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Born on July 15, 1953, in Lawndale, North Carolina, Alicia Bridges eventually relocated to Atlanta, Georgia, where, in her late teens, started doing behind-the-scenes work DJ/VJ-ing before snagging her own recording contract with Polydor in early 1978. She was given full creative control of her choice of material, unlike many newly signed artists. In turn, Alicia chose to pair up with fellow musician Susan Hutcheson to create songs for her first album, with Alicia writing the lyrics and Susan doing the music. Her fist album, called "Alicia Bridges", contained a song that became a dance phenomenon and her biggest hit: "I Love The Night Life (Disco 'Round)", which raced into the Top 5, reaching #2 on the dance charts, and become a signature staple song for the gay community. Another song, "Body Heat", managed to chart in the Top 100, peaking at a low-but-relatively-impressive #86 in the Pop charts. Other standout tracks included the country-tinged "City Rhythm", the funk groove "In The Name of Love", the blues ditty "Broken Woman" and the classic rock anthem "Diamond In The Rough". Her next album would prove even less successful. "Play It As It Lays" was issued in mid-1979, and no song on it managed to land on the charts. However, it included songs such as the original footloose dance number "Learned To Dance Too Soon", the classic rock anthem "What Would You Do...", the piano bar jazz number "Cheap Affairs", the electrified synthetic and robotic "Rex The Robot" and the song about deceit and hocus-pocus magic "Under The Cover of Darkness". After the failure of her second-to-last album for Polydor, Bridges quit her singing career, venturing back to DJ/VJ work, in the mid-1980s. She briefly returned in 1984 to record her third and final album, "Hocus Pocus". Since then, she moved to San Francisco, then back to Atlanta, where she has been a longtime DJ at the famous gay nightclub, The Otherside Lounge.- Actress
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Songbird Frenchie Davis was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Los Angeles, CA where she started her musical journey performing in plays throughout her school years, eventually deciding to audition for the second season of the groundbreaking FOX show American Idol. Her success on the show launched the Howard University alum's rise to fame rather quickly and she has been progressing ever since. Frenchie moved on to join the Broadway cast of the hit show Rent and played the role of Effie White in Dream Girls, leading to four wonderful years on Broadway, eventually becoming a Grammy nominated artist for her involvement in the revival of Ain't Misbehavin.
Recently, the singing starlet joined Team Christina on NBC's hit show The Voice, becoming one of the Top Four Finalists. Her cover of "When Love Takes Over" landed at #3 on the iTunes Dance Chart, launching her undeniable talent into the national spotlight yet again. Frenchie has now ventured out and established her own label Frenchie Davis Music Group, building a team of people, including her manager Tiffany J. and executive assistant Nyree Neil, to hit the road at high speed.
She teamed up with international singer/songwriter Janice Robinson (Ashley Tisdale, Deborah Cox) to record her first smash single "Love's Got A Hold of Me," produced by rising star Marco Borrero. The song will be featured on Frenchie's upcoming debut "Just Frenche" LP. An epic Mad Max style video directed by Ch'an Andre and Brian Friedman (Britney Spears) will accompany the incredible single that will drop in September. The songbird also plans to release a solo Christmas album and is in talks to develop a plus-size lingerie line.- Stunts
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Mike Doyle was born on 7 March 1941 in Lawndale, California, USA. He was a writer, known for Morning Glass, The Living Curl (1965) and Free and Easy (1967). He was married to Annie Marie. He died on 30 April 2019 in San Jose Del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico.- Mike Doyle was born on 7 March 1941 in Lawndale, California, USA. He died on 1 May 2019 in San Jose del Cabo, Baja, Mexico.