years active	1974–present
Label(s)	Liberation
Website	MarciaHines.com.au

Marcia Hines (born July 20, 1953) is an American born singer who achieved great success in her adopted homeland of Australia.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Later career 3 Discography 3.1 Albums 3.2 Singles 4 Trivia 5 References 6 External links

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 received well. 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 Burt Bacharach/Hal David song recorded by Dusty Springfield, "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself", and 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 up-tempo dance song, which was 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, where she is alternatively thought of as "the nice judge" and accused of being a fence-sitter unable to provide criticism of any kind. However, the success of the program led to renewed interest in her as a recording artist and in 2004 she released an album of covers, titled "Hinesight - Songs from the Journey" which featured a duet with Belinda Emmett of "Shower The People". In 2005 she released a remixed version of her earlier hit, "You" followed in 2006 by "Discotheque" an album containing her versions of 14 disco classics. The album debuted at #6 on the ARIA Charts.

• "Marcia Shines" (1975) - #4 Australia
• "Shining" (1976) - #3 Australia
• "Ladies And Gentlemen" (1977) - #6 Australia
• "Child" (1979) - #15 Australia
• "Take It From The Boys" (1981) - #16 Australia
• "Marcia Hines Greatest Hits" (1982) - #2 Australia
• "Time of Our Lives" (2000)
• "Diva" (2001) - #63 Australia
• "Hinesight" (2004) - #12 Australia
• "Marcia: Greatest Hits 1975-1983" (2004) - #74 Australia
• "Discotheque" (2006) - #6 Australia (Gold)

Biggest charting singles:

• "Fire and Rain" (1974) - #17 Australia
• "From the Inside" (1975) - #10 Australia
• "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" (1976) - #6 Australia
• "You" (1977) - #2 Australia
• "Something's Missing" (1979) - #9 Australia
• "Your Love Still Brings Me to My Knees' (1981) - #10 Australia
• "Rain (Let the Children Play)" (1994) - #47 Australia
• "Give It All You've Got" (1994)
• "What a Feeling" (1998)
• "Time of Our Lives " (1999) - #31 Australia
• "Makin' My Way" (1999)
• "Woo Me" (1999)
• "(I've Got to) Believe" (2000) - #172 Australia
• "Rise" (2000) - #116 Australia
• "To Love Somebody" (2003) (with Brian Cadd, Max Merritt, Doug Parkinson) - #96 Australia
• "You" (re-release) (2005) - #59 Australia
• "Stomp!" (2006) (with Deni Hines) - #43 Australia
• "I'm Coming Out" (2007) - #41 Australian Club Chart

• She is the mother of singer Deni Hines.
• Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell is her cousin. ^[1]
• Performed the closing act of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras party in 1990.

• Official site

Australian Idol
Hosts and Judges
Andrew G | James Mathison Mark Holden | Marcia Hines | Ian "Dicko" Dickson | Kyle Sandilands
Winners
Guy Sebastian | Casey Donovan | Kate DeAraugo | Damien Leith
Runners-Up
Shannon Noll | Anthony Callea | Emily Williams | Jessica Mauboy
Seasons
Idol 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006
Other
List of semi finalists | Young Divas | Australian Made: The Hits | List of commercial releases