Buffy Sainte-Marie (born 20 February 1941, real first name: Beverly) is a Canadian musician, composer, performing artist, educator and social activist of Indian descent. Between 1976 and 1981 Buffy appeared regularly in the children’s show Sesame Street, and gave younger, mainly North American, television viewers an idea of the lifestyle of the Plains and Pueblo Indians. For The song ” Up Where We Belong “, sung by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes for the film” an officer and a gentleman “she received an Oscar in 1982. Her album “Illuminations ” has been added to the “Wire´s List “
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