Beverly Bremers

Beverly Ann Bremers (born March 10, 1950) is an American singer and actress. After roles on Broadway, Bremers recorded the 1972 Top 20 hit single, "Don't Say You Don't Remember".

Early life/ career Beverly Bremers - her surname is pronounced breemɛrs (rhymes with dreamers) - was born in Chicago, but within three years had relocated with her family to St. Louis. Bremers had sung for fun from an early age and, at age eight, she began studying acting. After relocating with her family to the New York City area when she was aged ten, Bremers began singing in local talent shows. She performed on the Ted Mack Amateur Hour on her thirteenth birthday and made her recording debut at age 14 with a 1965 single release on Pickwick Records' Showcase label – “We Got Trouble” and a remake of "The Great Pretender" – with two subsequent RCA Records single releases, the first in June 1967 and the second in February 1968; all three of these singles were credited to Beverly Ann. Bremers joined the musical Hair early in its Broadway run, playing Chrissy. She then, in 1970, was an original cast member of the Obie Award-winning off-Broadway musical The Me Nobody Knows, in which she played Catherine. She reprised her role in the Broadway production and then returned to Hair playing the female lead, Sheila, during the final phase of that show's original Broadway run. Bremers was credited during her initial run in Hair and in The Me Nobody Knows as Beverly Ann Bremers.

Chart success

Through recording the original cast album for The Me Nobody Knows, Bremers met David Lipton, a music publishing house executive she would eventually marry. Lipton solicited "Don't Say You Don't Remember" from staff writers Helen Miller and Estelle Levitt for Bremers to record with the resultant master - deliberately styled to evoke the 1960s girl-group sound - being successfully shopped to Scepter Records and released in May 1971. It rose as high as #10 on the Easy Listening chart in Billboard magazine; it just failed to cross over to the Billboard Hot 100, stalling at #102 (see Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles). The follow-up single, "When Michael Calls", co-written by Bruce Springsteen’s manager, Mike Appel, had been readied when "Don't Say You Don't Remember" belatedly became a local smash in San Jose, with enough subsequent interest in other markets to debut at #98 on the Hot 100 dated December 18, 1971 entering the Top 40 dated January 22, 1972 to rise to a #15 peak on the Hot 100 on February 26, 1972. and was featured in the film Hopscotch. ("Morning Music" would later be a hit in the Netherlands for Kelly Page (#35/ 1983).) In 1980, Bremers represented the United States in the Seoul International Song Festival, performing the song "Growing Up to Goodbyes", which she also co-wrote with Jackie English; the song was declared the winner of the Gold Prize.

Bremers' greatest success as a songwriter has been as the composer of the theme from the Disney Channel series Mousercise, which earned Bremers a platinum record. Bremers has also written the score for five musicals produced in Los Angeles and San Diego. In 2005, Bremers released a new album entitled Don't Say You Don't Remember Beverly Bremers, which included a re-recording of "Don't Say You Don't Remember" as well as new, original material.

Bremers has performed extensively in clubs and concerts in the U.S.; in television commercials; radio; films and games. She is also a well-respected vocal coach. Her most recent tour was in 2018.

Discography

Albums YearAlbumPeak chartpositionsRecord labelBillboard 200 1972 I'll Make You Music 124Scepter Records/Columbia

Singles YearTitlePeak chartpositionsRecord LabelB-sideAlbum US USAC 1967 "He's Coming Home" (as Beverly Ann) — — RCA Victor "He Won't See the Light" 1968 "You've Got Your Mind on Other Things"(as Beverly Ann) — — "Until You" 1971 "Don't Say You Don't Remember" 15 5 Scepter Records/Columbia "Get Smart Girl" I'll Make You Music "When Michael Calls" — — "Toy Girl" 1972 "We're Free" 40 15 "Colors of Love" I'll Make You Music "I Just Need Some Music" — — Brut Productions "Let It Play On" "I'll Make You Music" 63 18 Scepter Records/Columbia "I Made a Man Out of You, Jimmy" I'll Make You Music "Heaven Help Us" 110 — "All That's Left Is the Music" 1973 "Run to Her" — — "Baby I Don't Know You" "Daddy's Coming Home" — — "A Little Bit of Love" 1974 "Sing a Happy Song" — — "Get Smart Girl" "Get Up in the Morning" — — "One Day at a Time" 1975 "What I Did for Love" — — Columbia Records "You're Precious to Me" 1976 "Flight 309 to Tennessee" — — "The Prisoner"