- Sabrina Johnston
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Name = Sabrina Johnston
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Genre = Club & Dance, hip hop
Years_active = 1991-present
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Notable_instruments =Sabrina Johnston is a
singer , most noted for her 1991 clubanthem "Peace".Career
Born in
Germany , Sabrina grew up in theUnited States attending summer music camps, dance and voice classes before enrolling at Chaney State University as a music major.Johnson's vocal range is stylistically diverse and distinctive, transitioning smoothly from R&B to soul and pop. On entering the music scene, she quickly found herself in a great demand as a session singer with such artists as West Street Mob,
Funking for Jamaica andLauryn Hill . She made an appearance as a backing vocalist on Lauryn Hill's "To Zion" from thealbum "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill ". Johnston expanded her potential and pushed the possibilities by writing, arranging and producing thesong s she sang, and also for other artists.The self-penned, gospel-tinged pop dance/urban hit, "Peace" caught the attention of the
The Rolling Stones , who asked her to audition for their Steel Wheels Tour. However, they lost out to JR Records and East West London when she was signed for a self-titled album. This was followed by the album "Yum Yum" several years later.An Interesting Fact
In the summer of 1992, a compilation called
Red hot + dance was released, it included an amazing (Nu-Mix) of Sabrina's "Peace" smash .Later that year, this very version was used as a very powerful musical mood-setter in first season of then-new series
Melrose Place Episode 10: Burned .Discography
Albums
Released - 1992
Title - "Sabrina Johnston"::1. "Peace" (4:02):2. "Friendship" (4:06):3. "Don't Hide Your Love" (3:55):4. "Yours That Kind Of Love" (5:35):5. "Anniversary Lover" (3:59):6. "I Wanna Sing" (3:55):7. "Glory" (5:04):8. "We Need Each Other" (3:52):9. "Give It To Me" (4:06):10. "Hayway 95" (3:58)
Released - 1998
Title - "Yum Yum"::1. "Reasons" (3:13):2. "Tonight" (3:24):3. "Yum Yum" (3:14):4. "Ain't Nobody Gonna Stop Me" (3:05):5. "No" (2:30):6. "Your In My Life" (3:42):7. "Lay Me Down" (4:15):8. "Sorry" (3:04):9. "You Need My Lovin'" (3:33):10. "I Can Feel It Happen" (5:07):11. "Tonight" [*] (9:34):12. "Reasons" [*] (6:40)
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