| Joniece Jamison | |
| Background: | solo_singer |
| Birth Name: | Joniece Jamison |
| Birth Place: | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Birth Date: | December 11, 1956 |
| Origin: | United States |
| Genre: | Pop music, soul, gospel |
| Occupation: | Singer |
| Years Active: | 1980's—currently |
| Associated Acts: | François Feldman, Eurythmics, Sylvie Vartan |
Joniece Jamison (born December 11, 1956, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States) is an American singer. In France, she achieved notability recording two successful duets with French artist François Feldman: "Joue pas" in 1989 and "J'ai peur" in 1991, which were both top ten hit in France). Her album Gospel peaked at #144 in France in January 2005.[1]
She had also collaborated with many notable artists such as Elton John, Catherine Lara, Sylvie Vartan and was notably a backing singer with Eurythmics in the 1980s (and subsequently also on the Dave Stewart-endorsed first Shakespears Sister album in 1989), and with Soma Riba in the 2000s.[2]
Mother of two, Jamison has lived in France since 1980 after being invited by the French singer Sylvie Vartan, whom she met in the United States.[3] [4]