Artist:Lina Santiago
Song:Feels So Good (Show Me Your Love)
Album:Feels So Good
Freestyle singer Lina Santiago scored a top ten dance hit with the 1996 single Feels So Good (Show Me Your Love). Not only was it her only big hit but the 1996 album Feels So Good is her only album to date. She was born Sept. 5, 1978 in Los Angeles. It says here that she performed in her father's band in the early 90s. But it doesn't say who her father is. Then Lina formed a group with childhood friends and they performed in Los Angeles clubs. Then she won a karaoke contest at the Acapulco Mexican Restaurant in Downey, CA. And that convinced her to pursue a career in music. She met Juan Lopez AKA DJ Juanito and he owns Groove Nation Records. From what I could tell, Lopez does mostly remixes. He wrote and produced Feels So Good (Show Me Your Love) and when it reached #6 on the Dance chart, Lopez sold Lina's contract to Universal to get better distribution. It reached #35 on the Billboard Hot 100. Lina was 18 years old. Lopez produced the album Feels So Good. And I think Lina would have done OK if the album was all Freestyle dance music. But Universal wanted Lina to be more of a pop singer. They even had her sing a couple of songs in Spanish. The album Feels So Good is available on CD. I tried to find the single on a various artists CD but I couldn't find one at a decent price. There were plans to record a second album. But the album was scrapped and Universal dropped Lina. Other than a couple of minor things where Lina appeared as a guest vocalist, Lina never recorded again. She doesn't even appear on Freestyle nostalgia shows. Most of those shows are based in New York or Miami and Lina lives in Los Angeles. It would cost too much to bring her in. Here's the video for Feels So Good (Show Me Your Love) by Lina Santiago.
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