Teena Marie
USA
Born: 05 March 1956
Died: 26 December 2010
Years Active: 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: R&B, Pop/Rock, Electronic
Styles: Urban, Hip-Hop/Urban, R&B/Soul, Dance-Pop, Dance, Club/Dance, Funk, Disco, Quiet Storm, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock
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No white artist sang R&B more convincingly than Teena Marie, whose big, robust vocals were so black-sounding that when she was starting out, some listeners wondered if she was a light-skinned African-American. Marie grew up in west Los Angeles in a neighborhood that was nicknamed "Venice Harlem" because of its heavy black population. The singer/songwriter/producer was in her early twenties when, around 1977, she landed a job at Motown Records. It was at Motown that she met her mentor and paramour-to-be, Rick James, who ended up doing all of the...
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