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Chicago, Illinois, USA
Jody Vanessa Watley is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and artist, whose music crosses genres including pop, R&B, jazz, dance and electronic soul. During the late 1970s and early 1980s she was a member of the r&b/funk band Shalamar, who scored many hits, notably so in the UK.
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- The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas? — Self2024
- The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self2022
- The Sherri Shepherd Show — Self - Guest2022
- Women Who Rock — Self2022
- Tamron Hall — Self - Guest2019
- Loving the Silent Tears: The Musical2013
- RuPaul's Drag Race — Self - Guest Judge2009
- Unsung2008
- Mystery Men — Disco Girl1999
- Surviving a Break-Up — Self1992
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Jody Watley (born Jan. 30, 1959, Chicago) emerged from the R&B group Shalamar to score a string of solo hit singles, chiefly from 1987 to 1990, a period in which she reached the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 six times. Watley got her start as a dancer on the television dance show Soul Train, which led to her being tapped for a spot in Shalamar. Her first solo album, Jody Watley, yielded #2 hit Looking for a New Love, which was followed by two more top 10 singles — Don’t You Want Me (#6) and So
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Sibling
- Midori
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Field of work
- music composing
- Genre
- house music
- Record label
- SOLAR Records
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- Voice type
- contralto
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- date of birth
- 1959-11-30
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- Jody Watley
- member of
- Shalamar
- start of work period
- 1977-00-00
- social media followers
- 100000
- nominated for
- Grammy Award for Best New Artist
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