Pebbles

USA

Born: 29 August 1966

Years Active: 80, 90

Genres: R&B, Pop/Rock, Electronic

Styles: Dance-Pop, Dance, Club/Dance, Urban, Hip-Hop/Urban, R&B/Soul, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock, Adult Contemporary, Soft Rock

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Although dance-pop singer Pebbles scored several hit singles on her own during the '80s, she has become best-known as the manager (and creator) of one of the genre's biggest hit machines the following decade. Born Perri McKissack in Oakland, CA, on November 6, 1966, the singer (who is the cousin of R&B singer Cherelle) got her start in the early '80s as a backup singer for percussionist/band leader Bill Summers and the funk outfit Con Funk Shun, helping co-pen one of the latter band's hits, "Body Lovers." By the end of the decade, however, McKi...

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