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BLP sources|date=September 2010Infobox musical artist | name = Rosie Gaines| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = solo_singer| alias =| origin = United States | genre = Funk-rock , funk , pop music|pop , Rhythm and blues|R& B , soul music|soul , dance pop , Dance (music)|dance , hip hop music|hip hop | years_active = 1985& ndash;present| label = Dredlix Records|Dredlix , Motown Records|Motown , NPG Records|NPG , Epic Records|Epic , Dome Records|Dome , SUsu Records|SUsu | associated_acts =| website =| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments =Rosie Gaines is an United States|American vocalist, musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer from Pittsburg, California|Pittsburg , California . She released a number of dance music|dance hit record|hits , the most notable being " Closer Than Close (Rosie Gaines Song)|Closer Than Close ".
Ensemble career
Gaines' first band (music)|band was a family funk / Soul music|soul group called Unity, with Gaines on organ (music)|organ , her brother Carl on bass guitar , her cousin Lacy on guitar , sister-in-law Dianne on background vocals and her sister Mal on Drum kit|drums .
Gaines also played in a band called The Oasis and A Touch of Class before joining The Curtis Ohlson Band (with Levi Seacer, Jr. on guitar). Seacer called Gaines one day and asked her to come to Minneapolis, Minnesota|Minneapolis , Minnesota to sing a demo (music)|demo of a song for The Pointer Sisters .
With Prince
While she was doing the demo, Prince (musician)|Prince came in the recording studio , was impressed by her abilities and asked her to join his band The New Power Generation . Gaines was introduced in 1990 as the new singing|vocalist and Keyboard instrument|keyboard player on Prince's Nude Tour .cite news|url= http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/11468421.html|title=The band, remade again, plays stripped down rock`n'roll...|date=May 1, 1990|work= Minneapolis Star-Tribune |accessdate=September 2, 2010 Her first appearance on a Prince album was on Graffiti Bridge (album)|Graffiti Bridge . She was also a member of The NPG in the film Graffiti Bridge (film)|Graffiti Bridge . She performed and wrote on the Diamonds and Pearls album. In 1992, after the Diamonds and Pearls tour, Gaines returned to her solo career, although she continued to work with Prince.
She duet (music)|duetted with Prince on the live version of " Nothing Compares 2 U ", available on his 1993 compilation album , The Hits/The B-Sides .
Solo career
Gaines started sound recording and reproduction|recording her debut solo album. Several albums worth of material were recorded, and the album was set for release on Paisley Park Records . It was never released because of a legal battle between Prince and Warner Bros. Records .citation needed|date=September 2010 Gaines eventually released her third album on Motown Records . It opened with "I Want U" and also includes "My Tender Heart" (composed by Gaines and Prince), which she performed on The Ryde Dyvine TV special in late 1992.
In 1995, Gaines released the album Closer Than Close . A remix single of the title song was released two years later. The song peaked at #4 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= 220 and became a nightclub|club favorite. Also in 1995 Gaines collaborated with Tevin Campbell on the song "I2I" featured in the hit Disney movie A Goofy Movie .
With her own record label , Dredlix Records, Gaines strove to bring her music directly via the Internet . In 1997 she released an internet-only album, Arrival (Rosie Gaines)|Arrival . Limited to 2,000 copies, it was available exclusively through her official website.
In 2003, she released her album You Gave Me Freedom through Dome Records in the United Kingdom|UK . In 2005 Gaines provided her vocals for "Dance With Me" recorded by K-Klass and released on SUSU Records label in July 2005.
Gaines released her album, Welcome to My World (Rosie Gaines album)|Welcome To My World , for SUSU Records in November 2006.
http://www.rosiegaines.com/ Rosie Gaines' Official website
http://www.myspace.com/rosiegaines Rosie Gaines' Official MySpace Page
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