Teena Marie Died?

[Dana]

Since it came at a time when so many are focused on the events of the Christmas and New Year's holidays, the passing of R&B and pop legend Teena Marie may have gone unnoticed by many. She died at home on December 26, 2010 at the age of 54. She was a protege of funk pioneer Rick James and was signed to the Motown label in 1976 at the age of 20. From her third album, 1980's Irons In the Fire, on Teena Marie wrote, produced, sang, and arranged nearly all of her own material. She reached her commercial peak with 1984's top 5 pop smash "Lovergirl." In 2004 Teena Marie made a triumphant return to the charts with the top 10 gold certified album La Dona released on the Cash Money label. It brought her a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. Teena Marie's most recent album Congo Square was released last year on the revitalized Stax label and reached the top 20. She was performing live regularly up until the time of her death. "Lady Tee" will be missed.

http://top40.about.com/b/2011/01/04/remembering-teena-marie.htm

 

[Natasha]

I never considered her R&B...seems odd to have her called that. But then again, I don't know all of her songs and the one that I remember most is "Lovergirl." I wonder what the cause of death will be.

 

[Peter Parka]

Load of musicians dying at the moment. Yesterday we lost both Gerry Raffety and Mick Karn from Japan.

 

[MoonOwl]

I never considered her R&B...seems odd to have her called that. But then again, I don't know all of her songs and the one that I remember most is "Lovergirl."

I remember they beat that to death on the radio.:willy_nilly:

Load of musicians dying at the moment. Yesterday we lost both Gerry Raffety and Mick Karn from Japan.

I don't know who Mick is but Gerry made a couple of my fav songs.

 

[Tuffdisc]

Yeah I heard about a week ago, thought no one liked her

 

[TommyTooter]

i only noticed it because aretha franklin has been gravely ill and when teena marie died, the similarity of their tags made a rumor fly that it was aretha who had died.

 

[Ryder]

I don't think I even knew who she was to be honest but may she rest in peace.

 

[Dana]

I don't think I even knew who she was to be honest but may she rest in peace.

before your time young jedi.