Jamelia

He's kind of stayed true to his indie roots and I've stayed true to my r&b roots, we've kind of fused together and its something fresh and brand new that people haven't heard before.". On July 29, 2004, she made a short speech and sang at the Democratic National Convention, about two hours before Kerry made his acceptance speech for the Democratic nomination for President. I can't wait for everyone to hear it because I think it's amazing I really do. In 2003 she began campaigning for John Kerry, first in the Democratic primaries and then, after he won those, in the general election. She told BBC Radio 1: "The song itself is really amazing, it's really, really good. King is very politically active in the United States Democratic Party. Chris Martin of Coldplay asked her into the studio to contribute to the band's forthcoming album. She returned to music in 1989, recording City Streets, followed by Color of Your Dreams (1993), with a guest appearance by Slash of Guns n' Roses.

In March 2004, she signed up with a modelling agency run by Naomi Campbell. Retiring to Idaho, King became an environmental activist after releasing a collection called Speeding Time in 1983. Thank You reached number 4 on the UK album charts as at 7 March and the title track reached number 2 on the UK singles charts as well as going top 10 in Ireland. She married another songwriting partner, Rick Evers, after releasing Simple Things (1977); he died of a heroin overdose one year later. Her second album Thank You followed soon after featuring collaborations with Bubba Sparxxx on "Club Hoppin" and Asher D of So Solid Crew on "Off da Enz". Goffin and King reunited to write Thoroughbred (1975) with David Crosby, Graham Nash and James Taylor, a long-time friend of King's. Jamelia came back in 2003 with single "Bout" written with C Swing who had also written Money and featuring Rah Digga. It was her fifth top 40 hit followed by Superstar which gave her international success in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. "Superstar" also appears on the Queer Eye for the Straight Guy soundtrack. Music (1971), Rhymes and Reasons (1972) and Wrap Around Joy (1974) followed, each selling respectably.

She put her career on hold for a couple of years to bring up her daughter. One of the critical albums of the singer-songwriter genre of the early 1970s, Tapestry remains her most popular album among fans and critics, and has sold over 10 million copies. Jamelia became pregnant in 2000 and gave birth to a baby girl, Teja, in March 2001. King then released Writer (1970), another disastrous failure, followed by Tapestry (1971), her best known and most well-received album. She was nominated for five Mobo Awards in 2000 winning one. The Independent on Sunday wrote "a poised 19 year old, Jamelia has the homegrown talent to give Missy Elliott a run for her money.". Moving to the West Coast, Larkey, King and Danny Kortchmar formed a group called the City, which released one album, Now That Everything's Been Said but the album was a commercial failure. The most successful of those was "Money" featuring a guest vocal from Beenie Man which went top 5 in 2000. After failing several times at beginning a solo career, King eventually helped found a record label, Tomorrow Records, divorced Goffin and married Charles Larkey (of the Myddle Class).

At 18, she released her first single "So High" and went on to have four songs go into the Top 40 in the UK from her album Drama released in 2000. She had a modest hit singing one of her own songs in 1962 with "It Might As Well Rain Until September." The pair had a daughter, Louise Goffin, who is also a singer. She was signed to Parlophone at the age of 15 when she impressed their A&R man by singing songs that she had written a capella. Future hits written by the pair include: "Take Good Care of My Baby" (Bobby Vee), "The Loco-motion" (Little Eva), "One Fine Day" (The Chiffons), "Pleasant Valley Sunday" (The Monkees), "Up on the Roof" (The Drifters and later James Taylor), "Chains" (The Cookies and later The Beatles), "(You Make Me Feel) Like a Natural Woman" (Aretha Franklin) and "He Hit Me (and It Felt Like a Kiss)" (The Crystals). Growing up in the Midlands, she listened to plenty of urban r&b. The Goffin-King partnership first hit it big with "Will You Love Me Tomorrow", which topped the charts when released by the Shirelles in 1961. Jamelia was born Jamelia Davis in Birmingham, England. Goffin and King soon formed a songwriting partnership, eventually marrying, working in the famous Brill Building, where chart-topping hits were churned out during the 1950s and early 1960s.

Her song "Superstar" went to number one in Australia and New Zealand in early 2004 and went top 10 in the UK, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium and The Netherlands in 2003 and 2004. Born in 1942 in Brooklyn, New York, Carol Klein (as she was then known) started out playing the piano and then moved on to singing, forming a vocal quartet called the Co-Sines in high school. While attending Queens College, King befriended Paul Simon, Neil Sedaka and Gerry Goffin. Jamelia real name Jamelia Davis (born January 2, 1981) is a r&b singer from the UK who has had several Top 40 hits in that country. Carole King (born February 9, 1942) is an American singer and songwriter, most active as a singer during the early to mid 1970s, but a successful songwriter for considerably longer both before and after this period. Top 40 Charts Jamelia artist page (http://top40-charts.com/artist.php?aid=4174/). 1970 - Writer. BBC Radio 1 Jamelia artist area (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/artist_area/jamelia/). 1971 - Tapestry.

Jamelia home page (http://www.jamelia.com/). 1971 - Music. Thank You (2003). 1972 - Rhymes and Reasons. Drama (2000). 1973 - Fantasy. 1974 - Wrap Around Joy.

1975 - Really Rosie. 1976 - Thoroughbred. 1977 - Simple Things. 1978 - Welcome Home.

1979 - Touch the Sky. 1980 - Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King. 1982 - One to One. 1983 - Speeding Time.

1989 - City Streets. 1993 - Color of Your Dreams. 1994 - In Concert. 1994 - Time Gone By.

1996 - Carnegie Hall Concert: June 18, 1971. 1997 - Time Heals All Wounds. 1998 - Goin' Back. 2000 - Super Hits.

2001 - Love Makes the World.