- Zelma Davis
Zelma Davis is a Liberian-born singer who rose to fame, in the early 1990s, as one of the featured vocalists for the dance/hip hop act
C+C Music Factory . Also a featured vocalist on album "Lucky Man" by Dave Koz.C+C Music Factory
Upon C+C Music Factory's emergence onto the scene in late 1990, Davis was marketed as the principal vocalist of the ensemble—despite there having been several other female vocalists, in addition to her, who had provided the vocals to various tracks on the groups debut album, "
Gonna Make You Sweat ". Davis appeared in the music video for the albums number oneHot 100 charting title track, where shelip-sync ed to vocals which had, in fact, been sung byMartha Wash . [ [http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608000281/C-C-Music-Factory.html C + C Music Factory lyrics, music, biography, records, band, album, videos, CD, and the discography including C + C Music Factory famous works ] ]Wash (who had also provided vocals to Black Box during the same period, and also saw that group use models to lip-sync to her voice in the music videos) did not appreciate the perception of Davis being the voice behind the hit song, and proceeded to file a lawsuit against the group. With this happening during the height of the
Milli Vanilli lip-syncing scandal, Davis found herself being accused of being a no talent—despite her having actually performed a number of songs on C+C's album.Fact|date=November 2007In 1994, Davis (along with Wash, whose lawsuit was settled out of court) reunited with the group to record C+C Music Factory’s second album, "Anything Goes!" [ [http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608000281/C-C-Music-Factory.html C + C Music Factory lyrics, music, biography, records, band, album, videos, CD, and the discography including C + C Music Factory famous works ] ] to which Zelma contributed the vocals on "I Found Love" [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000002ANP Amazon.com: Anything Goes!: C+C Music Factory: Music ] ]
As part of C+C Music Factory, Davis hit #1 on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart four times. C+C Music Factory was recognized with one Grammy Award nomination, five American Music Awards, five Billboard Music Awards, two MTV Music Video Awards, and several European, Japanese and Australian Music Awards.
On Tuesday, August 12, 2008, Zelma Davis and Amber released a remake of Donna Summer & Barbara Streisand's "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)".
ee also
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List of number-one dance hits (United States)
*List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart References
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