Rhetta Hughes

Rhetta Hughes

Rhetta Hughes is a R&B singer and actress. She starred in the Broadway musicals "Dreamgirls", "Don't Play Us Cheap", and "Amen Corner", for which she was nominated for a Tony Award in the category Best Actress in a Musical in 1984. She also appeared in the films "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song", "The Wiz" (as a member of the choir), as well as the film version of "Don't Play Us Cheap". She was also seen in the TV version of the musical "Purlie", and appeared in an episode of "Law & Order." In addition, Hughes had two entries on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart including "Angel Man (G.A.)" which hit #1 on this chart in 1983.

ee also

*List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

References

*http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0400874/
*http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?id=45899


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