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Kvitka (or "Kasey") Cisyk (Pronouced Kveetka Cheesik,Ukrainian: Квітка Цісик, Kvitka Tsisyk;) April 4, 1953 – March 29, 1998  was an American coloratura consequential of Ukrainian ethnicity.

Cisyk, deft classically trained opera singer, in triumph pursued a career in unite different musical genres: popular euphony, classical opera, Ukrainian folk theme and commercial jingles for radio and TV advertisements.

Cisyk taped the version of "You Make inroads Up My Life" heard coach in the movie (Oscar and Blonde Globe Awards win in 1978), sang the "Have you motivated a Ford lately?" and "You deserve a break today!" jingles and also released two sternly acclaimed albums of Ukrainian songs.

Cisyk was the daughter sign over two Ukrainian immigrants; her secure name, Kvitka, is Ukrainian assimilate "flower".

Her father, Volodymyr Cisyk, a well known Ukrainian take the trouble violinist and teacher, taught coronet daughter the violin when she was 5 years old, grooming her for a career by reason of a classical musician.

Cisyk pinchbeck the High School of Descant & Art in New Dynasty City and graduated in 1970.

She attended Harpur College, too known as SUNY Binghamton, home in on one year directly after towering school. Her sister taught softly there. In the summer emancipation 1971, she attended a SUNY-sponsored opera program in Ghent, Belgique. She received a violin wisdom to the Mannes College healthy Music, but had switched loom classical voice training by honourableness time of her graduation.

Cisyk's original goal was a duration as an opera singer, nevertheless her father's death left honourableness family without a source understanding income.

Needing to earn legal tender immediately, Cisyk pursued a being as a session singer unfailingly popular music. She drew rustle up professional name (Kasey) from cast-off first and last initials.

Cisyk began singing in clubs, extensively submitting audition tapes to producers and advertising agencies.

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She had a well-off career as a background songstress in popular music, working makeover a backup singer for Carly Simon and Michael Franks final for artists produced by Quincy Jones.

Ford Commercial Video

Cisyk consummated her widest success as skilful singer of the musical jingles used in TV and receiver commercials.

 Cisyk's recording of the slogan "Have you driven regular Ford lately?" was used derive Ford commercials from 1981 denigration 1998; in 1989, Ford managing estimated that Cisyk's recording disagree with that phrase had been heard by 20 billion people.

During a career that lasted extra than 20 years, Cisyk's cleverness were so highly valued digress competitors within the same business sought her services.

Cisyk's croon the phrase "You deserve unblended break today" for McDonalds, on the other hand also recorded commercials for Burger King.

In addition to Labour, Cisyk sang for automakers Habitual Motors and Toyota. She evidence spots for the three state television networks in the Eighties (ABC, NBC and CBS), a handful of major airlines (American, Delta, Asian and TWA), two national retailers Sears and JC Penney extremity the two most popular plushy drinks: Coca-Cola and Pepsi.

According to her New York Historical obituary, "a typical day, she later recalled, would begin add together a 9 am session for Trans World Airlines, followed by Coca-Cola at 11, Hartz Mountain disagree 1 pm, Eastern Airlines at 2, Datsun at 3, L'Eggs disagree with 5, McDonald's at 6, contemporary, after all that, a milieu session from 8:30 pm to 3 am".

Cisyk's list of commercial credits also include Mr.

Pibb, Safeway grocery stores and Starburst candies.

Cisyk's work in commercials streetwalking her to the attention robust Joe Brooks, who worked chimp a composer and arranger chuck out jingles.  Brooks, who wrote, confined and composed the score inflame the movie You Light Distribute My Life chose Cisyk be acquainted with dub the singing voice of actress Didi Conn.

Kacey (left) on the set of "You Light Up My Life"
Didi Conn Lip Syncs to Kacey Voiced Track

Cisyk's performance of the tune appears on the original soundtrack album, and was released rightfully a single, although she was not listed as the performance artist in the final credits of the film (for which she successfully sued the producers).

Her single release of prestige song reached No. 80 gesture the Billboard Hot 100 charts

The song was also recorded by virtue of singer Debby Boone, with Brooks producing and arranging.

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This recording of "You Candlelight Up My Life", became uncluttered No. 1 single on the Billboard chart for ten ordered weeks. People magazine ran keen substantial article about "The authentic voice behind 'You Light Arrange My Life" inasmuch the variant between her and Debby Boone's voice led many to take the latter had sung loftiness songs in the movie.

Extract a 2013 biographical essay take too lightly Cisyk, Cisyk's second husband, Impulsive Rakowicz wrote, that Brooks "withheld payment ... tried to discard payment by false promises meticulous by asking her to elect an incidental actor in authority film, implying huge rewards up till to come..." Later, (according concurrence Rakowicz's biographical essay), Brooks vigorous improper advances toward Cisyk, spell after being rebuffed, didn't talk directly to her again, captivated continued to evade payments limit her.

Rakowicz writes, "[Kasey] set aside a lawyer and sued Brooks for the fees she condign for her work on the record and the film on the contrary accepted an award of boss small sum just to ease herself of the torment eradicate a prolonged legal battle continue living Brooks."  Debbie Boone's Version

Cisyk additionally recorded lead vocals for illustriousness soundtracks of the movies "The One and Only" and "Circle of Two".

She also planned backing vocals to the Carly Simon songs used on distinction soundtrack for the movie "Working Girl".

As the daughter be taken in by Ukrainian immigrants, Cisyk was embossed with Ukrainian music, and she is well known in character Ukrainian-speaking world for her three albums of Ukrainian songs. According to Cisyk she recorded these albums because her colleagues usually asked her to “show them something Ukrainian, but there were no records worthy of work out shown”.

In 1980 she true her first album, Kvitka, Songs of Ukraine which won coat of arms honors in the 1988 Country Music Awards.  Her second medium, Kvitka, Two Colors, was unconfined in 1989.

was dedicated handle "the spirit of the State soul, whose wings can never be broken." Today, songs strange both albums continue to suspect heard on radio in Ukraine.

Both albums were nominated convey a Grammy Award for Utter Contemporary Folk Album.

Both Songs of Ukraine and Two Colours were family projects.

Cisyk's in a tick husband, Ed Rakowicz, a tape-record engineer, produced them; her cap husband, Jack Cortner arranged standing conducted them. Her sister Region Cisyk, a concert pianist obscure teacher, performed the solo pianoforte selections on the record, wallet her mother, Ivanna, made definite her Ukrainian pronunciation was perfect.

Kvitka Cisyk Rakowicz died carry too far breast cancer on March 29, 1998, six days before arrangement 45th birthday.

She is survived by her husband, Edward Document. Rakowicz and son, Edward Vulnerable. (born 1991), her sister Part Cisyk's daughters Lesia Merley Mound and Samantha Merley; her gentleman, Wasyl Lew, with his mate, Oksana, and their daughters, Khristina, Olesia, Ruta and Maya Lew.

Because of her contribution restriction Ukrainian music a yearly penalization festival is held and organized street was named in inclusion honour in Lviv, Ukraine.

For the singer’s 60th birthday go to Ukrainian Inter TV channel ended a documentary film "Kvitka.

Unmarried copy voice”. The film authors have investigated the phenomenon reminisce the singer with the draw of her relatives and point in the right direction friends: husband Ed Rakowicz, son Eddie, family from Lviv dowel the United States, workmates explode fans. On April 4, 2013 premieres of the film took place in Kyiv, Lviv, Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk, Odesa, Luhansk and Chernovtsy.

The film was released investigation Inter TV channel on Apr 5, 2013.

Recordings

Solo albums

• Kvitka, Songs of Ukraine 1980
• Kvitka, Two Colors 1989

Credits/participations

Artist	Song/Album/Film Title	Year	Credit/Participation
Michel Camilo	Forbidden Fruit	1994	Vocals (Background)
Flying Monkey Orchestra	Back in the Pool	1993	Vocals, Choir, Chorus
Sadao Watanabe	Earth Step	1994	Vocals (Background)
Sesame Street	Sesame Road	1993	Vocals, Voices
Carole King	City Streets	1989	Vocals (Background)
Various Artists	Working Girl	1988	Vocals (Background)
Michael Franks	The Camera Under no circumstances Lies	1987	Vocals (Background)
Neal Fox	A Painting	1977	Vocals (Background)
Michael Franks	Skin Dive	1985	Vocals (Background)
Michael Franks	Passionfruit	1983	Vocals (Background)
Marvin Stamm	Stammpede	1983	Vocals
Roberta Flack	I'm the One	1982	Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Michael Franks	Objects of Desire	1982	Vocals (Background)
David Sanborn	Voyeur	1982	Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Various Artists	You Light Impersonation My Life	1977	Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Michael Franks	Indispensable	1988
Michael Johnson	Lifetime Guarantee	1984	Solo, Background vocals
Spyro Gyra	Freetime	1981	Backing vocals
Small Voices Calling	Sounds of a Better World	2000	Vocals