{{short description|British singer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | background = person | honorific_prefix = | name = Mary Mason | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_upright = | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = <!-- leave empty if the same "name" --> | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1954|3|10}} | birth_place = | origin = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date first) --> | death_place = | genre = Pop | occupation = | instrument = Voice | discography = | years_active = <!-- YYYY–YYYY (or –present) --> | label = CBS, Epic | current_member_of = | past_member_of = | spouse = <!-- Use article title or common name --> | partner = <!-- (unmarried long-term partner) --> | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} or {{Official URL}} --> | module = | module2 = | module3 = }}
'''Mary Mason''' (born 10 March 1954) is a British singer . She was a ''A Song for Europe'' contestant who entered the competition with "What Do You Say to Love?". She scored a minor hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1977 with a medley of Chip Taylor's "Angel of the Morning" / "Any Way That You Want Me".
==Background== Mason would have chart success in 1977. She had a minor hit in the UK Singles Chart with a medley of Chip Taylor's "Angel of the Morning" / "Any Way That You Want Me", reaching No. 27 and spending six weeks in the chart.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 354}}</ref>
==Career== ===Eurovision single=== An article, Eurovision short list dozen are chosen appeared 25 December 1976 issue of ''Music Week''. The list included, After All This Time, by David Mindel and Gary Benson, performed by Wesley Park and Smith; A Little Give — A Little Take, by Roger Greenaway and Tony Macaulay, performed by the Carl Wayne Band, Rock Bottom, by Mike Moran and Lynsey de Paul, sung by Kay Garner; "Where Were You When I Needed Your Love" by John Macleod sung by The Foundations, and "What Do You Say to Love" by, Nick Ryan and Robin Slater, sung by Mary Mason.<ref>{{cite news | work=Music Week | date=25 December 1976 | url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1976/Music-Week-1976-12-25.pdf | page=3 | title=Eurovision short list dozen are chosen}}</ref>
In 1977, Mason took part in the ''A Song for Europe'' contest, with the song "What Do You Say to Love?". The song finished in second place, behind Lynsey de Paul and Mike Moran's "Rock Bottom". The television broadcast for the show was blacked out, which disappointed Mason as she told the press she had been relying on making a visual impact. She recorded for the Epic label in the UK.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>
==="Angel of the Morning"=== The 11 June 1977 issue of ''RPM Weekly'' showed that her single "Angel of the Morning" along with "Everybody Be Dancing" by Starbuck, "Say What's On Your Mind" by The Great Rufus Road Machine and "Going With My Eyes Open" by David Soul was playlisted on CKLB in Oshawa, Canada.<ref>''RPM Weekly'', Volume 27 No. 11 11 June 1977 - [https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/RPM/70s/1977/RPM-1977-06-11.pdf Page 16 RPM CROSS CANADA ADDITIONS OSHAWA CKLB (Ed Lesso) Playlisted]</ref>
According to the 1 October issue of ''Music Week'', Mason's single was a hit pick by Nicky Jackson on Radio Victory in Portsmouth.<ref>''Music Week'', 1 October 1977 - [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1977/Music-Week-1977-10-01.pdf AIRPLAY ACTION, Radio Victory PORTSMOUTH, HIT PICKS]</ref> In the same issue her single was listed as a star breaker.<ref>''Music Week'', 1 October 1977 - [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1977/Music-Week-1977-10-01.pdf Page 109 STAR BREAKERS]</ref>
Spending six weeks in the UK chart, it peaked at no. 27.<ref>Official Charts - [https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/mary-mason-angel-of-the-morninganyway-that-you-want-me/ ANGEL OF THE MORNING/ANYWAY THAT YOU WANT ME by ''MARY MASON'']</ref>
==Discography== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |+ Singles |- ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Act ! scope="col" | Release ! scope="col" | Catalogue ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- ! scope="row" | Mary Mason | "What Do You Say to Love" / "Oh Mister Moonlight" | CBS S CBS 5056 | 1977 | |- ! scope="row" | Mary Mason | "Angel Of The Morning" / "Any Way That You Want Me" / "Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of" | Epic S EPC 5552 | 1977 | |- ! scope="row" | Mary Mason | "The Right Time of the Night" / "Baby Make It Soon" / "I'm The One Who Cares" | Epic S EPC 5948 | 1978 | |- ! scope="row" | Mary Mason | "Little Bit Right, Little Bit Wrong" / " I'm The One Who Cares" | Epic S EPC 6078 | 1978 | |- ! scope="row" | Mary Mason | "The Right Time Of The Night / Baby Make It Soon" / "I'm The One Who Cares" | Epic S EPC 6265 | 1978 | |- |}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |+ Album |- ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Act ! scope="col" | Release ! scope="col" | Catalogue ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- ! scope="row" | Mary Mason | '' Angel Of The Morning'' | Epic EPC 82496 | 1978 | |- |}
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