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The song was written by Williams, Hank Redd, Nathan Watts and Susaye Greene and produced by Maurice White and Charles Stepney. [1] "Free" was Williams' breakthrough single reaching No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in May 1977.
June Deniece Williams (née Chandler; born June 3, 1950) [1] [2] [3] is an American singer. She has been described as "one of the great soul voices" by the BBC. [4]She is best known for the songs "Free", "Silly", "It's Gonna Take a Miracle" and two Billboard Hot 100 No.1 singles "Let's Hear It for the Boy" and "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" (with Johnny Mathis).
The music video was released in mid-April 1984. [6] The song features background vocals from George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam , who would go on to form the duo Boy Meets Girl . In 2011, country singer Jana Kramer covered the song for the remake of Footloose and its accompanying soundtrack album .
“Aston Martin Music” came out the same year as the debut album by Drake and 14 years later, he’s still the go-to person you want on features. ... “Free” by Deniece Williams was her ...
Sony Music: 1994 Greatest Gospel Hits — — Sparrow: 1996 Gonna Take a Miracle: The Best of Deniece Williams: 85 — Columbia: 2000 Love Songs — — 2001 The Collection — — Connoisseur/Sony Music 2016 Black Butterfly: The Essential Nicey — — Big Break "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
The most successful version of "It's Gonna Take a Miracle" was the 1982 cover by R&B and gospel singer Deniece Williams. Her version went to number 1 on the R&B chart for two weeks [4] and reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. [5]
"Silly" is a song written by Fritz Baskett, Clarence McDonald and Deniece Williams and performed by Williams. The soulful ballad was released off Williams' My Melody album in 1981 and became the most successful track off the album reaching as high as number fifty-three on the Billboard Hot 100 becoming an even bigger success on the R&B chart where it peaked at number eleven.
From the Beginning is a gospel compilation album by American R&B singer Deniece Williams, released in 1990 on Sparrow Records. [2] It is a collection of gospel songs Williams had recorded during her years at Columbia Records.