Deniece Williams
Deniece Williams (born June Deniece Chandler; June 3, 1950) is an American singer–songwriter and record producer who achieved success in the mid–1970s and 1980s. Williams is known for hits such as "Free" (1976), "Silly" (1981), "It's Gonna Take a Miracle" (1982), "Let's Hear It for the Boy" (1984), and for her duets with singer Johnny Mathis.
Career
Born in Gary, Indiana, Williams attended Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, in the hopes of becoming a registered nurse and an anesthetist, but dropped out after a year and a half. ("You have to be a good student to be in college, and I wasn't.") She also performed on the side during that time. ("I got a part-time job singing at a club, Casino Royal, and I liked it. It was a lot of fun.") During those years Williams also worked in a telephone company and as a ward clerk at the Chicago Mercy Hospital. As Deniece Chandler, she recorded for The Toddlin' Town group of labels and one of those early records, "I'm Walking Away", released on Toddlin' Town's Lock Records subsidiary in the late 1960s, is a favorite on England's Northern Soul scene. In the 1970s she became a backup vocalist for Stevie Wonder as part of "Wonderlove".
Podcasts:
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ALBUMS
- I'm So Proud released: 2012
- My Melody released: 2011
- Song Bird released: 2011
- When Love Comes Calling released: 2010
- Gonna Take a Miracle: The Best of Deniece Williams released: 1996
- Too Much, Too Little, Too Late released: 1995
- Lulllabies to Dreamland released: 1991
- Let's Hear It for the Boy released: 1984
- Niecy released: 1982
- This Is Niecy released: 1976
- That's What Friends Are For released:
- The Collection released:
Gonna Take a Miracle: The Best of Deniece Williams
Released 1996- Free
- I Found Love
- Cause You Love Me, Baby
- That's What Friends Are For
- God Is Amazing
- Baby, Baby, My Love's All for You
- When Love Comes Calling
- If You Don't Believe
- Silly
- It's Gonna Take a Miracle
- Waiting
- Do What You Feel
- I'm So Proud
- Too Much, Too Little, Too Late (feat. Johnny Mathis)
- Black Butterfly
- Let's Hear It for the Boy
The Collection
- Free
- That's What Friends Are For
- Baby, Baby My Love's All for You
- Too Much, Too Little, Too Late (feat. Johnny Mathis)
- You're All I Need to Get By (feat. Johnny Mathis)
- I've Got the Next Dance
- It's Your Conscience
- It's Gonna Take a Miracle
- Waiting by the Hotline
- Do What You Feel
- Let's Hear It for the Boy
- Next Love
- Wiser and Weaker
- Never Say Never
- I Confess
- I Can't Wait
- This Is as Good as It Gets
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I Found Love
by: Deniece WilliamsSaid I wouldn't be bothered with lovin' no one else
Oh, I took my heart and soul, and put ?em on the shelf
Well, I was so low that to me the ground was high
I was about to let life just pass me by
There you were one day standin' in front of me
Askin' me if you could have this heart of mine
Opened my eyes and somehow made me see
And this ol' rusty, dusty heart of mine, how you've made it shine (Shine)
I'm so glad you're in my life, I'm so glad you're mine
I found love (I found love)
I found love
I found love (I found love)
And I'm so glad you're in my life
So glad that you're mine
I was so wound up in love till it had me blind
The writing on the wall couldn't read between the lines
Well, I was dressed in silk and satins on the town
I was always lost, but never ever found
There you were one day standin' in front of me
Askin' me if I would give your love a try
Opened my eyes and now I know why
And this ol' rusty, dusty heart of mine, how you've made it shine (Shine)
I'm so glad you're in my life, I'm so glad you're mine
I found love (I found love)
I found love, ooh
I found love (I found love), oh, yeah
And I'm so glad you're in my life
So glad that you're mine
I found love (I found love)
I put my heart above the shelf
Said I'd love nobody else (Ooh, ooh)
Ooh ooh ooh (I found love), oh, yeah
And I'm so glad you're in my life
So glad that you're mine
I found love
(So glad I found your love, baby)
(So glad I found your love)
(So glad I found your love, baby)
(So glad I found your love)
(Ooh, ooh)
(I found love)
(So glad I found your love, baby)
(So glad I found your love)
(Ooh, ooh)
(I found love)
(So glad I found your love, baby)
(So glad I found your love)
(So glad I found your love, baby)
(So glad I found your love)
(So glad I found your love, baby)
(So glad I found your love)
(Ooh, ooh)
(I found love)
(Ooh, ooh)
(I found love)
(So glad I found your love, baby)
(So glad I found your love)
(Ooh, ooh)
(I found love)
(So glad I found your love, baby)
(So glad I found your love)
(So glad I found your love, baby)
(So glad I found your love)
(So glad I found your love, baby)
(So glad I found your love)
(So glad I found your love, baby)
(So glad I found your love)
(Ooh, ooh)
(I found love)
I was so wound up in love till it had me blind
The writing on the wall couldn't read between the lines
Well, I was dressed in silk and satins on the town
I was always lost, but never ever found
There you were one day standin' in front of me
Askin' me if I would give your love a try
Opened my eyes and now I know why
And this ol' rusty, dusty heart of mine, how you've made it shine (Shine)
I'm so glad you're in my life, I'm so glad you're mine
I found love (I found love)
I found love, ooh
I found love (Ooh, ooh, I found love), oh, yeah
And I'm so glad you're in my life
So glad that you're mine
I found love (I found love)
I put my heart above the shelf
Said I'd love nobody else
(Ooh, ooh) Ooh ooh ooh (I found love), oh, yeah
And I'm so glad you're in my life
So glad that you're mine
Your love, your love, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
I'm so glad, I'm so glad, I'm so glad, I'm so glad
(Ooh, ooh) I found love (So glad I found your love, baby)
(So glad I found your love)
I found love (So glad I found your love, baby)
(So glad I found your love)
(So glad I found your love, baby)
(So glad I found your love)
(Ooh, ooh, I found love)
(So glad I found your love, baby)
(So glad I found your love)
Heaven, heaven must have sent you, yeah
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