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Oleta Angela Adams (born May 4, 1953) is an American singer, pianist, and songwriter. She found limited success during the early 1980s, before gaining fame via her contributions to Tears for Fears ' international chart-topping album The Seeds of Love (1989).
Also in 1987, Orzabal and Smith flew over to the US to track down a hotel lounge pianist/vocalist named Oleta Adams, whom they had seen playing in Kansas City during their 1985 American tour. Hoping she could add to the organic feel by bringing a soulful warmth to their music, they invited Adams to work with them on their new album.
The performance also features American vocalist/pianist Oleta Adams who had worked with the band on their album The Seeds of Love and joined them for the subsequent world tour. Going to California was initially released on VHS home video and Laserdisc, and was later released on DVD in 2005 as an "extra feature" on the band's Scenes from the Big ...
American vocalist Oleta Adams covered and released the song in 1990, reaching the top five in both the US and the UK with her version. Adams's version of "Get Here", co-produced by Roland Orzabal from the band Tears for Fears (for whom she had performed the female vocals on the hit single "Woman in Chains" a year earlier), became her signature ...
Two U.S. tours followed, and the 2004 tour included an unrehearsed guest appearance by Oleta Adams at the Kansas City show for a performance of "Woman in Chains". Everybody Loves a Happy Ending was released in the UK and Europe in March 2005 on Gut Records , shortly after the comeback single "Closest Thing to Heaven" became the first Tears for ...
Going on Record is the second album by American vocalist, pianist and songwriter Oleta Adams released in 1983. It is her second self-released album following the 1982 Untitled album. The album was recorded live, from a performance at the Kansas City Music Hall on July 30, 1983.
"I Just Had to Hear Your Voice" is a song by American singer Oleta Adams. The single earned Adams a Soul Train nomination for R&B Single of the Year, Female in 1994. [2]
Adams signed to Christian music label Harmony Records to release the album. The record was co-produced by Adams and Michael J. Powell, who had also produced some songs on Adams' previous album Moving On. The album was well-received critically, and charted in the top 10 of the US Billboard Gospel and Christian charts. The songs "Holy Is the Lamb ...