Buffy Sainte-Marie

Buffy Sainte-Marie
OC
Buffy Sainte-Marie ; OC
	Sainte-Marie in 2015
Background information
Birth name	Beverly Jean Santamaria
Born	February 20, 1941 (age 83); Stoneham, Massachusetts, U.S.
Genres	Folk; rock; country folk;
Occupation(s)	Musician; singer-songwriter; composer; record producer; visual artist; educator; social activist; actress; humanitarian;
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, piano;
Years active	1963–2023
Labels	Vanguard; Angel/EMI; Capitol/EMI; Island; MCA; Appleseed; Ensign/Chrysalis/EMI;
Website	buffysainte-marie.com

Buffy Sainte-Marie, OC (born Beverly Jean Santamaria; February 20, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and social activist.^[2] Her best known songs were "Universal Soldier", "Until It's Time for You to Go", "Now That the Buffalo's Gone", and her covers of Mickey Newbury's "Mister Can't You See" and Joni Mitchell's "The Circle Game".

Her song "Up Where We Belong" won both the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 55th Academy Awards^[3] and the Golden Globe for Best Original Song.

References

↑ "Encyclopedia of the Great Plains | SAINTE-MARIE, BUFFY (b. 1941)". Plainshumanities.unl.edu. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
↑ More than 26.5 million copies sold world-wide as per Buffy Saint-Marie biography/profile Archived May 31, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
↑ ""An Officer and a Gentleman" (NY)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. September 16, 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2019. Academy Award winner: Music – Original Song ("Up Where We Belong", Music by Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie; Lyrics by Will Jennings)

This short article about a person or group of people can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.

[auto-1] "Encyclopedia of the Great Plains | SAINTE-MARIE, BUFFY (b. 1941)". Plainshumanities.unl.edu. Retrieved April 6, 2022.

[2] More than 26.5 million copies sold world-wide as per Buffy Saint-Marie biography/profile Archived May 31, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[OscarBSM-3] ""An Officer and a Gentleman" (NY)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. September 16, 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2019. Academy Award winner: Music – Original Song ("Up Where We Belong", Music by Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie; Lyrics by Will Jennings)

[1]

[2]

[3]