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Dionne Farris

 
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Dionne Farris

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  • Active: '90s
  • Genres: Rhythm & Blues
  • Instrument: Vocals
  • Representative Albums: "Wild Seed -- Wild Flower," "For Truth If Not Love"
  • Representative Songs: "I Know," "Passion," "Hopeless"

Biography

Dionne Farris came to the attention of the music world with her vocal contributions to Arrested Development's breakthrough hit single "Tennessee," plus other tracks on the group's 1992 debut. Farris started singing in high school, performing in her school's choir in Bordentown, New Jersey, and starring in a production of Annie. From there, she sang on Manhattan's club circuit, both solo and with a female vocal group called Onyx, but grew frustrated in her late teens. She moved to Atlanta to live with her father in 1990 and started dating drummer Rasha Don, an early member of Arrested Development. The group was looking for a female singer, and while joining a band didn't fit Farris's plans, she had nothing better to do. Farris was never really an official member of Arrested Development, characterizing herself more as part of its extended family. After "Tennessee" broke, Farris got enough media attention to cause personal conflicts with bandleader Speech, and she split from the group in 1993. Chrysalis, Arrested Development's record company, was willing to offer her a solo deal, but Farris took a gamble and rejected it, hoping for more artistic control than Chrysalis wanted to give her. She contacted former members of funk-rock band Follow For Now, David Harris and Milton Davis, and she and guitarist Harris began to collaborate on material. Her demo made its way to Sony Music, and her solo debut, Wild Seed -- Wild Flower, was released in the summer of 1994, spawning the hit single "I Know." ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide
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Dionne Farris
Origin Bordentown, New Jersey, USA
Genre(s) R&B, soul, alternative hip hop
Years active 1992–present
Label(s) Columbia
Associated acts Arrested Development

Dionne Farris (born 1968, Plainfield, New Jersey, United States[1]) is an American female R&B/soul musician who sang on three songs with the hip hop group Arrested Development.[2] In 1995, she had a solo hit single called "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 soundtrack. This was after her 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."[3] Wild Seed - Wild Flower reached #57 on the Billboard 200 chart.[3]

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.[4]

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 Sequoya Farris.

Farris has released a 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".

Contents

Discography

Albums

Singles

  • "I Know" (1995), Sony
  • "Don't Ever Touch Me Again" (1995), Sony
  • "Hopeless" (1997)

References

  1. ^ Rateyourmusic.com
  2. ^ "Speech Interview". Songfacts. http://www.songfacts.com/int/2008/03/speech-arrested-development.html. Retrieved on April 3 2008. 
  3. ^ a b "Biography by Steve Huey". Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:3bfexqr5ldje~T1. Retrieved on 4 January 2009. 
  4. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 195. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. 

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