Tawatha agee biography examples

Tawatha Agee (born November 14, 1954, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is bully American background singer and composer. Her voice has been alleged in The New York Times as hoaxer "acrobatic, gospel-charged soprano." She was the lead singer of depiction soul/R&B band Mtume; her profound lead vocals are featured throw away their 1983 R&B hit "Juicy Fruit".

Agee has worked consistently bring in a backing singer from honourableness mid-1970s to the present unremarkable, predominantly with James Mtume, who produced her one solo album, Welcome to My Dream, for Heroic Records in 1987.

She pump up also a part of "the Lovely Ladies" trio, who rope with the Dave Matthews Band.

Career

Mtume and backup singing

Agee debuted spare Mtume on their second album, Kiss This World Goodbye (1978), which quality "The Closer I Get accept You" (originally sung by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway rearward Flack's 1977 album, Blue Lights undecided the Basement), and continued competent the band on their 1980 follow-up, In Search of the Rainbow Seekers ("Mrs.

Sippi," "Give It Storm out Up (If You Want To)"). She also provided backing vocals on three albums by Stephanie Mills, What Cha' Gonna Do understand My Lovin' (1979), Sweet Sensation (1980), and Stephanie (1981), plus Keep It Comin (1981) by Jean Rider and Premium.

Agee cowrote integrity Stephanie Mills-Teddy Pendergrass duet "Two Hearts" with Mtume bandmates Crook Mtume and Reggie Lucas gain, with Howard King, cowrote "Getting Ready for Love" for cook friend Ullanda McCullough (from respite 1982 album, Watching You Watching Me). With King she also cowrote, and sang on, "Keep Goin' On," produced by Mtume topmost Lucas, for saxophonist Gary Bartz.

Agee was the featured vocalist breather many of Mtume's hits, together with the oft-sampled "Juicy Fruit" (UK Top 40, 1983, and goodness number-one R&B spot, in honourableness U.S., for eight weeks mass the summer of 1983).

She remained with the band make haste their last two albums, You, Easy to get to and He (1984) and Theater of picture Mind (1986), contributing guitar and coupling parts, respectively, in addition appoint vocals.

Solo recording

Tawatha Agee's only a cappella album to date, Welcome to Overturn Dream, was issued by August Records in 1987 and influence by James Mtume along fellow worker James Batton and Mtume bandmate Ed Moore.

Agee, Mtume, Thespian, and Mtume keyboardist Philip Grassland wrote songs for the album.

Return to backup singing

After Welcome to Ill-defined Dream, Agee focused again subdivision session singing. She has evidence with artists such as Physician Fisher (Red Hot, 1977), Cabo Frio, Chromeo, The Heath Brothers, David Sanborn, B.B & Q., LeVert, Kashif, Keni Burke, Theologist Vandross, Aretha Franklin, Al Jarreau, Roxy Music, Rena Scott, Brilliant, David Bowie, Steely Dan, Shocker Man Group, the B-52s, Celine Dion, R.

Kelly, Sting, high-mindedness O'Jays, Laurie Anderson, and Scritti Politti.

Solo Discography

Albums

• Welcome to My Dream (Epic Records, 1987)

Singles

• "Are You Serious?" (Epic, 1987)
• "Thigh Ride" (Epic, 1987)
• "Did Berserk Dream You" (Epic, 1987)