Kiki Dee

. In October 2004 she was diagnosed with breast cancer, but is expected to make a full recovery. She has had 39 singles, 3 EPs, 9 LPs and 2 CDs to date. Though limited in acting experience it has been announced that a sitcom is in production to star Etheridge as a lesbian living with her heterosexual male best friend (together raising a third person's child.) Critics have predicted that it will be "like Will & Grace except cancelled.". Her most famous song was a duet with Elton John entitled Don't go breaking my heart, released in 1976. After splitting from Cypher she went on in 2003 to marry actress Tammy Lynn Michaels. Born Pauline Matthews on March 6th 1947, in Keighley near Bradford, Yorkshire, England, Kiki Dee is a highly successful singer/songwriter, with a career that has lasted over 30 years. She had a long-term partnership with Julie Cypher, which whom she had two children via a sperm donor, David Crosby.

1998 Tickety-boo CD Where Rivers Meet. Etheridge is also famous as a gay rights activist, having publicly come out as a lesbian during President Bill Clinton's first inauguration in January 1993. 1995 Tickety-boo CD Almost Naked. She has won the Grammy award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance twice in her career, for the song "Ain't It Heavy" in 1992 and "Come to My Window", in 1994. 1994 Rocket Records CD The Very Best Of Kiki Dee. Two others went platinum and another gold. 1991 Rocket Records CD Spotlight On Kiki Dee Greatest Hits. Three of them have gone multi-platinum: Melissa Etheridge (1988), Yes I Am (1993) and Your Little Secret (1996).

CD Angel Eyes. Etheridge has produced eight albums since signing her first major recording contract in 1987. 1987 E.M.I. She was born in Leavenworth, Kansas. 1987 Columbia LP Angel Eyes. Melissa Lou Etheridge (born May 29, 1961) is an American rock musician. 1986 Arista CD Perfect Timing. CMT.com: Melissa Etheridge: Biography (http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/melissa_etheridge/bio.jhtml).

1986 Music For Pleasure LP Perfect Timing. Lucky (2004). 1982 Ariola LP Perfect Timing (reissue). Skin (2001). 1981 Ariola Records LP Perfect Timing. Breakdown (1999). 1980 Warwick Records LP Kiki Dee's Greatest Hits. Your Little Secret (1995).

1979 Rocket Records LP Stay With Me. Yes I Am (1993). 1977 Rocket Records LP Kiki Dee. Never Enough (1992). 1976 Rocket Records LP Loving & Free (reissue). Brave and Crazy (1989). 1976 Rocket Records LP I've Got The Music In Me (reissue). Melissa Etheridge (1988).

1974 Music For Pleasure/Sound Superb LP Kiki Dee. 1974 Phillips International Records LP Patterns. 1974 Rocket Records LP I've Got The Music In Me. 1973 Rocket Records LP Loving & Free.

1970 Tamla Motown LP Great Expectations. 1968 Fontana LP(stereo) Kiki Dee. 1968 Fontana LP(mono) Kiki Dee.