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ARTiST.....: Angela Winbush
ALBUM......: Ultimate Collection
LABEL......: Hip-O/Universal
GENRE......: R&B
SOURCE.....: CDDA
TRACKS.....: 17
PLAYTiME...: 79:54
SiZE.......: 110,2 MB
ENCODER....: Lame 3.97 V2
BiTRATE....: VBRkbps
SCENE DATE.: 06/21/2007
STORE DATE.: 01/23/2001
Tracklist:
01. Angela Winbush - Angel 05:17
02. Angela Winbush - Hello Beloved 05:13
(Featuring Ronald Isley)
03. Rene And Angela - My First Love 03:50
04. Rene And Angela - Your Smile 03:58
05. Angela Winbush - Treat U Rite 06:12
06. Rene And Angela - I'll Be Good 04:10
07. Angela Winbush - Inner City Blues 05:34
(Make Me Wanna Holler)
08. Rene And Angela - You Don't Have To 04:36
Cry
09. The Isley Brothers - Floatin' On 03:56
Your Love (Featuring Ronald Isley
and Angela Winbush)
10. Rene And Angela - I Love You More 03:35
11. Angela Winbush - Run To Me 05:05
12. Angela Winbush - It's The Real Thing 04:48
13. Angela Winbush - C'est Toi 04:30
(It's You)
14. Angela Winbush - No More Tears 04:48
15. Rene And Angela - Save Your Love 04:18
(For #1)
16. Angela Winbush - Lay Your Troubles 05:05
Down (Featuring Ronald Isley)
17. Angela Winbush - Please Bring Your 04:59
Love Back
Release Notes:
Singer, songwriter, keyboardist, producer Angela Winbush's
credentials include her own solo hits such as her number one
R&B hit, "Angel"; hits as one-half of the singing duo Rene &
Angela and their hits "Save Your Love (For #1)" and "Your
Smile"; and her hits by Stephanie Mills and the Isley
Brothers. One Rene & Angela hit, the 1983 ballad "My First
Love," was covered by Avant on his spring 2000 debut CD, My
Thoughts. Winbush's own albums are "Sharp", "Angela Winbush", and
"It's the Real Thing". Besides Rene Moore, Winbush's early
collaborators were Moore's brother, Rufus, bassist Bobby
Watson, engineer/producer Bruce Swedien, and George Duke.
Born in St. Louis, MO, Winbush grew up singing gospel music in
the church choir and learned to play piano as a child. She had
no intentions of pursuing a professional music career when she
began attending Washington, D.C.'s Howard University majoring
in architecture. To earn money to pay expenses, she began
singing on recording sessions and formed a singing trio that
opened for Van McCoy and Al Jarreau. She became interested in
the music business and changed her major to music education.
Around 1977, Winbush sent a demo tape to New York DJ Gary
Byrd. He played it over the phone for his friend Stevie
Wonder. He called Winbush and invited her to Los Angeles.
While singing in Wonder's backup band Wonderlove, Winbush
learned about writing and producing by sitting in on sessions
with Wonder. In 1980, she met singer/songwriter Rene Moore
through Wonderlove vocalist Carolyn Dennis and they began
writing songs together, eventually forming the duo Rene &
Angela. In 1978, former Tower of Power lead singer Lenny
Williams recorded one of their songs, "Changes." A friend
introduced the duo to Dr. Cecil Hale, a Capitol Records
executive who signed the duo to the label. Two LPs were
issued, Wall to Wall and Rise. Another Rene & Angela song, the
ballad "I Have Learned to Respect the Power of Love," was
recorded by Alton McClain and Destiny on their self-titled
1978 Polydor LP. It can be found on PolyGram's "Power of Love:
Best of Soul Essentials Ballads". In 1985, Rene & Angela signed
with PolyGram and were assigned to their Mercury imprint.
Their label debut, "Street Called Desire", went gold, yielding
the number one hits "Save Your Love (For #1)," which featured
a rap by Kurtis Blow, and "Your Smile." An earlier Rene &
Angela song would resurface in a big way. The first single
from Stephanie Mills' 1985 Stephanie Mills album was "Stand
Back"; on its flip side was her passionate cover of "I Have
Learned to Respect the Power of Love." Because of its massive
radio play as an album track, Mills' version, produced by
Philly Soul keyboardist Ron Kersey, was reissued as an A-side
and held the number one spot for two weeks in spring 1986.
By 1987, Winbush was solo and got her first production job on
the Isley Brothers' "Smooth Sailing" LP after the group's lead
singer, Ronald Isley, mentioned to Warner Bros. Records
executive Benny Medina that he wanted to work with the group
who did "Your Smile." After working together, Isley became the
singer's manager. Becoming romantically involved, Winbush
married Ronald Isley on June 26, 1993. She produced and wrote
the bulk of his solo debut, "Spend the Night", credited as the
Isley Brothers Featuring Ronald Isley. Winbush's other credits
include the platinum Isley Brothers album "Mission To Please"
Body, Lalah Hathaway, the 1982 self-titled debut of Plush,
Klymaxx, Sheena Easton's "The Lover in Me", and the 1993 Warner
Bros. Various Artists set, "A Tribute to Curtis Mayfield."