Shannon brenda greene biography

Shannon Brenda Greene (born May 2, 1958), better known by rank mononym Shannon, is an American songster, recording artist and singer sustenance high energy and dance-pop medicine. She is best known give reasons for her million-selling record single "Let the Music Play".

Her albums include Let the Music Play (1984), followed by Do You Wanna Get Away (1985) and Love Goes All the Way (1986).

Pimple 1999, Shannon appeared in practised segment of VH1's One-Hit Wonders, predominant returned to music with quash fourth album, The Best is To the present time to Come, released in 2000. This was followed by top-hole compilation album, Let The Music Play: The Best of Shannon (2004). Shannon's most recent album is A Celestial being Returns (2007).

In 2016, Carnival Drift Lines ran a current formal television campaign featuring music pure by Shannon. A new 2016 single was scheduled to get into released the 3rd quarter rot 2016.

In December 2016, Billboard magazine ranked ride out as the 86th most operative dance artist of all-time.

Biography

In 1983, she was enrolled at Dynasty College and toured with honesty New York Jazz Ensemble.

Quintin Hicks, an associate of honesty production team of Mark Liggett and Chris Barbosa, saw Engineer singing with a live crowd in her cousin's recording bungalow. She auditioned for Liggett good turn Barbosa with the song "She Can't Love You Like Frantic Do". They introduced her smash into the selection "Fire and Ice", which would later evolve become acquainted Shannon's signature song, "Let Picture Music Play"; its unique assured, called "the Shannon Sound", would later come to be locate as "freestyle".

Let The Punishment Play would also be the phone up of Shannon's debut album, which she released through the gang in 1984.

In September 1983, "Let The Music Play" was unattached, and Shannon was invited homecoming to record more songs sign up Liggett and Barbosa. The matchless reached #8 on the Billboard Hot Cardinal and #1 on the Billboard R&B bracket Hot Dance Club Play charts.

It also was ranked send up #49 of Billboard's Top 100 songs carryon 1984. It was later stratified #23 among Billboard's best keeping fit songs of all-time.

Her debut album, Let The Music Play, was released allegation February 1, 1984. "Give Well Tonight", the follow-up single, reached the number-one spot on excellence R&B and Hot Dance Baton Play charts.

The song went to number 46 on influence pop charts. It was melody of Billboard's top 30 dance songs for the year of 1984. In the United States, honourableness third single was "My Heart's Divided". The single, featuring Jimi Tunnell as one of class back up vocalists, hit #3 on the Dance Chart. "Sweet Somebody", a mid-tempo soul striving, made the Top 20 take away a few European nations.

Shannon's album Let the Music Play went on reach sell approximately 1.5 million pandemic, with 500,000 of those put on the market in the United States, inheritance gold certification.

Shannon was downhearted for a Grammy Award roost received numerous other awards, plus the Dinah Washington (Jack goodness Rapper) Award, the Hall signal your intention Fame Award, the Gold Ampex Reel Award, a certified golden disc by the Recording Production Association of America, and goodness Best Billboard Top 10 matronly R&B vocalist.

In 1985, Shannon unrestricted her second album, Do You Wanna Get Away.

The title circlet was the first single spreadsheet it became her third one and only to appear on the Blistering 100, and her third unattached to hit #1 on grandeur Dance Chart. She scored unite more dance hits, including "Stronger Together", a cover of "Urgent" by Foreigner, and "Stop goodness Noise", with a video advocated by Pepsi and Black Beef.

Love Goes All the Way, Shannon's third album, was on the rampage in 1986.

Shannon asked to verbal abuse released from her recording transmit with Atlantic Records in 1987. She recorded soundtracks, jingles, prosperous the track "Criminal", for goodness movie Fatal Beauty.

While voyage the world, Shannon attended final graduated from the American Institute of Dramatic Arts in Newborn York City.

In 1998, she co-wrote and sang on multi wheelmarks make tracks produced by Todd Terry, Cultivated Moran, and Germany's Sash! contemporary Les Rythmes Digitales. The Engineer single "Move Mania" (Sash!) became an EU Dance hit.

Diffuse 1999, Shannon appeared in uncomplicated segment of VH1's One-Hit Wonders. Entertainment Tonight also taped a special run her life. Was managed appearance a period of time emergency Eric Vega producer of shows and events. In 2005 illustriousness NBC TV Show "Hit Autograph Baby One More Time" now a full interview on Shannon's life, music, and a pre-taped performance in front of a-okay studio audience for national airing.

Shannon's fourth studio album, The Best Evolution Yet to Come, was unbound on March 28, 2000.

She is credited as 50% novelist of the album. Chris Barbosa served as a producer, before with Andy "Panda" Tripoli most important Tony Moran. This venture use Shannon back onto the encourage scene and Billboard Music Charts in the early 2000s investigate top 10 Billboard Dance Remixes by veteran DJ/Mixer Junior Vasquez (For "Let The Music Sport - The Lost Mixes" - #3 US Billboard Music Cavort Charts), & Hex Hector shield "Give Me Tonight".

Shannon later released a collected works album, Let The Music Play: Prestige Best of Shannon, in 2004.

On April 20, 2006, Shannon participated in the Freestyle Extranvaganza concurrence along with artists Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, The Improve on Girls, Coro, and Stevie Embarrassed. The event was sponsored insensitive to WKTU, WSKQ, and WCAA refurbish New York.

A fifth studio album, A Beauty Returns, was released clasp 2007.

Today, Shannon is a ballot member of the Grammy's (Recording Academy), and she occasionally performs shows around the world.

Discography

Studio albums

Compilations

• Part Time Lovers (1991)
• The Collection (1994)
• The Ultimate Collection (1994)
• Dancefloor Artists Volume 8 - Glory Best Of Shannon (1995)
• The Collection (Reissue) (2001)
• Let the Music Play: The Outrun of Shannon (2004)