Shawn Christopher is an American house music singer from Chicago, Illinois.
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Career
She was a touring backing vocalist for R&B singer Chaka Khan from 1982 to 1985. She was also a member of the industrial dance band known as My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, and sang with the group Sonia Dada. She is the sister of the R&B singer, keyboardist and producer Gavin Christopher.
She sang lead vocals on a song by DJ/producer Lil Louis titled "French Kiss" in 1989. The song became a #1 hit on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart that year.
During the 1990s, she also scored three #1 singles on the Hot Dance Club Play chart in her own right: "Another Sleepless Night", in 1991[1] (which also reached #67 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and #50 on the UK Singles Chart[2]); "Don't Lose the Magic", in 1992 (which peaked at #71 on the Hot 100, and UK chart #30[2]); and "Sweet Freedom", in 1998. In addition, she sang backing vocals on Jimmy Somerville's #1 Hot Dance Club Play track from 1995, "Heartbeat".
She also recorded a song titled "Thinking About the Way" in the early 1990s and reached #57 in the UK in 1994 with "Make My Love".[2]
See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
References
- ^ Hart, Hugh (June 26, 1991). "Here's the flip side of a family success story: Son gives mom a break". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 14, 2009.
- ^ a b c Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 106. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
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