Wow, what a great voice. Halfway between Lisa Stansfield and Tina Turner, with a growling, bombastic style similar to Tina's. In fact, Anastacia sounds almost exactly like Taylor.



She had a solid run of hits from '88-'93, but, much like Stansfield, couldn't cut it in the US after that, although she remained very popular over in Europe.

Some of her defining songs:

"Tell It To My Heart"
"I'll Always Love You"
"Can't Get Enough Of Your Love" (a remake of the Barry White classic, this shows a more soulful side of her)
"With Every Beat Of My Heart"
"Love Will Lead You Back"
"Don't Rush Me"
"Prove Your Love"
"I'll Be Your Shelter"
"Send Me A Lover"

Some of these are dance-pop, but they're pretty good. Her second album was more rock-oriented, while her third was a foray into soul music. She released a critically-acclaimed album in 1998 (Naked Without You) but it was ignored. Last year, she released a live album on an independent label, and it's apparently fantastic, although I haven't heard it.
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her real name is "Leslie Wunderman" shes from Baldwin Ny.. trust iv'e met her shes about 4 foot nuttin lil cutie she is..

Yes, Anastacia sounds a lot like her

I remember she got some big old lips, that girl.

She's great. Too bad she is stuck in indie land. I wouldn't mind a comeback from her.

Marrk said:

big ol' lips 4 mah big ol' foot-long chilli dawg!

'dre

VoicesCarry said:

Get it!! It's great. Recorded live during a 1999 tour.

Here's a slightly different cover from the one I've got...

i loved her Soul Dancing Cd.....I think thats what that was called.....

yeah, she was crap.

One of my favorite vocalists of all time...

There's video footage( from around '89 or '90) of her onstage with Prince at an aftershow, singing "Still Would Stand All Time"...

I love Taylor Dayne.She's an amazing singer with a number of great singles in her catalog.My favorite is "I'll Always Love You" from 1988,a soulful masterpiece where her voice just soars.She really deserves much more success and recognition.If I'm not mistaken,she opened for MJ on his 'Bad' tour in 1988,and that same year,she appeared onstage with Prince.She's also a beautiful woman too.I may have to check out some of her recent CDs,which she now releases independently.

She often appears on those 70s Disco celebration TV specials.I could see her making a disco covers album.She already covered a Barry White song ("Can't Get Enough Of Your Love Baby") with great results.Imagine her voice on classics like "Don't Leave Me This Way","Last Dance" and "I Will Survive",it would be incredible!

Taylor Dayne was Really Popular. I liked her alot.I read she had a baby . She's been away for too long.

i love taylor dayne. in fact, i was just in a hard core phase/mode with her music last month. i have her first 3 albums. she's got some great songs on there. such a great dance/ballad voice. girl can sing. she recently was on broadway in aidia and i think she had a small part in some movie too.

taylor dayne was my first concert, something like 15 yrs. ago. i loved it.

"Send Me A Lover" Perhaps my favourite song by her. That song should've gain more attention than it did. There's also a version by Celine Dion that's really great. But, Taylor owned that one for me!

Love Taylor Dayne also. Anastacia too.

i believe anastacia could cover any 1 of Dayne's songs perfectly.

I remember her videos were given a lot of rotation.
Debbie Gibson was the V/S

I guess Debbie was the nice girl and Taylor the naughty one

Only in my dreams....

Yeah, I like Taylor Dayne's songs. We have the same birthday too, so I think she's cool.

"Tell it to my heart,tell me I'm the only one,is this really love or just a game".

One of the female singers my brother had a crush on back in the day.The others being Angela Winbush and Lisa Lisa

I thought I heard on one of those 'Where Are They Now' type shows that she was going to start doing rock-oriented music because she never really wanted to do the dance/r&B type music that the record company had her doing.

she's so great - i love her version of Original Sin, the Jim Steinman song. Very cool.

mrdespues said:

Thanks! That's quite what I thought when reading the thread's subject. Actually, I though "Yep. Unfortunately I do."

In German there's a word for her voice: She's got a Knödel in her throat. Much like Kermit.

Wolf

Love that album!


Here's a cool site I came across. Enjoy!

Taylor Dayne

I remember her I used to think she was so pretty and had such a strong voice.

I went to a drag queen show last week and in my drunken stoop I asked someone..."Whatever happened to Taylor Dayne?"

I loved her in the 80's and she had the best voice of all her competitors...She was out during the dance/pop siren explosion of the late 80's....others included...

Lisa Lisa (loved her too!)
Cover Girls
Jody Watley
Pebbles
Expose.

In the year of comebacks...Taylor should come back and fire up the dance floors once again.

Yeah, Tell it to my Heart - was a cool song.

She emerged in a period when the female video queens with avg. voices had several dance hits - mostly produced by Full Force, LOL.

Other atrtsit who fit this category are: Samantha Fox, Lisa Lisa, Paula Abdul, Pebbles, and Paula Abdul.

goat2004 said:

SAMANTHA FOX! Damn...did she ever bite Lisa Lisa's style! Remember Full Force also produced an album for LaToya Jackson called 'LA-TOYA' or 'You're Gonna Get Rocked' or something. I had the tape....don't know what happened to it.