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Regina Belle
Regina Elaine Belle (born July 17, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter who started her career in the mid-1980s. Known for her singles " Baby Come to Me " (1989) and " Make It Like It Was " (1990), Belle's most notable for two hit duets, both with Peabo Bryson : " Without You ", the love theme from the comedy film Leonard Part 6 , recorded in 1987 and " A Whole New World ", the main theme of the Disney 's animated feature film Aladdin , recorded in 1992, with which Belle and Bryson won the Grammy award . The theme song " Far Longer than Forever " from the animated movie The Swan Princess , performed with Jeffrey Osborne , was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1995 for Best Original Song . From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Phyllis Hyman
Phyllis Linda Hyman (July 6, 1949 – June 30, 1995) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Hyman is best known for her music during the late 1970s through the early 1990s, some of her most notable songs were " You Know How to Love Me " (1979), "Living All Alone" (1986) and " Don't Wanna Change the World " (1991). Hyman also performed on Broadway in the 1981 musical based on the music of Duke Ellington , Sophisticated Ladies , which ran from 1981 until 1983. The musical earned her a Theatre World Award and a Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical . From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
THE SUPREMES
The Supremes were an American female singing group and a premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s. Founded as The Primettes in Detroit , Michigan, in 1959, the Supremes were the most commercially successful of Motown's acts and the most successful American vocal group , with 12 number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 . Most of these hits were written and produced by Motown's main songwriting and production team, Holland–Dozier–Holland . At their peak in the mid-1960s, the Supremes rivaled the Beatles in worldwide popularity, and it is said that their breakthrough made it possible for future African American R&B and soul musicians to find mainstream success. Billboard ranked The Supremes as the 16th greatest Hot 100 artist of all time. [1] Florence Ballard , Mary Wilson , Diana Ross , and Betty McGlown , the original group, were all from the Brewster-Douglass public housing project in Detroit. They formed the Primettes as the sister act to
Pam Grier
Pamela Suzette Grier , PhD (born May 26, 1949) is an American actress. She achieved fame for her starring roles in a string of 1970s action , blaxploitation , and women in prison films for American International Pictures and New World Pictures , most notably Coffy (1973) and Foxy Brown (1974). Her other major films during this period included The Big Doll House (1971), Women in Cages (1971), The Big Bird Cage (1972), Black Mama, White Mama (1973), Scream Blacula Scream (1973), The Arena (1974), Sheba, Baby (1975), Bucktown (1975), and Friday Foster (1975). Described by Quentin Tarantino as cinema's first female action star, [1] she starred as the titular character in Tarantino's crime film Jackie Brown (1997), for which she received Golden Globe Award , Screen Actors Guild Award , Satellite Award , and Saturn Award nominations for Best Actress. Grier's subsequent films included Jawbreaker (1999), Bones (2001), Just Wright (20
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