Verisimilitude
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Post by Verisimilitude on Dec 26, 2010 20:39:27 GMT -5
Oh NO. :'( www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/26/lovergirl-singer-teena-marie-dead-report_n_801396.html?ref=tw'Lovergirl' Singer Teena Marie Dies: Report First Posted: 12-26-10 08:31 PM | Updated: 12-26-10 08:34 PM According to Roland Martin, R&B singer Teena Marie has passed away at the age of 54. Martin cites Marie's manager, Mike Gardner. Philadelphia radio station WDAS, was the first to report the news; Chicago radio station V103 is also is reporting the death. Born Marie Christine Brockert, Teena Marie rose to prominence in the late 70s and 80s, striking a musical and personal partnership with funk legend Rick James. She released 13 studio albums, six of which went platinum on the US R&B chart. Two of her albums went platinum, and six altogether were gold. Marie's biggest hit came in 1984 with her single 'Lovergirl,' which peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2010 20:40:45 GMT -5
WHAT?!!! She was so young!! This is horrible. I wonder what happened :( :( :(
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Post by Fat Ass Kelly Price on Dec 26, 2010 20:41:11 GMT -5
NO WAY! :o :o :o
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2010 20:46:20 GMT -5
She supposedly suffered a tonic-clonic seizure a month ago and was found dead by her daughter earlier today. Cause of death is supposedly a heart attack. How awful
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Post by WotUNeed on Dec 26, 2010 20:51:43 GMT -5
That's crazy. R.I.P.
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Post by elementd5 on Dec 26, 2010 20:55:55 GMT -5
Horrible news! So sad.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2010 21:00:19 GMT -5
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Sara
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Post by Sara on Dec 26, 2010 21:14:00 GMT -5
Look at one of her last tweets:
MsTeenaMarie Sarah Vaughan "May You never grow old, and may I never die".
Eerie. RIP. So sad. :(
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Post by gtomaro on Dec 26, 2010 21:15:37 GMT -5
My favorite hit of hers was "Loverboy". So sad, R.I.P. :( :( :( :(
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2010 21:16:49 GMT -5
Look at one of her last tweets: MsTeenaMarie Sarah Vaughan "May You never grow old, and may I never die". Eerie. RIP. So sad. :( Wow she literally tweeted that only a few hours before she passed away Update: They are saying she passed away in her sleep last night. She was in bed when her 19 year old daughter found her this morning, and the day after her birthday and Christmas. So sad
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Post by Nick on Dec 26, 2010 21:33:26 GMT -5
True legend. R.I.P. Glad I was able to see her perform in concert a few times. Shocked by this.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2010 22:01:56 GMT -5
Four of the top 10 trending topics on Twitter are Teena Marie related
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Post by tico on Dec 26, 2010 22:27:30 GMT -5
Oh my God!
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Post by tae04 on Dec 26, 2010 22:29:20 GMT -5
So saddened. She was an unappreciated legend. I'm glad I had the chance to meet her in 2008 at the House of Blues.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Dec 26, 2010 22:37:26 GMT -5
Wow- that came out of nowhere. R.I.P.
I believe Teena was the most successful all-Caucasian female act since the inception of the R&B charts.
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Post by kingofpain on Dec 26, 2010 22:38:48 GMT -5
Behind The Groove was always one of my favorite classics... It's unbelievable that she's dead :(
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2010 22:47:11 GMT -5
Wow- that came out of nowhere. R.I.P. I believe Teena was the most successful all-Caucasian female act since the inception of the R&B charts. 6 top 10 R&B albums and 7 top 10 R&B hits over her 30 year career
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Post by lolhey on Dec 26, 2010 22:56:35 GMT -5
I'm very bummed and gutted about this, rest in peace Lady T. This is truly terrible... wow.
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Post by jamrock16 on Dec 26, 2010 22:57:24 GMT -5
RIP Teena :(
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Post by Luckie Starchild on Dec 26, 2010 23:15:22 GMT -5
Ars longa, vita brevis
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Post by chartfreak on Dec 26, 2010 23:26:26 GMT -5
RIP Ivory Queen of Soul
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Post by Sir Benji on Dec 26, 2010 23:45:49 GMT -5
:o Oh My God! :'( I just can't not Lady T. y'all not her i can't believe this!
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Post by d.t.m on Dec 27, 2010 0:36:05 GMT -5
OMG so sad! :'(
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2010 1:50:16 GMT -5
Rolling Stone did a nice article focusing on some of the most interesting tidbits of her career such as people thinking she was black until she released her second album and Teena's legal issues with Motown leading to the creation of the Brockert Initiative. I wish a lot of these articles about her career would mention the fact that this woman was a writer, producer, arranger, and played multiple instruments. She was not just a pretty voice
R&B Singer Teena Marie Dead at 54
R&B singer Teena Marie, best known for her 1980s hits "Lovergirl," "Ooo La La La" and "Lead Me On," died in her sleep last night of unknown causes in her Los Angeles home. She was 54.
Marie's debut LP, 1979's Wild and Peaceful, was written with her mentor Rick James, who dueted with Marie on her breakthrough single "I'm A Sucker For Your Love." Motown, who rarely signed white artists, didn't put her photo on the cover — leading to a longstanding belief that Marie was actually black.
Mary Christine Brockert was born in Santa Monica and began performing at a very young age, appearing as a tap dancer an episode of the Beverly Hillbillies when she was only eight years old. Marie was signed to Motown by Berry Gordy when she was 19, though no music was released for nearly three years while they figured out what kind of material to give her. "One day [Rick James] was walking down the hall and I was sitting in Stevie Wonder's office," Marie recalled in a 2009 interview. "I would always be in there playing his piano and singing. Rick popped his head in there and we started having a conversation and after that we just became really close friends."
James contributed much to Marie's disco-infused debut album, though they rarely worked together in the ensuing years. Marie released three more albums for Motown, but in 1982 she got into a legal battle with the label. In the end she won a landmark lawsuit that declared it illegal for labels to keep artists under contract while refusing to release their work. It became known as the "Brockert Initiative," after Marie's real name. "It wasn't something I set out to do," she told the Los Angeles Times in 2004. "I just wanted to get away from Motown and have a good life. But it helped a lot of people, like Luther Vandross and the Mary Jane Girls and a lot of different artists, to be able to get out of their contracts."
After the lawsuit Marie signed to Epic, and released a series of R&B hits including "Ooo La La La," "Work It," "Here's Looking At You" and "Lovergirl" (watch Marie's 1985 performance above), which hit Number Nine on the Billboard Hot 100. She took a long break in the 1990s to raise her children daughter, but in 2004 she re-emerged with the album La Dona, which was released on Cash Money and featured contributions by Common, Birdman, Gerard Levert and Rick James. It was James' final recording before his death.
Teena Marie's most recent release was 2009's Congo Square. She continued to tour until shortly before her sudden death.
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Post by MyLastView on Dec 27, 2010 2:31:32 GMT -5
So sad.. She was so gifted. :(
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Post by TGAC on Dec 27, 2010 5:16:43 GMT -5
:( R.I.P.
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Post by Chato on Dec 27, 2010 7:24:38 GMT -5
Wow- that came out of nowhere. R.I.P.
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Post by worldwide on Dec 27, 2010 9:02:21 GMT -5
I have never heard of her! Which is kin of sad because now I've heard some songs and I liked them.
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Post by #LisaRinna on Dec 27, 2010 9:15:49 GMT -5
So sad! :( R.I.P. Teena.
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Post by Fresh on Dec 27, 2010 10:27:50 GMT -5
Behind The Groove was always one of my favorite classics... R.I.P. :(
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