SOAP ACTRESS TURNS SONGWRITER

SOAP ACTRESS TURNS SONGWRITER

LOS ANGELES (Wireless Flash) -- Former soap opera actress Gloria Loring hopes people will take note of her songwriting -- and not just "The Facts Of Life" theme which she sang and co-wrote with ex-hubby Alan Thicke. Loring -- who played Liz Chandler on "Days Of Our Lives" back in the '80s -- claims her new CD, "Turn The Page," is the first time she confronted her personal traumas as opposed to just writing catchy songs, including the theme to "Diff'rent Strokes." Although Loring says her new songs are more personal than the TV themes, whenever she performs her new numbers live, she first lets loose with the "Facts Of Life" theme because, in her words, "It gives me a little credibility as a songwriter."