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Film & TV
Known for
- Lady Sings the Blues — Yvonne1972
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1942-10-21
- Active to
- 1994-03-06
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 62,740
- Total plays
- 269,543
Tags
soulfunkfemale vocalists70smotown
Born Flora Yvonne Coleman in Richmond, Virginia, Fair got her start as a latter-day member of the re-formulated Chantels and the James Brown Revue. Whilst performing with Brown she recorded the song "I Found You," which he later re-worked into his own signature hit "I Got You (I Feel Good)." Signed to Motown Records in the early 1970s as a result of her work with Chuck Jackson, she appeared in a minor role as a chanteuse in the film, Lady Sings the Blues. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Yvonn
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Yvonne
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Richmond
- Place of death
- Las Vegas Valley
- Occupation
- singer
- Genre
- rhythm and blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Motown
Show 4 more facts
- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of birth
- 1942-10-21
- cause of death
- cancer
- date of death
- 1994-03-04
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