Song:Honey To A Bee (Latin Rascals remix)
Album:Disco Box Vol. 9: Dance Machine
Tina Baker is probably best known to Freestyle fans as the wife of pioneering producer Arthur Baker. Normally she sang background vocals on all his productions. She had her greatest success as a solo artist with the 1984 single Honey To A Bee especially the Latin Rascals remix. Today the song is considered to be an early classic of Freestyle. She was born Tina Klein in Brooklyn, NY. She led her own band as a teen. She met Arthur Baker when he was an aspiring DJ in Boston. They married and she appeared on most of Baker's productions on Tommy Boy and other labels. Tina got a record deal with Elektra and released the 1984 album Tina B. She wrote and produced the album with Baker and his partner John Robie. Honey To A Bee was a dance hit at the time. But a 1986 remix was an even bigger hit in clubs. And today that version is most memorable. The remix was done by The Latin Rascals Tony Moran and Albert Cabrera. Moran is one of the more prolific producers of Freestyle. You can get Honey To A Bee on this various artists budget comp. Tina B. continued to release occasional music on her husband's label Criminal Records. It looks like she has her own label now and she has gotten into mixing opera with contemporary pop. I don't know if there's much of a future in that. But she is well remembered by dance music fans for one song. Here's a video for Honey To A Bee by Tina B.
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