Artist:Laura Fygi
Song:Oh Telephone
Album:The Lady Wants To Know
Dutch singer Laura Fygi started out in disco in the 80s. When that ran its course, she switched to jazz and is still singing jazz today. Her success has mostly been in Europe. She was born Aug. 27, 1955 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Her father was a Philips executive in Uruguay. So Laura was raised there. When her father died in the late 60s, she moved back to Amsterdam with her mother. In the 80s she was a member of the female disco trio Centerfold. The group did a spread in Dutch Playboy. So they became popular through their sex kitten image. They were successful in Europe and Japan. I don't think Centerfold's music was released in the US. When Centerfold split up, Laura formed The Backlot. After one album, Laura signed with PolyGram and released her first jazz album in 1991. Oh Telephone is from the 1994 album The Lady Wants To Know. The song was originally titled Telefone and performed by the Brazilian vocal group Os Cariocas. It was written by veteran Brazilian songwriters Roberto Menescal and Renaldo Boscoli. Harmonica legend Toots Thielemans plays guitar and whistle. Leonardo Amuedo plays guitar. He was born in Uruguay but he lives in Amsterdam. Thielemans appears on a couple of songs and so does trumpeter Clark Terry. Laura still records for Universal. Her 2016 album Jazz Love is all covers recorded with Dutch musicians. She tours in Europe. Here's Laura Fygi performing Oh Telephone on a 1998 French TV show.
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