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4 unusual facts about Vanessa Williams


Poogie Bell

Bell is best known as a drummer, working extensively with bassists Marcus Miller and as a sideman for other artists such as Erykah Badu, Victor Bailey, David Bowie, Stanley Clarke, Randy Crawford, Roberta Flack, Al Jarreau, Chaka Khan, Angelique Kidjo, Joe Sample, David Sanborn, John Scofield, Stanley Turrentine, Luther Vandross, Vanessa Williams and Victor Wooten.

Vanessa Williams

Vanessa A. Williams (born 1963), American actress, a star on Melrose Place and the 2000 television series version of Soul Food

Vanessa L. Williams (born 1963), American R&B/pop singer and actress, Miss America, actress on "666 Park Avenue", Ugly Betty and Desperate Housewives

Vanessa R. Williams (born 1960), American gospel singer, began recording in the 2000s


Benjamin O. Jimerson-Phillips

Benjamin O. Jimerson-Philips, received multiple Gold & Platinum Record Awards, over the years including Brandy, Ginuwine, Paula Abdul, Expose', Vanessa Williams and R. Kelly.

Chuckii Booker

Chuckii has recorded and produced with several prominent recording artist throughout the years, including TROOP which yielded two #1 singles (All I Do Is Think of You & Spread My Wings) his godfather Barry White, Janet Jackson, CJ Anthony, Vanessa Williams, Kool & the Gang and many more.

Dulcinea

In cinema and on stage, she has been played by (among others) Sophia Loren, Joan Diener, Rosemary Leach, Hollis Resnik, and Vanessa Williams.

Ella May Saison

In addition to working with Humberto Gatica (producer of Celine Dion), she has worked with Gerry Brown (producer of Vanessa Williams) and artists such as The Eagles and IV Xample.

Frank Filipetti

Filipetti also recorded and mixed albums for Carly Simon, Barbra Streisand, Vanessa Williams, George Michael, 10,000 Maniacs, Lauren Kinhan, and James Taylor, whose Hourglass Filipetti produced, engineered and mixed, winning Grammy Awards in 1998 for Best Engineered Album and Best Pop Album.

Henrietta Leaver

Years later, discussion of Leaver’s controversial nude statue would return to prominence when Vanessa Williams lost her Miss America title, by comparing Leaver not being invited back to crown her successor as she had “posed for a nude statue” – despite wearing a bathing suit while posing, with her grandmother present and with no knowledge that the artwork would display her naked.

Jon Lind

Vanessa Williams - "Save the Best for Last" (song composed with long-time collaborators Wendy Waldman and Phil Galdston)

Lewis Martineé

He worked with many other artists, producing, writing and or remixing tracks for Ricky Martin, Enrique Iglesias, Celine Dion, Company B, Arika Kane, Jermaine Jackson, Sequal, the Cover Girls, Debbie Gibson, Vanessa Williams, Pet Shop Boys, Son by Four, and Elvis Crespo, among others.


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