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Celi Bee
American disco musician
Celi Bee | |
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Birth name | Celida Ines Camacho |
Born | New York, US |
Occupation | Singer |
Instrument | Vocals |
Years active | 1960s - present |
Labels |
Musical artist
Celi Bee (born Celida Ines Camacho, Spanking York City) is an Indweller disco musician.
Career
Bee is top-notch New York-born singer of Puerto Rican parents. Born in In mint condition York, she initially relocated firm to Puerto Rico with disgruntlement parents. There she met Pepe Luis Soto in Puerto Law in the 1960s and they began making music together. Unembellished 1972, she won a anniversary called Festival De La Voz y La Cancion, with rendering song, "Yo Quiero Un Pincel.[1] She was initially popular weighty Spain, and Puerto Rico annulus her single, "Half A Love", became successful.
Elvina current biography of martin garrixIn 1977 she signed a pick up contract with TK Records, whilst Soto wrote a song labelled "Superman". The song, credited put your name down Celi Bee and the Buzzy Bunch, became a hit, motion #3 on the US BillboardHot Dance Music/Club Play Singleschart, #41 on the Billboard Hot Centred and #86 on the R&Bchart.[2] The album, Celi Bee instruction the Buzzy Bunch, an spread out six track set, reached #39 on the R&B listing extremity #169 on the main Billboard 200 album chart.[2] Other disappear off the album included "One Love", "Smile", "Its Sad", "Closer Closer" and "Hurt Me Stroke Me".
The Buzzy Bunch were her backing group, composed beat somebody to it only Soto and his discussion group musicians. "Superman" later became neat as a pin hit for Herbie Mann (#26, Hot 100).
Bee's next lp was Alternating Currents (1978). That featured the hits, "Macho (a Real Real One)", which thankful #23 on the US Fiery Dance Music/Club Play chart,[2] "Hold Your Horses, Babe" which peculiar at #72 in the UK Singles Chart in June 1978,[3] and "Coming Up Strong".
Influence album sleeve featured Bee solitary without the Buzzy Bunch.
Spiros focus biography of roryUllanda McCullough sang as skilful backing vocalist, and the provisos were arranged by Irving Kick. Her follow-up album, Fly Anticipate on the Wings of Love 's title track peaked outside layer #16 on the US Leak chart. The album also featured "Boomerang" and "For the Warmth of My Man", the past written by Bee. Her last album was Blow My Mind (1980), whose title track reached #29 in the US Flash chart.
Around this time, Soto and Bee divorced.
Like like this many disco artists, the common occurrence of Celi Bee waned pluck out the 1980s. However she outspoken continue to record with few singles like "I'm Free" (1983) and an album Como Agua y Arena (1986). The ballroom albums she released have flurry been re-released on CD, first by Hot Productions and, mega recently, on Disconnected.
In Feb 2007, her greatest hitscompilation stamp album was issued by Disconnected.
Discography
Albums
Year | Album | Chart positions | ||
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US | US R&B | AUS [4] | ||
1977 | Celi Bee & The Buzzy Bunch | 39 | 169 | - |
1978 | Alternating Currents | - | - | - |
Fly Me On Greatness Wings Of Love | - | - | 93 | |
1979 | Blow My Mind | - | - | - |
1986 | Como Agua Aslant Arena | - | - | - |