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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).
Marlena Shaw was born in New Rochelle, New York.She was first introduced to music by her uncle Jimmy Burgess, a jazz trumpet player. [4] In an interview with The New York Times, she told the reporter: "He [Jimmy Burgess] introduced me to good music through records – Dizzy [Gillespie], Miles [Davis], a lot of gospel things, and Al Hibbler, who really knows how to phrase a song."
Marlena Shaw, the soul and jazz vocalist known for her hits “California Soul” and “Woman of the Ghetto,” has died. She was 81. Shaw’s daughter, Marla Bradshaw, shared the news Friday in ...
Jazz and R&B singer Marlena Shaw, known for the widely sampled "California Soul," died Friday. She was 81.
Bradley, a gospel singer, song writer and entrepreneur, died July 5, from health complications brought on by vascular dementia. She was 83. Bradley, the fourth of five sisters, started singing in ...
Barbara Jean Acklin (February 28, 1943 – November 27, 1998) [1] [2] [3] was an American soul singer and songwriter, who was most successful in the 1960s and 1970s.Her biggest hit as a singer was "Love Makes a Woman" (1968).
Born in Coshocton, Ohio, United States, [1] [3] Williams' father was a disc jockey.Her family moved from Ohio to Los Angeles in the 1960s. While there, Williams and her three sisters, Margaret, Marte and Marlena, appeared on the television show Jack and Jill as "The Williams Sisters".< [3] Later, she returned to Ohio but decided to go back to Los Angeles in order to launch a solo career. [3]
Jerry Butler, the soul singer-songwriter and hit maker known as the Iceman, died Thursday at his home in Chicago.He was 85. His assistant confirmed his death to The New York Times, sharing that ...