Wondress Hutchinson
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Wondress Hutchinson, also known as, Wondress, is an American
electronic dance music
and jazz fusion
singer who has worked with old school hip hop
/electro funk
group Mantronix
(1990 album This Should Move Ya
, where she sang lead vocals on the album's Top 10 British Singles
hits, "Got to Have Your Love
", and "Take Your Time").
In 1995, Hutchinson sang background vocals
for jazz fusion group, Spyro Gyra
(1995 album Love And Other Obsessions
).
More recently, in 2001 and again in 2003, Hutchinson sang lead and background for Baltimore-based house music
artist DJ Spen ("Solid Ground EP" (2001)), and gospel music
/house music
group, Jasper Street Co. (Interpretations (The Remix Collection) (2003)).
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
electronic dance music
Electronic dance music
Electronic dance music is electronic music produced primarily for the purposes of use within a nightclub setting, or in an environment that is centered upon dance-based entertainment...
and jazz fusion
Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
singer who has worked with old school hip hop
Old school hip hop
Old school hip hop describes the earliest commercially recorded hip hop music , and the music in the period preceding it from which it was directly descended . Old school hip hop is said to end around 1983 or 1984 with the emergence of Run–D.M.C., the first new school hip hop group...
/electro funk
Electro (music)
Electro is a genre of electronic dance music directly influenced by the use of TR-808 drum machines, Moog keytar synthesizers and funk sampling...
group Mantronix
Mantronix
Mantronix was an influential 1980s hip hop and electro funk music group founded by DJ Kurtis Mantronik , and rapper MC Tee...
(1990 album This Should Move Ya
This Should Move Ya
This Should Move Ya is the fourth album by old school hip hop/electro funk group Mantronix, and the second Mantronix album released on Capitol Records. This Should Move Ya featured new members Bryce “Luvah” Wilson and Kurtis Mantronik’s cousin D.J...
, where she sang lead vocals on the album's Top 10 British Singles
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 ...
hits, "Got to Have Your Love
Got to Have Your Love
"Got to Have Your Love" is a song by American old school hip hop/electro funk group Mantronix that was released as a single in 1990. It was taken from their fourth studio album This Should Move Ya. The original song featured Wondress as a vocalist. The single reached number four in the UK Singles...
", and "Take Your Time").
In 1995, Hutchinson sang background vocals
Backing vocalist
A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
for jazz fusion group, Spyro Gyra
Spyro Gyra
Spyro Gyra is an American jazz fusion band that was originally formed in the mid-1970s in Buffalo, New York, USA. With over 25 albums released and 10 million copies sold, they are among the most prolific as well as commercially successful groups of the genre...
(1995 album Love And Other Obsessions
Love and Other Obsessions
Love and Other Obsessions is the eighteenth album by Spyro Gyra, released in 1995 . The album cover showed a bunch of people dancing in the cloudy sky.- Track listing :#"Lost and Found" – 5:09...
).
More recently, in 2001 and again in 2003, Hutchinson sang lead and background for Baltimore-based house music
Baltimore Club
Baltimore club, also called "Bmore Club" or "Club Music" is a breakbeat genre. As blend with hip hop and chopped, staccato house music, it was created in Baltimore, Maryland, United States in the late 1980s by 2 Live Crew's Luther Campbell, Frank Ski, Big Tony , Scottie B...
artist DJ Spen ("Solid Ground EP" (2001)), and gospel music
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....
/house music
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
group, Jasper Street Co. (Interpretations (The Remix Collection) (2003)).