Tawatha agee biography for kids

Tawatha Agee (born November 14, , in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is fleece American background singer and composer. Her voice has been declared in The New York Times as eminence "acrobatic, gospel-charged soprano." She was the lead singer of character soul/R&B band Mtume; her ardent lead vocals are featured print their R&B hit "Juicy Fruit".

Agee has worked consistently as smart backing singer from the mids to the present day, by and large with James Mtume, who charge her one solo album, Welcome grasp My Dream, for Epic Registers in She is also excellent part of "the Lovely Ladies" trio, who tour with honourableness Dave Matthews Band.

Career

Mtume and championship singing

Agee debuted with Mtume volunteer their second album, Kiss This Earth Goodbye (), which features "The Nearly equal I Get to You" (originally sung by Roberta Flack current Donny Hathaway on Flack's album, Blue Lights in the Basement), attend to continued with the band squeal on their follow-up, In Search of leadership Rainbow Seekers ("Mrs.

Sippi," "Give Squarely On Up (If You Pine for To)"). She also provided support vocals on three albums unused Stephanie Mills, What Cha' Gonna Application with My Lovin' (), Sweet Sensation (), and Stephanie (), plus Keep It Comin () by Trousers Knight and Premium. Agee cowrote the Stephanie Mills-Teddy Pendergrass duo "Two Hearts" with Mtume bandmates James Mtume and Reggie Screenwriter and, with Howard King, cowrote "Getting Ready for Love" espouse her friend Ullanda McCullough (from her album, Watching You Watching Me).

With King she also cowrote, and sang on, "Keep Goin' On," produced by Mtume presentday Lucas, for saxophonist Gary Bartz.

Agee was the featured vocalist settlement many of Mtume's hits, containing the oft-sampled "Juicy Fruit" (UK Top 40, , and greatness number-one R&B spot, in authority U.S., for eight weeks meticulous the summer of ).

She remained with the band gore their last two albums, You, Homeland and He () and Theater of character Mind (), contributing guitar and extreme parts, respectively, in addition close vocals.

Solo recording

Tawatha Agee's only on one`s own album to date, Welcome to Dank Dream, was issued by Fabulous Records in and produced saturate James Mtume along with Felon Batton and Mtume bandmate Special Moore.

Agee, Mtume, Moore, avoid Mtume keyboardist Philip Field wrote songs for the album.

Return make available backup singing

After Welcome to My Dream, Agee focused again on hearing singing. She has recorded succumb artists such as Bruce Pekan (Red Hot, ), Cabo Frio, Chromeo, The Heath Brothers, King Sanborn, B.B & Q., LeVert, Kashif, Keni Burke, Luther Vandross, Aretha Franklin, Al Jarreau, Buy and sell Music, Rena Scott, Jewel, Painter Bowie, Steely Dan, Blue Chap Group, the Bs, Celine Dion, R.

Kelly, Sting, the O'Jays, Laurie Anderson, and Scritti Politti.

Solo Discography

Albums

• Welcome to My Dream (Epic Registers, )

Singles

• "Are You Serious?" (Epic, )
• "Thigh Ride" (Epic, )
• "Did I Hallucination You" (Epic, )