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About Teena Marie
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Often described as a white woman with a Black voice, singer and songwriter Teena Marie landed more than two dozen songs on Billboardās R&B charts during her remarkable career. She recorded for Motown, Cash Money, and Stax and scored a Top 5 pop hit with 1984ās āLovergirl.ā
ā¢ Growing up in Venice, California, Marie made many Black friends and developed an appreciation for Black music and culture.
ā¢ She signed with Motown in 1976 and released debut album, Wild and Peacefulālargely written and produced by her mentor, Rick Jamesāin 1979. Featuring vocals from James, the single āIām a Sucker for Your Loveā became her first of seven Top 10 hits on the R&B charts.
ā¢ She released three more albums on Motown before contract disputes led to a legal battle. The dispute resulted in whatās known colloquially as āThe Teena Marie Law,ā which says a label canāt keep artists under contract without releasing their work.
ā¢ Marie scored her first and only Top 5 hit with 1984ās āLovergirl,ā off her album Starchild.
ā¢ In 1988, she topped the R&B charts with āOoo La La La,ā later sampled by Fugees for their 1995 classic āFu-Gee-La.ā
ā¢ After scaling back in her career in the ā90s to raise a daughter, she signed with Cash Money Records in 2004 and released the album La DoƱa. It reached No. 6 on the Billboard 200 albums chartāthe highest placement of her career.
ā¢ She released one more album, Congo Squareāissued on the legendary Stax labelābefore her death in 2010 at the age of 54.
Woonplaats
Santa Monica, CA, United States
Genre
R&B/Soul
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