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Vesta Williams * Genre: Rhythm & Blues * Main Artist:http://www.answers.com/topic/vesta-rhythm-blues-artist * Active: '80s, '90s * Instrument: Vocals Born:

1963 in Coshocton, Ohio Though physically short, Vesta Williams possesses one of Urban Contemporary and R&B's biggest and brassiest voices. Her family moved from Ohio to Los Angeles in the '60s, as her father was a disc jockey. Williams and her sisters once appeared on the television show Jack and Jill as http://www.answers.com/topic/the-williams-sisters. She returned to Ohio in 1977 and sang in her cousin's band in Dayton, but soon went back to Los Angeles to launch a solo career. Former http://www.answers.com/topic/the-fifth-dimension member Ron Townsend put Williams in his band Wild Honey, and she also did sessions and/or toured with http://www.answers.com/topic/bobby-womack, Chaka Khan, the Commodores, http://www.answers.com/topic/jermaine-jackson, http://www.answers.com/topic/ray-parker-jr., http://www.answers.com/topic/anita-baker, Stephanie Mills, and several others. Williams sang on the original version of http://www.answers.com/topic/joe-sample-1's "The Survivor," and met producer David Crawford while working with his group http://www.answers.com/topic/klique. Crawford took her tapes to A&M, which signed her to a solo contract. She scored a Top Ten R&B hit with "Once Bitten Twice Shy" in 1986. During the '90s, she dropped The Williams from her performing name and recorded only as http://www.answers.com/topic/vesta-rhythm-blues-artist. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide http://www.answers.com/topic/vesta-williams?cat=entertainment

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