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Biography
No footnotes|date=October 2010Infobox musical artist | name = Phyllis Nelson| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Phyllis Nelson| birth_date = birth date|1950|10|3|mf=y|birth_place = Indiana , United States | death_date = death date and age|1998|1|12|1950|10|3|mf=y| instrument = Human voice|Vocals | genre = Rhythm and blues|R& B , Dance music|dance , disco | occupation = Singing|Singer | years_active = 1981–1998| label = Hallmark Records|Hallmark , Carrere Phyllis Nelson (October 3, 1950 - January 12, 1998) was an United States|American singing|singer , most famous for her United Kingdom|UK record chart|chart -topping recording, "Move Closer". Her son is the Rhythm and blues|R& B singer and record producer , Marc Nelson .
Career
Nelson was born in Indiana . She worked and sound recording and reproduction|recorded for several years from the late 1970s to the mid 1980s without achieving much success. Her gramophone record|records were usually dance music|dance tracks, and she also recorded numerous records during the disco era.
In 1984, she recorded a songwriter|self-written ballad entitled " Move Closer ". It was a complete departure from the type of music she had been recording. The lyrics of "Move Closer" were based on a long-term love affair she had with a much younger man in Philadelphia , who was struggling to start his own computer business.Citation needed|date=October 2008 They lived together for several years, raising Nelson's two children ( Marc Nelson|Marc and Kenya) that she had borne earlier by two different men.
While "Move Closer" failed to find an audience in her home country, it reached record chart|number one on the UK Singles Chart in early May 1985, making her the first black woman to top that record chart|chart with a self-composed offering.Citation needed|date=October 2008 The song remained on the chart for almost six months, and became one of the highest selling single (music)|singles of the year. Based in France , Nelson recorded a Single (music)|single with the French people|French actor , Alain Delon : "I Don't Know". It was included in the original soundtrack of the 1985 French film , Parole De Flic (Cop's Honor). Her subsequent releases failed to make any impression (except "I Like You" which made #81cite web|url= http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php? id=4273 |title=ChartArchive - Phyllis Nelson |publisher=Chartstats.com |date=2012-04-11 |accessdate=2012-04-17), and she is remembered as a one-hit wonder .
In the United States , she had success on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, where her song entitled "I Like You" peaked at #1 in 1985. "I Like You" reached the #29 in the French dance charts.Citation needed|date=October 2010 "Move Closer" returned to the United Kingdom|UK chart in 1994, reaching the Top 40 , after being featured in a television advertising|commercial for anti-perspirant .
Death
Nelson died in January 1998 from breast cancer in Los Angeles , California , where she had been living since her divorce. She was 47 years old. http://thedeadrockstarsclub.com/1998.html Thedeadrockstarsclub.com - accessed March 2011
Discography
Albums
Year
Album
Label
1984
Move Closer
Carrere Records
1985
I Like You
Hallmark
Singles
Year
Single
U.S. Hot 100
U.S. Dance
U.S. R& B
UK cite book
Album
1981
"Don't Stop the Train"
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20
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Move Closer
1985
" Move Closer "
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1
1985
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61
1
65
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''I Don't Know
1985
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61
1
65
81
I Like You
1994
"Move Closer" (re-issue)
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34
Move Closer
See also
List of number-one dance hits (United States)
List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Chart
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