Oleta Adams
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Oleta Adams is an American
soul, jazz
, and gospel
singer and pianist
.
. In her youth
her family moved to Yakima, Washington
, which is sometimes shown as her place of birth.
Before gaining her opportunity to perform, Adams faced a great deal of rejection. In the 1970s, she moved to Los Angeles
, California
where she recorded a demo tape. However, many music executives were exclusively interested in disco
music rather than Adams' preferred style.
With the advice of her singing coach, Lee Farrell, Adams moved to Kansas City where she did a variety of local gigs
. Adams started her career in the early 1980s with two self-financed album
s which had limited success.
and Curt Smith
, founders of the English band Tears for Fears
, while performing in a hotel bar in Kansas City
, Missouri
whilst they were on a US tour. They chatted with Adams after her performance, and two years later they contacted her to invite her to join their band as a singer on their next album, The Seeds of Love
.
In 1989, the album
was released and the single
"Woman In Chains" — sung as a duet
by Adams and Orzabal and with Phil Collins
on drum
s — became her first hit. Adams embarked on a world tour with Tears For Fears in 1990, performing by herself as the supporting artist at the start of each show, and remaining onstage throughout the Tears For Fears set where she would provide piano and vocals.
and restarted her solo
career in 1990, assisted by Orzabal who co-produced her new album, Circle of One
. The album received much critical acclaim and (after a slow start) eventually peaked at no.1 in the UK in 1991 when she scored her biggest hit to date with her Grammy
nominated cover
of Brenda Russell
's "Get Here". The song was popular during the 1991 Gulf War
as families of deployed troops in the region embraced the tune as a theme song.
1991 also saw Adams contribute to the Elton John
/Bernie Taupin
tribute album, Two Rooms
, on which appeared her version of John's 1974 hit "Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me
". Adams' version became another top 40 hit in the UK.
Her next album, Evolution
(1993), was also a commercial success, making the UK top 10. It also featured her self-penned adult contemporary single "Window of Hope". Her 1995 release, Moving On
, saw Adams move more in the direction of R&B
, and she also reunited with Roland Orzabal for the duet
"Me and my Big Ideas" on the Tears For Fears album Raoul and the Kings of Spain
the same year. Two years later she released the Christian
themed album Come Walk with Me.
In 1998, she toured as a guest vocalist on Phil Collins
's Big Band Jazz Tour.
In 2004, Adams reunited with Tears for Fears
once again as she made a surprise guest appearance onstage at their Kansas City concert, performing "Woman in Chains
".
Adams released her first Christmas
album on 3 October 2006, entitled Christmas Time with Oleta.
A new secular album entitled Let's Stay Here, was released on April 21, 2009, by E1 Music.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
soul, jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, and gospel
Gospel music
Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....
singer and pianist
Pianist
A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...
.
Biography
Adams was born the daughter of a preacher and was raised with gospel musicGospel music
Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....
. In her youth
Adolescence
Adolescence is a transitional stage of physical and mental human development generally occurring between puberty and legal adulthood , but largely characterized as beginning and ending with the teenage stage...
her family moved to Yakima, Washington
Yakima, Washington
Yakima is an American city southeast of Mount Rainier National Park and the county seat of Yakima County, Washington, United States, and the eighth largest city by population in the state itself. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 91,196 and a metropolitan population of...
, which is sometimes shown as her place of birth.
Before gaining her opportunity to perform, Adams faced a great deal of rejection. In the 1970s, she moved to Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
where she recorded a demo tape. However, many music executives were exclusively interested in disco
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
music rather than Adams' preferred style.
With the advice of her singing coach, Lee Farrell, Adams moved to Kansas City where she did a variety of local gigs
Concert
A concert is a live performance before an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band...
. Adams started her career in the early 1980s with two self-financed album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
s which had limited success.
Collaboration with Tears For Fears
In 1985, Adams was discovered by Roland OrzabalRoland Orzabal
Roland Jaime Orzabal de la Quintana is an English musician, songwriter and record producer. He is known mainly as a co-founding member of Tears for Fears, of which he is the main songwriter and joint vocalist, but he has also achieved success as a producer of other artists.- Early career :Orzabal...
and Curt Smith
Curt Smith
Curt Smith is an English musician. He is best known for forming the band Tears for Fears, along with childhood friend Roland Orzabal. Also a solo artist, he released his third album Halfway, Pleased in May 2008....
, founders of the English band Tears for Fears
Tears for Fears
Tears for Fears are an English new wave band formed in the early 1980s by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith.Founded after the dissolution of their first band, the mod-influenced Graduate, they were initially associated with the New Wave synthesiser bands of the early 1980s but later branched out into...
, while performing in a hotel bar in Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
, Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
whilst they were on a US tour. They chatted with Adams after her performance, and two years later they contacted her to invite her to join their band as a singer on their next album, The Seeds of Love
The Seeds of Love
-Bonus tracks:Note: A remix of "Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams" was also released as a separate single in the UK and reached #70 on the charts.-Personnel:* Drums - Manu Katché, Chris Hughes, Phil Collins, Simon Phillips* Bass - Pino Palladino, Curt Smith...
.
In 1989, the album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
was released and the single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
"Woman In Chains" — sung as a duet
Duet (music)
A duet is a musical composition for two performers. In classical music, the term is most often used for a composition for two singers or pianists; with other instruments, the word duo is also often used. A piece performed by two pianists performing together on the same piano is referred to as...
by Adams and Orzabal and with Phil Collins
Phil Collins
Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....
on drum
Drum
The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
s — became her first hit. Adams embarked on a world tour with Tears For Fears in 1990, performing by herself as the supporting artist at the start of each show, and remaining onstage throughout the Tears For Fears set where she would provide piano and vocals.
1990s
Following her work with Tears For Fears, Adams was offered a recording contract by their label Fontana RecordsFontana Records
Fontana Records is a record label which was started in the 1950s as a subsidiary of the Dutch Philips Records; when Philips restructured its music operations it dropped Fontana in favor of Vertigo Records. In the seventies PolyGram acquired the dormant label....
and restarted her solo
Solo (music)
In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...
career in 1990, assisted by Orzabal who co-produced her new album, Circle of One
Circle of One
Circle of One is the third album by the American vocalist, pianist and songwriter Oleta Adams and was released in 1990. Circle of One is often considered as Adams' first album, since her two earlier albums were self-financed and only received local distribution.- History :After a successful...
. The album received much critical acclaim and (after a slow start) eventually peaked at no.1 in the UK in 1991 when she scored her biggest hit to date with her Grammy
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
nominated cover
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of Brenda Russell
Brenda Russell
Brenda Russell is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboardist. Known for her eclectic musical style, her recordings have encompassed several different genres, including pop, soul, dance, jazz and adult contemporary...
's "Get Here". The song was popular during the 1991 Gulf War
Gulf War
The Persian Gulf War , commonly referred to as simply the Gulf War, was a war waged by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States, against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.The war is also known under other names, such as the First Gulf...
as families of deployed troops in the region embraced the tune as a theme song.
1991 also saw Adams contribute to the Elton John
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...
/Bernie Taupin
Bernie Taupin
Bernard John "Bernie" Taupin is an English lyricist, poet, and singer, best known for his long-term collaboration with Elton John, writing the lyrics for the majority of the star's songs, making his lyrics some of the best known in pop-rock's history.In 1967, Taupin answered an advertisement in...
tribute album, Two Rooms
Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin
Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin is a 1991 tribute album consisting of interpretations of sixteen songs written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. The title refers to the song on Elton John's album 21 at 33, "Two Rooms at the End of the World", to the duo's unusual...
, on which appeared her version of John's 1974 hit "Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me
Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" is the first single from British musician Elton John's 1974 album Caribou; it was released that year during the latter half of May in the United Kingdom, and on 10 June in the United States.-Lyrics and music:...
". Adams' version became another top 40 hit in the UK.
Her next album, Evolution
Evolution (Oleta Adams album)
Evolution is the fourth album by the American vocalist, pianist and songwriter Oleta Adams and was released in 1993.-History:...
(1993), was also a commercial success, making the UK top 10. It also featured her self-penned adult contemporary single "Window of Hope". Her 1995 release, Moving On
Moving On (Oleta Adams album)
Moving On is an album by the American vocalist, pianist and songwriter Oleta Adams and was released in 1995.-History:Moving On saw Adams move to a more straightforward R&B sound. Working with established R&B producers Vassal Benford or Michael J...
, saw Adams move more in the direction of R&B
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
, and she also reunited with Roland Orzabal for the duet
Duet (music)
A duet is a musical composition for two performers. In classical music, the term is most often used for a composition for two singers or pianists; with other instruments, the word duo is also often used. A piece performed by two pianists performing together on the same piano is referred to as...
"Me and my Big Ideas" on the Tears For Fears album Raoul and the Kings of Spain
Raoul and the Kings of Spain
Due to the band's label switch to Sony in 1995, none of the B-sides from the album's singles are included on the Tears for Fears B-sides collection Saturnine Martial & Lunatic, which was released in 1996 by PolyGram, the band's old record company.-Personnel:* Roland Orzabal: Lead Vocals, Guitar,...
the same year. Two years later she released the Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
themed album Come Walk with Me.
In 1998, she toured as a guest vocalist on Phil Collins
Phil Collins
Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....
's Big Band Jazz Tour.
2000s
In 2001, Adams released her sixth album, All the Love, a return to an R&B/Adult contemporary sound. The album was re-released in 2004 in Germany with a different title I Can't Live a Day without You.In 2004, Adams reunited with Tears for Fears
Tears for Fears
Tears for Fears are an English new wave band formed in the early 1980s by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith.Founded after the dissolution of their first band, the mod-influenced Graduate, they were initially associated with the New Wave synthesiser bands of the early 1980s but later branched out into...
once again as she made a surprise guest appearance onstage at their Kansas City concert, performing "Woman in Chains
Woman in Chains
"Woman in Chains" is a hit song by the British band Tears for Fears, released as the second single from their 1989 album The Seeds of Love....
".
Adams released her first Christmas
Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
album on 3 October 2006, entitled Christmas Time with Oleta.
A new secular album entitled Let's Stay Here, was released on April 21, 2009, by E1 Music.
Personal life
In 1994, Adams married drummer John Cushon at a United Methodist church in Kansas City, where they both teach Sunday School. They met in 1980 while working on a demo tape for Adams. Adams stated that she never had a passion to get married but on January 17, 1994 she and Cushon were involved in the Los Angeles earthquake. Adams referred to this as a sign from God that she was ready to get married.Studio albums
| Year | Album | Chart positions | US certifications |
Record label | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
US Gospel Billboard charts The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine... |
UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
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| 1983 | Going on Record | — | — | — | — | — | Self-released |
| 1990 | Circle of One Circle of One Circle of One is the third album by the American vocalist, pianist and songwriter Oleta Adams and was released in 1990. Circle of One is often considered as Adams' first album, since her two earlier albums were self-financed and only received local distribution.- History :After a successful... |
20 | 11 | — | 1 | Gold | Fontana Fontana Records Fontana Records is a record label which was started in the 1950s as a subsidiary of the Dutch Philips Records; when Philips restructured its music operations it dropped Fontana in favor of Vertigo Records. In the seventies PolyGram acquired the dormant label.... |
| 1993 | Evolution Evolution (Oleta Adams album) Evolution is the fourth album by the American vocalist, pianist and songwriter Oleta Adams and was released in 1993.-History:... |
67 | 20 | — | 10 | — | |
| 1995 | Moving On Moving On (Oleta Adams album) Moving On is an album by the American vocalist, pianist and songwriter Oleta Adams and was released in 1995.-History:Moving On saw Adams move to a more straightforward R&B sound. Working with established R&B producers Vassal Benford or Michael J... |
194 | 49 | — | 59 | — | Fontana Fontana Records Fontana Records is a record label which was started in the 1950s as a subsidiary of the Dutch Philips Records; when Philips restructured its music operations it dropped Fontana in favor of Vertigo Records. In the seventies PolyGram acquired the dormant label.... / Mercury Mercury Records Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal... |
| 1997 | Come Walk with Me Come Walk with Me Come Walk With Me is an album by the American vocalist, pianist and songwriter Oleta Adams and was released in 1997.-History:Come Walk With Me is Adams' first gospel music album. Adams, being the daughter of a minister, had been trained in singing gospel music since she was a child, and sang at her... |
— | — | 4 | — | — | Harmony Harmony Records Harmony Records was a label owned by Columbia Records. It was originally used as a label for low-price 78 rpm records in the 1920s and 1930s; subsequently it was revived as a label for budget albums of reissued tracks during the 1950s with nine or ten songs per album... |
| 2001 | All The Love | — | — | — | — | — | Monarch / Pioneer |
| 2006 | Christmas Time with Oleta | — | — | — | — | — | E1 Music |
| 2009 | Let's Stay Here | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes the album failed to chart and/or was not released in that territory | |||||||
Compilations
| Year | Album | Chart positions | Record label | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
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| 1996 | The Very Best of Oleta Adams The Very Best of Oleta Adams The Very Best Of Oleta Adams is a compilation album by the American vocalist, pianist and songwriter Oleta Adams and was released in 1996.-History:... (European) |
— | — | — | Mercury | ||
| 1998 | The Very Best of Oleta Adams The Very Best of Oleta Adams The Very Best Of Oleta Adams is a compilation album by the American vocalist, pianist and songwriter Oleta Adams and was released in 1996.-History:... (USA) |
— | — | — | |||
| 2004 | The Ultimate Collection | — | — | — | Universal | ||
| "—" denotes the album failed to chart and/or was not released in that territory | |||||||
Singles
| Year | Song | UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
U.S. R&B |
U.S. AC Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States... |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | "Woman in Chains Woman in Chains "Woman in Chains" is a hit song by the British band Tears for Fears, released as the second single from their 1989 album The Seeds of Love.... " (with Tears for Fears Tears for Fears Tears for Fears are an English new wave band formed in the early 1980s by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith.Founded after the dissolution of their first band, the mod-influenced Graduate, they were initially associated with the New Wave synthesiser bands of the early 1980s but later branched out into... ) |
26 | 36 | - | - |
| 1990 | "Rhythm of Life" | - | - | 9 | 21 |
| 1990 | "Circle of One" | - | - | - | - |
| 1990 | "Rhythm of Life" (reissue) | 52 | - | - | - |
| 1991 | "Get Here Get Here "Get Here" is a pop ballad written by American singer/songwriter Brenda Russell which became an international hit via a 1990 recording by Oleta Adams, reaching #4 in the UK and #5 in the US.... " |
4 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| 1991 | "You've Got to Give Me Room" | 49 | - | - | - |
| 1991 | "Circle of One" (reissue) | 73 | - | 27 | 17 |
| 1991 | "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" is the first single from British musician Elton John's 1974 album Caribou; it was released that year during the latter half of May in the United Kingdom, and on 10 June in the United States.-Lyrics and music:... " |
33 | - | - | - |
| 1992 | "Woman in Chains Woman in Chains "Woman in Chains" is a hit song by the British band Tears for Fears, released as the second single from their 1989 album The Seeds of Love.... " (reissue) (with Tears for Fears Tears for Fears Tears for Fears are an English new wave band formed in the early 1980s by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith.Founded after the dissolution of their first band, the mod-influenced Graduate, they were initially associated with the New Wave synthesiser bands of the early 1980s but later branched out into... ) |
57 | - | - | - |
| 1993 | "I Just Had to Hear Your Voice" | 42 | - | 97 | - |
| 1993 | "Window of Hope" | - | - | - | - |
| 1994 | "Easier To Say Goodbye" | - | - | - | - |
| 1994 | "My Heart Won't Lie" | - | - | - | - |
| 1994 | "We Will Find a Way" (with Brenda Russell Brenda Russell Brenda Russell is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboardist. Known for her eclectic musical style, her recordings have encompassed several different genres, including pop, soul, dance, jazz and adult contemporary... ) |
- | - | - | - |
| 1995 | "Never Knew Love" | 22 | - | - | - |
| 1995 | "Rhythm of Life (remix)" | 38 | - | - | - |
| 1995 | "Life Keeps Moving On" | - | - | - | - |
| 1996 | "We Will Meet Again" | 51 | - | - | - |
| 2001 | "When You Walked Into My Life" | - | - | - | - |
| 2002 | "I Can't Live a Day Without You" | - | - | - | - |
Videos/DVDs
- Tears For Fears - Going To CaliforniaGoing To California (Tears For Fears video)Going to California is a concert performance video by the British pop group Tears for Fears. Released in 1990, it is a recording of the band's show at the Santa Barbara County Bowl in May 1990 during their "Seeds of Love" World Tour....
(1990) (released on DVD in 2005 as part of Scenes from the Big ChairScenes from the Big ChairScenes from the Big Chair is a documentary film about the British pop band Tears For Fears. Released on home video in 1985, the 75 minute documentary was made at the height of the band's global success following the release of their multi-platinum selling album Songs from the Big Chair.The...
) - Oleta Adams - Live in Concert (2005)
Awards and nominations
| Year | Result | Award | Category | Work |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Nominated | Soul Train Music Award | Best R&B Single, Female | I Just Had to Hear Your Voice "I Just Had to Hear Your Voice" is the title of a R&B single by Oleta Adams. The single earned the singer a Soul Train nomination for R&B Single of the Year, Female in 1994. -Chart positions:-Covers:... " |
External links
- Official website
- Complete discography (including sideworks)
- Oleta Adams Bio
- Oleta Adams at Tv.comTV.comTV.com is a website owned by CBS Interactive. The site covers television and focuses on English-language shows made or broadcast in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and Japan...