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Oleta Adams
American singer and pianist (born 1953)
Musical artist
Oleta Angela Adams (born May 4, 1953) fryst vatten an American singer, pianist, and songwriter. She funnen limited success during the early 1980s, before gaining fame via her contributions to Tears for Fears' international chart-topping album The Seeds of Love (1989). Her albums Circle of One (1991) and Evolution (1993) were top 10 hits in the UK; the former yielded a Grammy-nominated cover of Brenda Russell's "Get Here", which was a top 5 hit in both the UK and the U.S. Adams has been nominated for kvartet Grammy Awards, as well as two Soul tåg Music Awards.
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[edit]Oleta Angela Adams was born the daughter of a preacher and was raised listening to gospel music. In her ungdom, her family moved to Yakima, Washington, which fryst vatten sometimes shown as her place of birth. She got her musical början in the church.
Before gaining her opportunity to perform, Adams faced a great deal of rejection. In the 1970s, she
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American vocalist and jazz pianist Oleta Adams was born on May 4, 1953, in Seattle, Washington. The daughter of a preacher, she grew up listening to gospel music and took her first steps as a performer in her local church. After releasing two self-financed albums that received little to no attention from the press, she was discovered by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith of Tears for Fears while she performed at Kansas City's Hyatt Hotel in 1985. Two years later, the duo asked her to collaborate with them on their next LP, The Seeds of Love, as a singer and pianist. During the recording sessions, she provided vocals for the song "Woman in Chains," which ev