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Andrea True was an American adult film star and singer from the Disco era.

Born as, Andrea Marie Truden on 26 July 1943 in Nashville, Tennessee.

She attended Saint Cecilia Academy, an all-girl Catholic school in Nashville.

After graduating, True headed to the bright lights of New York City as a to seek fame as a mainstream movie star.
While she did manage to get some minor roles in mainstream movies from time-to-time, including, "The Way We Were" (1973) and, "40 Carats" (1973), the fame she sought was fleeting and not enough to survive on. When some friends asked her to join them in a pornographic movie, she did what you would expect of a poor Catholic girl from Tennessee, who desperately wanted to be a serious actress .... 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 is best known for the disco tune, "More, More, More", released in 1976, which peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, and reached #5 in the UK Singles Chart in 1976.

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Yes, Andrea True became a Porn Star!
She performed in pornographic films in Scandinavia in the 1960s, and by the end of the decade, began appearing in American adult films.

During the period of the mid-to-late 1970s, she was one of the most recognizable names in the industry and appeared in dozens of adult films.
Eventually, she appeared in more than 60 hard-core porn films throughout the 1970s and through the mid-1980s, and distinguished herself as one of the more recognizable porn stars in the early New York adult film industry.

But, what does a successful porn actress do when all the fame and money still are not enough?

Only in America!
Andrea True, billed then as, “Andrea True Connection“, released the single, “More, More, More”, in 1976.

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 no one was allowed to leave with any money. Not wanting to lose the pay she had earned from the real estate ads, True asked her friend, record producer, Gregg Diamond, to travel to the island and produce a track for her, which she would finance locally using that money. Diamond arrived with a composition in hand, to which True added her vocals.
The result of their collaboration was, "More, More, More".

Ultimately remixed by recording engineer, Tom Moulton, "More, More, More", became a favorite in Disco music and nightclubs.
It ultimately reached #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 #5) and Germany (where it reached #9).

Just another nail in the Psychological coffin of all the "One-Hit Wonders" in music history!
They had ONE hit .... a porn star had TWO!!

That should have sent a lot of artists looking for a good rope and a foot stool!!!

True embarked on a career as a porn star, and quickly became one of the best-known in the business, although - at $500.00 per picture - not among the best paid. While still involved in the porn business she was trying to obtain roles in "legitimate" films, but none came her way.

She had been writing music for TV commercials and singing in various clubs around New York City, and obtained an assignment on the Caribbean island of Jamaica to shoot commercials for a local company. She got caught-up in the political instability that was ravaging the island at the time and was forbidden to leave the country with the money she earned from the commercial. Resourcefully, she called a record producer friend in New York, Gregg Diamond, and had him bring down a music track so she could record a song in a local studio and, in effect, launder her money and take it out of the country in the form of a Master Tape.
The track Diamond brought down was an instrumental, one that he had produced and recorded, but had no lyrics for. He and True got together, worked on the music, hired some local musicians and the result, once the tape was brought back to New York and remixed, was what would become her #1 disco hit in 1976, "More, More, More (How Do You Like It?)".

She recorded a few more albums, but none achieved the success of her initial effort.

By the time of her singing career, True admitted that she was burned-out and tired of the porn industry, saying, "I'd rather be a waitress or a typist than make another adult film", and also, "Don't think of me as a porn star anymore, think of me as a recording star. I just want to record and perform".

In early 1977, True released the single, "N.Y. You Got Me Dancing", from her follow-up album, White Witch.
The single became True's second biggest hit, reaching #27 on Billboard's pop chart.

In 1978, she had a second hit in the UK with, "What's Your Name, What's Your Number", which peaked at #34 in the UK.

Both albums included studio musicians with a new band assembled for the tour; the second line-up, which included future KISS guitarist, Bruce Kulick.

In 1980, she abruptly left the porn business.
Also in 1980, she released her third and final album, War Machine, a more Hard Rock-oriented album; released only in Europe, but it flopped and little was heard from her since..

After her third album failed, True briefly attempted returning to porn, but at nearly 40, she was too old for a comeback. She also could not return to music because a goiter that developed on her vocal cords required surgery, essentially ending her singing ability.

She then lived in Los Angeles for some time and subsequently moved to New York.

During the early 1990s, Andrea lived in an apartment on Manhattan's east side, and was known for cooking gourmet meals for her friends.

Finally, by the turn of the century she had begun a new low-profile career, living in Boynton Beach, Florida, working as an astrologist/psychic reader as well as a counselor for recovering drug addicts, substance abusers and alcoholics.

True continued receiving royalties from her music and, "More, More, More", remained a popular song on TV and movies.

True received a renewed burst of publicity when the Canadian Group, Len, sampled the instrumental break from, "More, More, More", in their own hit single, "Steal My Sunshine". Subsequently, True appeared on several VH1 specials including, "Where Are They Now", in 1999; VH1's "100 Greatest Dance Songs" in 2001 ("More, More, More" was the No. 45 greatest dance song), and VH1's "100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders" in 2003, in which she said she wants to be remembered as a person who "gave people pleasure" — then emphasized the words — "with my music".

She also made an appearance in the 2005 documentary movie, "Inside Deep Throat".

True died on 07 November 2011, at a hospital in Kingston, New York near her home in Woodstock.
She was 68-years-old. A longtime friend, Louise Marsello Landham, said the cause was heart failure. In line with her wishes, she was cremated.
She left behind no immediate family.

Although, True is usually credited under her name Andrea True, she also performed under a number of aliases, including but not limited to: Ida King, Inga Kissen, Inger Kissen, Inger Kissin, Sandra Lips, Singe Low, Singh Low and Catherine Warren.

Ethnicity: Caucasian

Height: Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Number Of Adult Films:
51, as Actress
1, as Director

"Meatball" (1972)

"Head Nurse" (1973)

"Round Robin" (1973)

"Hot Channels" (1973)

"Go Fly a Kite" (1973)

"The Russians Are Coming" (1973)

"Prurient Interest" (1973)

"Over Sexposure" (1973)

"Hot Channels" (1973)

"Sexual Freedom In The Ozarks" (1973)

"Hypnorotica" (1973)

"Devil's Due" (1973)

"Switchcraft" (1973)

"Madame Zenobia" (1973)

"Deep Throat Part II" (1974)

"Not Just Another Woman" (1974)

"Lialeh" (1974)

"Illusions Of A Lady" (1974)

"The Millionairess" (1974)

"Sorceress" (1974)

"Doctor's Teenage Dilemma" (1974)

"Lady On The Couch" (1974)

"Psyched For Sex" (1974)

"Double Header" (1974)

"Dance Of Love" (1974)

"The Chamber Maids" (1974)

"Pleasure Cruise" (1974)

"Doctor Feelgood" (1974)

"The Seduction Of Lyn Carter" (1974)

"Summer Session" (1975)

"Heavy Load" (1975)

"The Wetter The Better" (1975)

"Christy" (1975)

"Referral Service" (1975)

"The Big Con" (1975)

"Keep On Truckin'" (1975)

"American Sex Fantasies" (1975)

"The Charity Ball" (1975)

"Every Inch A Lady" (1975)

"Sophie Says No" (1975)

"Both Ways" (1975)

"The Winter Of 1849" (1976)

"Mash'd" (1976)

"Seduction" (1976)

"Once Over Nightly" (1976) [Director]

"Little Orphan Sammy" (1977)

"Grant Takes Richmond" (1981)

~ Albums -

More, More, More (1976)

White Witch (1977)

War Machine (1980)

~ Singles -

"More, More, More" (1976)

"Keep It Up Longer" (1976)

"Party Line" (1976)

"Party Line/Fill Me Up/Call Me" (1976)

"Call Me" (1976)

"N.Y., You Got Me Dancing" (1977)

"What's Your Name, What's Your Number" (1977)