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Biography
Infobox musical artist | name = Adeva| image =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Patricia Daniels| alias =| Born = birth year and age|1960 Paterson, New Jersey|Paterson , New Jersey , United States|USA | death_date =| origin =| instrument = singing|vocals | genre = Garage house , contemporary R& B | occupation =| years_active = 1988–2004| label = Cooltempo Records|Cooltempo / Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis / EMI Music|EMI ( United Kingdom|UK ) Capitol Records|Capitol /EMI ( United States|U.S. )| associated_acts = Smack Productions, Paul Simpson, Tony Humphries, Frankie Knuckles | website = Adeva (born Patricia Daniels in 1960) is a female African American House music|house-music and contemporary R& B artist from Paterson, New Jersey|Paterson , New Jersey , United States , the youngest of six children.Larkin, Colin (1999) The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music , Virgin Books, ISBN 978-0-7535-0252-5, p. 8 She had a string of successful hits in the late 80s to early 90s including "Warning" (UK #17), "I Thank You" (UK #17) and "Respect" (UK #17).
Career
Daniels developed her voice as a member, and later director and vocal coach, of her church choir. She entered several talent contests, and won so often that she was banned from entering several of them. She began singing professionally in the mid-1980s, releasing the single "In and Out of My Life" on Easy Street Records before moving on to Cooltempo in 1988. Noted for her powerful vocals, she released a house rendition of the Otis Redding hit " Respect (song)|Respect " in 1989 that reached #17 in the United Kingdom|UK , http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php? id=5332 Adeva, ChartStats, retrieved 2010-02-04 and released her debut album ! in the same year. The album was released in the United States in 1990 via the major record label Capitol Records|Capitol / EMI|EMI Records under license from Chrysalis Records in the UK, with which she signed originally, reaching #6 on the UK Albums Chart . The album was a critical and commercial success in the UK and contained several hit singles including "Beautiful Love" and "Musical Freedom". " Respect (song)|Respect " remains a favorite on Urban contemporary radio stations, especially in New York City to this day. She had a hit follow-up from the album, " I Thank You (Adeva song)|I Thank You ," which also reached #17 in the UK.
Her second album, 1991's Love Or Lust? failed to chart in both the UK and the US despite featuring two hit singles, "Independent Woman" and "It Should Have Been Me", and she was dropped by Cooltempo in 1992.
Adeva collaborated with house music|house-music pioneer Frankie Knuckles in 1995, with whom she released two Top-40 singles, http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php? id=7421 Frankie Knuckles featuring Adeva, ChartStats, retrieved 2010-02-04 and an album, Welcome to the Real World .Bush, John "Allmusic|class=artist|id=p12143/biography|pure_url=yes Adeva Biography", Allmusic , retrieved 2010-02-04
The a cappella vocal of 1988's "In and Out of My Life" single has become a famous house vocal. It has been sampled by numerous artists including Onephatdeeva and Eric Prydz who both used the vocal for their "In and out of My Life" and " In and Out (Adeva song)|In and Out " hits, respectively.Citation needed|date=February 2010 Adeva continues to be a highly regarded figure in both the New York and the United Kingdom|UK house-music scenes.
Discography
Singles
1988 "In and Out of My Life" (Easy Street Records, US release)
1988 "Respect" UK #17, US Hot Dance Music/Club Play #21
1989 "Musical Freedom (Moving On Up)" (with Paul Simpson) UK #22 http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php? id=5395 Paul Simpson featuring Adeva, ChartStats, retrieved 2010-02-04
1989 "Warning" UK #17, AUS #38
1989 "I Thank You" UK #17, AUS #30
1989 "Beautiful Love" UK #57
1990 "Treat Me Right" UK #62
1991 "Ring My Bell" ( Monie Love Vs. Adeva) UK #20, http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php? id=6248 Monie Love featuring Adeva, ChartStats, retrieved 2010-02-04 AUS #35
1991 "It Should've Been Me" UK #48, AUS #83, US Hot Dance Music/Club Play #1
1992 "Don't Let It Show On Your Face" UK #34
1992 "Independent Woman"
1992 "Until You Come Back To Me" UK #45
1992 "I'm The One For You" UK #51
1993 "Respect" ('93 Remix) UK #65
1995 "Too Many Fish" (with Frankie Knuckles ) UK #34
1995 "Whadda U Want (From Me)" (with Frankie Knuckles) UK #36
1997 "Where Is The Love? "/"The Way That You Feel". UK #54
1997 "Don't Think About It" UK #86
1998 "Been Around"
1999 "In And Out Of My Life" (credited to A.T.F.C Presents Onephatdeeva) UK #11
2004 "In And Out" (with Eric Prydz)
Studio Albums
1989: Adeva! —Cooltempo (UK) | Capitol/EMI (US)—UK #6, AUS #14
1991: Love or Lust —Cooltempo (UK) | Capitol/EMI (US)
1997: New Direction —Distinctive
Compilations
1992 The Hits
1996 Ultimate Adeva
Collaborations
1995: Welcome to the Real World (with Frankie Knuckles )—Virgin/EMI
Videos
1991 Live at the Town and Country Club , Chrysalis/EMI Video (UK)
Chart Statistics
Coincidentally, she had three consecutive solo singles that all reached a high of number 17 in the UK Singles Chart during 1989. Additionally, despite having no top ten UK single hits, she managed to go top-ten with her debut album.
See also
List of Number 1 Dance Hits (United States)
List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
References
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