国籍：美国 生日：1940 年 3 月 25 日 简介：A popular singer of the '60s, Anita Bryant has been known as a beauty queen, a singer, a Florida citrus spokeswoman, and later an advocate against homosexuality. Her hits, which made both the British and American charts, include "'Till There Was You," "Paper Roses," and "In My Little Corner of the World." 从艺历程：Born in Oklahoma, Bryant's musical career began at a very early age.She first performed on-stage at the age of six, and three years latershe won her first talent show. lt was after this victory that she won aspot on Arthur Godfrey's talent show on television. From there hermusical career blossomed, and the singer -- known as Oklahoma's"Red Feather Girl" -- made her recording debut in 1956 with the single"Sinful to Flirt" In 1958, she was crowned Miss Oklahoma and moved on to the MissAmerica pageant, where she came in third thanks to her musicaltalents."'Till There Was You" from The Music Man was Bryant's firstchart-topping hit in 1959. She released three albums on the Carltonlabel (Anita Bryant, In Your Home Tonight, and In My Little Corner of theWorld), and hit number one again in 1960 with Bert Kaempfert's"Wonderland of Night." (Marie Osmond later recorded another ofBryant's songs, "In My Little Corner of the World," for her own hit.) In 1962, Bryant switched to Columbia and recorded a series ofinspirational titles as well as standard pop albums. During the '7Os, sherecorded several albums for the religious label Word, though thetransition never lacked the boisterous singing style that had alreadybeen associated with her. In the '80s and '90s,Anita Bryant's interests again changed. Althoughshe still enjoyed singing and performing, she became an advocateagainst homosexualityand began working as a motivational speaker.She continued to sing in numerous performances throughout theseason at the Anita Bryant Theater in Branson, Missouri, and later ather own theater in Pigeon Forge,Tennessee.The Pigeon Forge venuefiled for bankruptcyin 2001.