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6 unusual facts about Carleen Anderson


Carleen Anderson

She is the daughter of the singer Vicki Anderson and stepdaughter of Bobby Byrd, and is most well known as the lead singer in the Young Disciples as well as for her own solo career.

Colour of My Soul

"Stories" by Anderson, Johnson's track "Round & Round" and Fernandes' song "Nature Boy" on a double A-sided single, "For My Baby" by Peniston, and "Make It Right" by Donna Odain.

Among those three singers contributed with two solo tracks Anderson, Limerick and Peniston.

As concerns their second studio project, it included in total eight female vocalists coming from both sides of the Atlantic: Carleen Anderson, Romina Johnson, Donna Odain, Beverlei Brown, Hazel Fernandes, Alison Limerick, CeCe Peniston, and Donna Gardier.

For My Baby

The composition was recorded for the Full Flava's second studio album Colour of My Soul on Dôme Records, that included eleven solo songs performed by several female vocalists (Carleen Anderson, Donna Odain, Beverlei Brown, Hazel Fernandes, Romina Johnson, Alison Limerick, CeCe Peniston, and Donna Gardier).

Music Is Our Way of Life

The album was recorded in collaboration with the following female vocalists: Chantay Savage, Beverlei Brown, Kelli Sae, Carleen Anderson, Joy Rose, Donna Gardier, Hazel Fernandes, CeCe Peniston, and Dee Johnson.


Allabouthefunk

After their most identifiable lead singer N'Dea Davenport left the band to pursue a solo career in the mid-90s, the band rotated in several African-American singer/songwriters Siedah Garrett, Carleen Anderson, and Sy Smith as lead vocalists on previous projects.

Full Flava

Full Flava are Rob Derbyshire and Paul Solomon, a Birmingham’s innovative production team assisted by backing singer Tee, that specialize in producing R&B and Soul records for many established artists such as Chantay Savage, Beverlei Brown, Ruby Turner, Carleen Anderson, Hazel Fernandes, Alison Limerick, CeCe Peniston, and Donna Gardier.


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