Marcia Elaine Hines, born on July 20, 1953, in Boston, Massachusetts, is an American-born Australian singer. Raised by her mother after her father's death, Hines began singing at age nine in her church choir and performed with local groups during her teens. At 16, she moved to Australia to star in the stage musical Hair, marking her breakthrough into the music industry. In 1974, Hines joined the Daly-Wilson Big Band and released her first solo single "Fire and Rain" under Wizard Records. Her subsequent albums included Marcia Shines (1975) and Ladies and Gentlemen (1977), both of which reached Number Ten on the Australian album charts. Notable singles from this period include "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" and "You". Hines was voted "Queen of Pop" by TV Week's readers for three consecutive years from 1976. She stopped recording in the early 1980s but returned with Right Here and Now in 1994, the same year she became an Australian citizen. Her album Discothèque (2006) peaked at Number Six on the ARIA albums chart. Hines was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame on July 18, 2007. She has sold over 2.6 million albums and is the first Australian female artist to have a platinum-selling album.
