Andrea True
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Andrea Marie Truden (alternative: Andreja Marija Truden) |
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July 26, 1943 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | November 7, 2011 (aged 68) Kingston, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Disco |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, singer |
| Years active | 1972–1995 |
| Labels | Buddah Records |
Andrea Marie Truden (July 26, 1943 – November 7, 2011), better known by her pseudonym Andrea True, was an American pornographic actress and singer from the disco era. In addition to her given name, she had multiple stage names, including Inger Kissin, Singe Low, Sandra Lips,Andrea Travis, and Catherine Warren.
As a singer, she is best known for the 1976 disco tune, "More, More, More", which peaked at #4 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and #5 on the UK Singles Chart.
Andrea Marie Truden was born in Nashville, Tennessee, where she attended Saint Cecilia Academy, a Catholic school for girls.
True moved to New York City as a teenager, to seek fame as a mainstream film star. While she did manage to get some minor roles in mainstream movies from time to time, including The Way We Were (1973), the fame she sought was fleeting. When some friends asked her to join them in a pornographic movie, she went along with the idea, initially thinking of this opportunity as the best way for her to gain more experience with films and acting.
She performed in pornographic films in Scandinavia in the 1960s, and by the end of the decade, began appearing in American adult films. Eventually, she performed in more than fifty hardcore porn films throughout the 1970s and early to mid-1980s in the early New York adult film industry. In an interview in 1977, she described her activity in adult films as being important because "our first amendment was in great danger because of censorship from our government. She also said “I think it (X-Rated movies & Pornography) was a fad”.
During her heyday as a porn actress, around 1975, True was hired by a real estate business in Jamaica to appear in their commercials. During her stay in Jamaica, a political crisis gripped the island, and the government banned asset transfers. True collaborated with record producer Gregg Diamond to compose the song "More, More, More." Ultimately remixed by recording engineer Tom Moulton, "More, More, More" became a favorite in discos and nightclubs. It ultimately reached No. 4 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and a full album with the same title soon followed. The single also reached the charts in the United Kingdom (where it peaked at No. 5),Germany (where it reached No. 9) and Italy (where it reached No. 11).
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