Shawn Christopher Explained

Shawn Christopher should not be confused with Shawn Chrystopher.

Shawn Christopher is an American house music singer from Chicago, Illinois.

Career

She was a touring backing vocalist for R&B singer Chaka Khan from 1982 to 1985. She was also a member of the industrial dance band known as My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, and sang with the group Sonia Dada. She is the sister of the R&B singer, keyboardist and producer Gavin Christopher.

She sang lead vocals on a song by DJ/producer Lil Louis titled "French Kiss" in 1989. The song became a #1 hit on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart that year.

During the 1990s, she also scored three #1 singles on the Hot Dance Club Play chart in her own right: "Another Sleepless Night", in 1991[1] (which also reached #67 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and #50 on the UK Singles Chart[2]); "Don't Lose the Magic", in 1992 (which peaked at #71 on the Hot 100, and UK chart #30[2]); and "Sweet Freedom", in 1998. In addition, she sang backing vocals on Jimmy Somerville's #1 Hot Dance Club Play track from 1995, "Heartbeat".

She also recorded a song titled "Thinking About the Way" in the early 1990s and reached #57 in the UK in 1994 with "Make My Love".[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Chicago Tribune. Hart, Hugh. Here's the flip side of a family success story: Son gives mom a break.. https://archive.today/20130131160245/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/24793277.html?dids=24793277:24793277&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+26,+1991&author=Hugh+Hart.&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Here's+the+flip+side+of+a+family+success+story:+Son+gives+mom+a+break.&pqatl=google. dead. January 31, 2013. June 26, 1991. September 14, 2009.
  2. Book: Roberts , David . 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited . London. 1-904994-10-5. 106.