Oleta Adams
Country of origin:
U.S.
Type of music generally:
Gospel/jazz/mainstream pop
Status:
Most recent release, "Place of Peace" (single, 2020)
See also:
Oleta Adams's site
Comparisons:
Brenda Russell, Ruby Turner
Covers/own material:
Both
General comments:
Oleta Adams was discovered by Tears For Fears and appears on their album The Seeds Of Love. (Dirk.Kastens@rz.Uni-Osnabrueck.DE)
Recordings include:
- Circle Of One (1990)
- Evolution (1993)
- Moving On (1995)
- Never Knew (1995)
- Come Walk With Me (1997)
- The Very Best of Oleta Adams (compilation, 1998)
- Evolution/Circle of One (compilation 2000)
- All the Love (2001)
- I Can't Live a Day Without You (2004)
- Ultimate Collection (compilation, 2004)
- Christmas Time with Oleta (2006)
- Let's Stay Here (2009)
- Long and Lonely Hours (single, 2015)
- Safe and Sound (single, 2015)
- Third Set (2017)
- "Place of Peace" (single, 2020)
Circle Of One
Release info:
1990—Phonogram/Fontana (Germany), POLYGRAM (U.S.A.)—842 744-2 (Germany), 4228 46346 4 (U.S.A.)
Ecto priority:
Highly recommended (Dirk.Kastens@rz.Uni-Osnabrueck.DE)
Group members:
Oleta Adams
Guest musicians:
Roland Orzabal
Dave Bascome
Pino Palladino
John Cushon
Luis Jardim
Simon Clark
Produced by:
Roland Orzabal and Dave Bascombe
Comments:
Hit single, "Rhythm Of Life," written by Orzabal/Holland (Tears For Fears). (Dirk.Kastens@rz.Uni-Osnabrueck.DE)
Evolution
Release info:
1993—Phonogram/Fontana (Germany), POLYGRAM (U.S.A.)—3145 3145 14965 4
Group members:
Oleta Adams—arranger, composer, electric piano, vocals
Guest musicians:
Rick Nelson—backing vocal
David Sanborn—sax alto
Tom Scott—tenor sax
Jerry Knight—bass, backing vocal
Paulette Brown—backing vocal
Lenny Castro—percussion
Chuck Findley—trumpet, fluegelhorn
Ray Fuller—synthesizer, guitar, piano
Bunny Hill—backing vocal
Larry Kimpel—bass
Daren Klein—engineer
Michael Landau—synthesizer, guitar, piano
Neil Larsen—Hammond organ
Stewart Levine—arranger
Arnold McCutler—backing vocal
Lori Perry—backing vocal
Carolyn Perry—backing vocal
Darlene Perry—backing vocal
Sharon Perry—backing vocal
Valerie Pinkston-Mayo—backing vocal
Richard Stevens—drums, programming
Fred Washington—bass/fretless bass guitar
Fred White—backing vocal
Gota Yashiki—drums, programming
Aaron Zigman—strings, keyboards, programming
Produced by:
Stewart Levine
Thanks to Jens P. Tagore Brage and Barbara Hart for work on this entry.
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