I get alot of music promotional items and I recieved the new single by Wanda Dee called "Love Like Mine". On the bio sheet, a Summer 2003 tour with Prince is mentioned. It reads:

Press Release: MUSIC EDITORS & REVIEWERS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: February 2003

For more information, Call: (718)-680-0873 Email serpro@concentric.net

GENE SERINA (serina promotions)
FAX# : (718)-680-8946
Label: G.E.R.L.
Phone: (704) 708-8856

NEW RELEASE:
"Love Like Mine"/"Cozy" (from the album "The Godess Is Here!")

ARTIST: WANDA DEE

Wanda Dee, the former lead singer for the British Techno / Pop-Rock group THE KLF (on Arista Records) presents her long awaited debut, full-length solo Pop/Dance album "THE GODESS IS HERE!". Wanda Dee & The KLF have sold over 15 million albums in the 90's. She now returns with a powerful and dynamic 18-track amalgamation of eclectic & electric productions that feature lyrical contributions, duets and searing vocals by the likes of music industry veterans ASHFORD & SIMPSON - DOUG E. FRESH - D'ATRA HICKS - PEGGI BLU - SHARON BROWN - CAROL DOUGLAS - TAANA GARDNER - FONDA RAE - ALYSON WILLIAMS - CAROL WILLIAMS - LOLEATTA HOLLOWAY & FREDA PAYNE.

"LOVE LIKE MINE", the debut Pop/Dance single with it's killer vocals, bombastic bridge and irresistible hook, is the lead single with remixes by GIUSEPPE D., and EDDIE MIX - along with a bonus track "COZY", a lush, infectious ballad geared for Quiet Storm Urban Radio formats.

Wanda Dee has gone platinum in 77 countries, tours globally 10 months out of the year, sings in 7 languages, can spin on a dime in 6 inch heels and give you 9 cents in change and in June 2003 Wanda will be touring across the United States with PRINCE.

{{{Never heard of her. -Ben}}}

I have never heard of her either. I just hope that it is true, but they might be talking about the celly.

Wanda lives here in Charlotte. I've met her numerous times, written about her in my music column and even reviewed this new album last fall (when it was still in demo form).
She does seem to know Prince -- I think they met in the early 90s when both were touring Europe, she was invited on stage during the Hit & Run show here a few years back and she covers "Controversy" on the new album (pretty well actually).

I'll see what I can dig up on this...

Peace, David

Here is a link to a picture of her. http://www.alicebernstein...ndadee.jpg

kbarso said:

sorta like a poor man's sade, she looks like...

never heard of 'er.

hi, quake!

She sang with The KLF, fo real?

Could be interesting, if true.

Interesting...she sounds talented. Singing in 7 different languages is a hellva hat trick...she looks hot from what i can see in that pic. Princly type...if the connections true.

The only & most important thing 2 me is the talk of a Prince tour this Summer...thats where its at, and where I wanna B.

Hope he does, so this brotha can go see...

Summer tour sounds fine with me! I am indeed on standby.

P

who knows what prince will do in june? we are only in march and he can change his mind 10,000 times until then

This release says she has gone platinum in 77 countries but all I can find on her is a single from 1994 & a single from 1996.
Maybe she is going to be a new back-up singer for Prince.

JFive said:

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Former lead singer? I think not. From the KLF FAQ (http://www.stud.uni-hanno.../k/faq.htm):

The KLF did very few live performances when they were active under that name
(see 1.009), and (obviously) none since their retirement. Sometime KLF
guest- vocalist Wanda Dee, on the other hand, has performed hundreds of
dates round the world for the past three years under the names "The KLF
featuring Wanda Dee", "Wanda Dee and The New KLF", "Wanda Dee and the KLF
experience" and so forth, which *strangely* always seem to be advertised by
promoters as just "The KLF". This is probably what you saw a flyer for. Bill
and Jimi have nothing whatsoever to do with these "concerts" and would like
very much to see them stopped, but it's difficult to pursue legal action
against her unless she performs in the UK, which so far she has been savvy
enough not to so. (She's played dates in Russia and Estonia, though!) If you
want to spend your hard-earned money to watch a woman gyrate on-stage to
pre-taped KLF music, by all means, please attend. There is a review by a
KLF fan on the ftp archive, which you should read if you want an idea of
what the show will be like.

Whenever Wanda is questioned (either by the press or KLF fans in the
audience of one of her shows) she comes up with an explanation somewhat like
this: All 90's dance music is constructed in the studio by production teams
and this can never be recreated live on stage. However the performers
(dancers singers etc.) on the record can play live. She says she is the
co-writer and singer of all the biggest hits on The White Room and she was
the reason those songs were hits. This is a *slight* misrepresentation of
the truth however. The KLF sampled vocal snatches from her (erotic?) rap
record "To The Bone" on Tuff City Records and included them in WTIL? and the
single version of LTTT. When Wanda's manager heard these records they sued
the KLF and the out-of-court settlement was that Wanda would get a cash
payment, co- co-writing credits on these songs, and hence publishing
royalties, and appearances in the videos for these songs. I expect that if
the KLF had known the trouble she would cause them they wouldn't have
sampled her. It's up to you to decide whether the non-inclusion of "I wanna
see you sweat" and "Come on boy d'ya wanna ride" would have detracted from
these songs. Stuart Young has much material on how to spike her if she
appears near you. E-Mail him for details.

Handclaps, I really love the poem in your profile!

Excellent!!

JFive said:

Coincidentally, I came across this (as a 12" vinyl single) tonight while browsing the vinyl at LUNA. I passed, although I am kinda curious to hear what it sounds like.