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Infobox musical artist | name = Dionne Farris| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = solo_singer| alias =| origin = Bordentown, New Jersey|Bordentown , New Jersey , United States | genre = rhythm and blues|R& B , soul music|soul , alternative hip hop | years_active = 1992–present| label = Columbia Records|Columbia / Sony Music Entertainment|SME Records | Voice Type(s) = Contralto | associated_acts = Arrested Development (hip hop group)|Arrested Development , Count Bass D , Randy Jackson , Van Hunt , Guru (rapper) , Jermaine Dupri , TLC (band)|TLC | website =| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments = Dionne Farris (born 1968, Plainfield, New Jersey , United States ) http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/dionne_farris Rateyourmusic.com is an United States|American female Rhythm and blues|R& B / soul music|soul musician who singing|sang on three songs with the hip hop musical ensemble|group Arrested Development (hip hop group)|Arrested Development .cite web|url= http://www.songfacts.com/int/2008/03/speech-arrested-development.html|title=Speech Interview|publisher= Songfacts |accessdate=April 3, 2008 In 1995, she had a solo (music)|solo hit single called " I Know (Dionne Farris song)|I Know ", which hit number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1996, and in 1997, she had another called "Hopeless" (written by Van Hunt ) from the Love Jones (film)|Love Jones Love Jones (soundtrack)|soundtrack . This was after her demo (music)|demo made its way to Sony Music , and her debut album, Wild Seed, Wild Flower , was released in the summer of 1994, spawning "I Know."cite web |first= |last= |url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p75230/biography|pure_url=yes |title=Biography by Steve Huey |publisher=Allmusic.com |accessdate=4 January 2009 Wild Seed - Wild Flower reached #57 on the Billboard 200 record chart|chart .
In the UK Singles Chart , "I Know" peaked (after a re-release) at #41 in May 1995, and "Hopeless" peaked at #42 in June 1997.cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 195
On April 8, 1995, she was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live , season 20 episode 17, where Damon Wayans was the guest host. She also sang the closing song " For Once In My Life " in the 1996 film , The Truth About Cats & Dogs .
On May 13, 1996, Dionne gave birth to a daughter named Tate.
Farris has released an album entitled Signs of Life on her own record label , Free & Clear. Her 2007 release For Truth If Not Love was issued on iTunes . It featured the track, "Stuck in the Middle".
Discography
Albums
Wild Seed – Wild Flower (1995), Columbia Records|Columbia
For Truth If Not Love (2007), Music World
Signs of Life , (2011), Free & Clear Records
Mixtapes
Lady Dy, The Mixtape pt. 1 (2011), Free & Clear Records
Singles
I Know (Dionne Farris song)|I Know (1995), Sony
''Don't Ever Touch Me Again (1995), Sony
Passion (1996), Sony
Food For Thought (1996), Sony promo
Hopeless (1997), Sony
References
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External links
http://www.dionnefarris.com Dionne Farris
Myspace|theofficialdionnefarris
Persondata | NAME =Farris, Dionne | ALTERNATIVE NAMES =The Original Soul Rocker | SHORT DESCRIPTION =American R& B singer | DATE OF BIRTH =1968 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Plainfield, New Jersey , United States | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Farris, Dionne Category:1968 births Category:Living people Category:African American musicians Category:African American female singers Category:American rhythm and blues singers Category:American soul musicians Category:American female singers Category:Neo soul singers Category:Columbia Records artists Category:People from Burlington County, New Jersey Category:People from Plainfield, New Jersey Category:Musicians from New Jersey
