Saturday, June 17, 2006

Yahoo LAUNCHCAST song of the day

Artist:Oleta Adams
Song:Get Here
Album:The Very Best Of Oleta Adams




The story goes that Oleta Adams was singing in a Kansas City piano bar when Roland Orzobal of the then popular British group Tears For Fears walked in, discovered her and immediately used her on their 1985 hit Woman In Chains. Eventually Oleta would have a huge hit with her version of the Brenda Russell song Get Here. Her career petered out in the mid 90s so she turned to gospel with Come Walk With Me in 1997 and last recorded in 2001. This comp is a collection of her Fontana recordings. Oleta Adams is a tremendous vocalist who accompanies herself on piano and writes a lot of her own material. She's the kind of church based singer who brings a lot of emotion to her recordings but that's not necessarily what the music business is looking for these days.

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