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Betty Wright

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#bettywright Bessie Regina Norris  (December 21, 1953 – May 10, 2020), better known by her stage name  Betty Wright ,   was an American  soul  and  R&B  singer, songwriter and background vocalist. Beginning her professional career in the late 1960s as a teenager, Wright rose to fame in the 1970s with hits such as " Clean Up Woman " and "Tonight Is the Night". Wright was also prominent in her use of  whistle register . From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dionne Warwick

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 #dionnewarwick Marie Dionne Warrick  (born December 12, 1940), known professionally as  Dionne Warwick , is an American singer, actress, television host, and former  Goodwill Ambassador  for the  UN 's  Food and Agriculture Organization . Warwick ranks among the 40 biggest hitmakers between 1955 and 1999, based on her chart history on  Billboard 's  Hot 100  pop singles chart. She is one of the most-charted female vocalists of all time, with 56 of her singles making the Hot 100 between 1962 and 1998 (12 In the Top Ten), and 80 singles in total – either solo or collaboratively – making the Hot 100,  R&B  and/or  adult contemporary  charts. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mica Paris

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#micaparis Michelle Antoinette Wallen   MBE  (born 27 April 1969 ), known professionally as  Mica Paris , is an English singer, presenter, and actress. She was born in Islington in North London but moved to Brockley, South London when she was nine. Paris released her debut album  So Good  in 1988, which spawned singles including " My One Temptation " and " Where Is the Love ". She has since gone on to release seven further albums;  Contribution  (1990),  Whisper a Prayer  (1993),  Black Angel  (1998)  If You Could Love Me  (2005),  Soul Classics  (2005),  Born Again  (2009), and  Gospel  (2020). In 2020, Paris was cast in the  BBC  soap opera  EastEnders  as  Ellie Nixon . From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dominique Jackson

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 #dominiquejackson #pose Dominique Brebner  (born 1964/1965), known professionally as  Dominique Jackson  and  Tyra Allure Ross , is a  Tobagonian-American   transgender   actress ,  author ,  model , and reality television personality. As an actress, she is most known for her leading role of Elektra Abundance on the  FX  television series  Pose . As a model, she has appeared in  Vogue EspaƱa . From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ledisi

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#ledisi #sonofellis Ledisi Anibade Young  (born March 28, 1972), better known simply as  Ledisi , is an American  R&B  and  jazz  recording artist, songwriter, and actress. Her first name means "to bring forth" or "to come here" in  Yoruba . In 1995, Ledisi formed the group Anibade. After unsuccessfully trying to get the group signed to a major label, she formed LeSun Records with Sundra Manning. Anibade and Ledisi released an album entitled  Soulsinger  (black and white cover on the LeSun Music independent label) featuring the song "Take Time", which gained substantial airplay from San Francisco area radio stations. In 2000, Ledisi re-released her first major label signed album, titled  Soulsinger: The Revival . Ledisi and her group toured in 2001. In 2002, Ledisi released her second album,  Feeling Orange but Sometimes Blue . The album won an award for "Outstanding Jazz Album" at the California Music Awards. In 2005, Ledisi signed a record

Keith Hamilton Cobb

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#keithhamiltoncobb #sonofellis He is best known for his roles as the ruthless Nietzschean mercenary  Tyr Anasazi  in the science-fiction series  Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda  from 2000 to 2005 and as Noah Keefer on  All My Children  from 1994 to 1996. Cobb was born in  North Tarrytown, New York ; he graduated from  New York University 's Tisch School of the Arts in 1987. A classically trained actor, he appeared in a number of Shakespearean productions in the New York area before breaking into television in the mid-1990s. One of his first movies was the 1995 film  Eyes Beyond Seeing  in which he plays a mental patient who claims to be Jesus Christ. In 1999, Cobb was in two episodes of the  Beastmaster  television series, portraying a character very similar to his character from  Andromeda . In 1996, Cobb was named on  People  magazine's annual list of the "50 most beautiful people". He left the  Andromeda  TV series at the start of the fourth season, citing dissati

Trevante Rhodes

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 #TrevanteRhodes #moonlight Trevante Nemour Rhodes  (born February 10, 1990) is an American actor. He won  several accolades  and achieved recognition in 2016 for his performance as Chiron in the  Academy Award -winning film  Moonlight . In his youth, he was an accomplished  track and field   sprinter , winning a gold medal at the  Pan American Junior Athletics Championships  in 2009. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia