- Dionne Farris
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Dionne Farris Origin Bordentown, New Jersey, United States Genres R&B, soul, alternative hip hop Years active 1992–present Labels Columbia Associated acts Arrested Development, Count Bass D, Randy Jackson, Van Hunt, Guru (rapper), Jermaine Dupri, TLC Dionne Farris (born 1968, Plainfield, New Jersey, United States)[1] is an American female R&B/soul musician who sang on three songs with the hip hop group Arrested Development.[2] In 1995, she had a solo hit single called "I Know", which hit number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1996, and in 1997, she had another called "Hopeless" (written by Van Hunt) from the Love Jones soundtrack. This was after her demo made its way to Sony Music, and her debut album, Wild Seed, Wild Flower, was released in the summer of 1994, spawning "I Know."[3] Wild Seed - Wild Flower reached #57 on the Billboard 200 chart.[3]
In the UK Singles Chart, "I Know" peaked (after a re-release) at #41 in May 1995, and "Hopeless" peaked at #42 in June 1997.[4]
On April 8, 1995, she was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live, season 20 episode 17, where Damon Wayans was the guest host. She also sang the closing song "For Once In My Life" in the 1996 film, The Truth About Cats & Dogs.
On May 13, 1996, Dionne gave birth to a daughter named Tate.
Farris has released an album entitled Signs of Life on her own record label, Free & Clear. Her 2007 release For Truth If Not Love was issued on iTunes. It featured the track, "Stuck in the Middle".
Contents
Discography
Albums
- Wild Seed – Wild Flower (1995), Columbia
- For Truth If Not Love (2007), Music World
- Signs of Life, (2011), Free & Clear Records
Mixtapes
- Lady Dy, The Mixtape pt. 1 (2011) , Free & Clear Records
Singles
- I Know (1995), Sony
- Don't Ever Touch Me Again (1995), Sony
- Passion (1996), Sony
- Hopeless (1997), Sony
References
- ^ Rateyourmusic.com
- ^ "Speech Interview". Songfacts. http://www.songfacts.com/int/2008/03/speech-arrested-development.html. Retrieved April 3, 2008.
- ^ a b "Biography by Steve Huey". Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p75230/biography. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 195. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
External links
Categories:- 1968 births
- Living people
- African American musicians
- African American female singers
- American rhythm and blues singers
- American soul musicians
- American female singers
- Neo soul singers
- People from Burlington County, New Jersey
- People from Plainfield, New Jersey
- Musicians from New Jersey
- American rhythm and blues singer stubs
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