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Raissa Khan-Panni is an English people|English singer-songwriter who records under the name Raissa . She is best known for the 2000 single (music)|single , "How Long Do I Get", which was airplay (radio)|playlisted by United Kingdom|UK radio station s. The song reached #47 in the UK Singles Chart .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= 449
Biography
Raissa was born and grew up in middle-class south London. Her mother is English people|English and her father of mixed Chinese people|Chinese , India|Indian , Mexican people|Mexican and Russians|Russian ancestry. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/jan/20/mummers-mink-hollow-road? INTCMP=SRCH/ The Mummers: 'We're honouring his spirit completely' Raised in South London , Raissa met regular collaborators Paul Sandrone and Dan Birch while studying music in Bristol during the 1990s. This partnership has produced three album s, including 1999's Believer . She is closely associated with the musical ensemble|group , Suede (band)|Suede , having twice supported the band on UK concert tour|tours and contributing human voice|vocals to Suede's cover version|cover of Noël Coward 's "Poor Little Rich Girl" on the Twentieth-Century Blues: The Songs of Noel Coward|Twentieth-Century Blues tribute album .
Raissa has also worked with several other musician s including Dobie and dance music|dance duet (music)|duo LHB , for whom she performed guest vocals during their support slot on Kylie Minogue 's 2002 arena tour. Raissa was collaborating on the Brighton based project The Mummers (band)|The Mummers with Mark Horwood and Paul Sandrone before the former's suicide in late 2009. http://www.markhorwood.com/music.html Mark Horwood's current projectscite news|last=Lester|first=Paul|title=The Mummers - Band of the Day |date=22 July 2008 |publisher=The Guardian (London)|url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/jul/22/band.of.the.day.mummers http://www.theargus.co.uk%2Fnews%2F4635991.Brighton_musician_found_hanged/ theargus.co.uk
The Mummers Tale to Tell (part one) (2008) - Big Bass Drum
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http://www.raissanet.co.uk/ Fan Site
MySpace|146801590|The Mummers
http://www.themummers.co.uk/ www.themummers.co.uk
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