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Thread started 02/01/10 12:31pm

bellanoche

Ain't No Place Like U - Vocals?

Ok experts, I know someone here can answer this for me.

Who is singing the lead female vocal on the version of "Ain't No Place Like U" that is on The Work - Volume 4, Disc 3? I cannot place the voice to save my life. This sounds like it was recorded in the 1990s.

Thanks!
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Reply #1 posted 02/01/10 12:33pm

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it's ashley tamar davis

and mayte did a version on her album too
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Reply #2 posted 02/01/10 12:54pm

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unique said:

it's ashley tamar davis

and mayte did a version on her album too


Wow, that was Tamar? How funny is that. I just posted a comment about how some of the Milk & Honey tracks remind me of Chrisette Michelle's lastest work, and how if properly promoted Tamar could have been a pretty successful Prince protege. What a shame that didn't pan out.

The Mayte version does nothing for me. It lives the Work tracks that only get heard when the iPod is on shuffle. lol

Thanks for the quick response!
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Reply #3 posted 02/01/10 1:21pm

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I always thought it was Jevetta Steele? I've been wrong.

I always found it interesting that the chorus drum beat was used in "Slave", and the guitar was used in "In This Bed I Scream" and "When U Love Somebody".
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Reply #4 posted 02/01/10 2:45pm

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billymeade said:

I always thought it was Jevetta Steele? I've been wrong.

I always found it interesting that the chorus drum beat was used in "Slave", and the guitar was used in "In This Bed I Scream" and "When U Love Somebody".


I never paid that much attention to the song. This is all news to me. The voice sounds so mature to be Tamar because I thought should would have been rather young when it was recorded. She sounds so different from the Milk and Honey material. I am not familiar with Jevetta Steele's solo voice.
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Reply #5 posted 02/01/10 3:03pm

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billymeade said:

I always thought it was Jevetta Steele? I've been wrong.

I always found it interesting that the chorus drum beat was used in "Slave", and the guitar was used in "In This Bed I Scream" and "When U Love Somebody".


I thought it was Jevetta too, but I can't seem to find anything to confirm that at the moment. I can't be Tamar though, can it? The track is from the mid-90s. She would have been awfully young.
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Reply #6 posted 02/01/10 3:05pm

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TwiliteKid said:

billymeade said:

I always thought it was Jevetta Steele? I've been wrong.

I always found it interesting that the chorus drum beat was used in "Slave", and the guitar was used in "In This Bed I Scream" and "When U Love Somebody".


I thought it was Jevetta too, but I can't seem to find anything to confirm that at the moment. I can't be Tamar though, can it? The track is from the mid-90s. She would have been awfully young.


According to this site, it is Jevetta, and the song is from 1996. My thinking was the same after I listened to the song again. I thought Tamar would have been too young to have that kind of voice.

http://rateyourmusic.com/...tta_steele

Now I'm trying to figure out who's singing on Curious Blue. I think it's Rosie, especially on the "I need a choir to help me sing it" part, but I am not 100% certain more like 95%. Too bad there are no liner notes for some of this stuff. lol
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Reply #7 posted 02/01/10 3:11pm

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TwiliteKid said:



I thought it was Jevetta too, but I can't seem to find anything to confirm that at the moment. I can't be Tamar though, can it? The track is from the mid-90s. She would have been awfully young.


Yeah, I can't "confirm" it, but it's from 1993, and her album "This Is It" from that year features the Prince songs "Hold Me" and "Open Book".

Tamar would've been 13 at the time, and according to Wikipedia, she met Prince at age 14.
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Reply #8 posted 02/01/10 3:15pm

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bellanoche said:


Now I'm trying to figure out who's singing on Curious Blue. I think it's Rosie, especially on the "I need a choir to help me sing it" part, but I am not 100% certain more like 95%. Too bad there are no liner notes for some of this stuff. lol


That's Margie Cox.

This thread has a huge list that might help! (post 11)
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Reply #9 posted 02/01/10 3:18pm

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billymeade said:

bellanoche said:


Now I'm trying to figure out who's singing on Curious Blue. I think it's Rosie, especially on the "I need a choir to help me sing it" part, but I am not 100% certain more like 95%. Too bad there are no liner notes for some of this stuff. lol


That's Margie Cox.

This thread has a huge list that might help! (post 11)

Thanks. I never thought of Margie, and I've seen her live a couple of times. I've never heard any of her recordings though.

For some reason the link to the thread didn't work, but I was able to copy it from the edit message window in my reply.
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Reply #10 posted 02/01/10 3:31pm

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billymeade said:

TwiliteKid said:



I thought it was Jevetta too, but I can't seem to find anything to confirm that at the moment. I can't be Tamar though, can it? The track is from the mid-90s. She would have been awfully young.


Yeah, I can't "confirm" it, but it's from 1993, and her album "This Is It" from that year features the Prince songs "Hold Me" and "Open Book".

Tamar would've been 13 at the time, and according to Wikipedia, she met Prince at age 14.


I can confirm that Tamar Davis sings ON YOUR OWN which is a 1994 outtake, not Ain't No Place Like U.
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Reply #11 posted 02/02/10 11:06am

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Waiting for Ernest to give us the correct answer.
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