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Dee Dee Sharp
Born: September 9, 1945
Age: 79
Age: 79
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Biography
Dee Dee Sharp (born Dione LaRue, September 9, 1945, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States) is an American R&B singer, who began her career recording as a backing vocalist in 1961.
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Career
In 1962 she began a string of successful Billboard Hot 100 Top 10 hits: "Slow Twistin'" (with Chubby Checker) (#3) for which she was uncredited on the label, "Mashed Potato Time" (#2), "Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes)" (#9), "Ride" (#5) and "Do the Bird" (#10). Both "Mashed Potato Time" and "Ride" each sold over one million copies, and were awarded gold discs. "Do the Bird" provided her only entry in the UK Singles Chart, where it peaked at #46 in April 1963. In 1967, she married record producer and Philadelphia International co-founder Kenny Gamble and has since recorded under the name Dee Dee Sharp-Gamble. The couple later divorced in 1980.
She had a brief career resurgence during the disco era and hit the charts again with her version of 10 CC's "I'm Not In Love." She also joined Lou Rawls, Billy Paul, Teddy Pendergrass, The O'Jays and Archie Bell as a member of the Philadelphia International All Stars, who had a minor hit with "Let's Clean Up the Ghetto." In 1980 she spent four weeks at number one on the Hot Dance Club Play chart with "Breaking and Entering" / "Easy Money," from her album Dee Dee.
In 1992, Sharp's 1962 hit "Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes)" was featured in a scene in the American movie comedy Sister Act which stared Whoopi Goldberg. It was also included as part of the film's soundtrack album.
More recent appearances included a performance at Pontins in the UK for the Northern Soul Show, and at the 2008 Detroit Jazz Festival. In May 2009, she appeared in Belgium at the Salle De L'Hotel de Ville.
Sharp and her husband Bill Witherspoon have been residents of Medford, New Jersey.
Awards
On November 9, 2013, the prestigious Sandy Hosey Lifetime Achievement Award was bestowed upon Sharp by the Artists Music Guild. Sharp thought she was in attendance to bestow the honor upon her longtime friend, Chubby Checker when she was surprised with her own honors. The Sandy Hosey Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to five artists every year by the Guild.
Discography
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Studio albums
- 1962: It's Mashed Potato Time (US #44)
- 1962: Songs Of Faith
- 1962: Down To Earth (US #117)
- 1963: Do The Bird
- 1963: Down Memory Lane
- 1975: Happy Bout The Whole Thing (R&B #48)
- 1977: What Color Is Love (as Dee Dee Sharp Gamble, in association with Kenneth Gamble)
- 1980: Dee Dee (R&B #59)
Compilations
- 1963: 18 Golden Hits
- 1963: All The Hits
- 1963: Biggest Hits
- 2005: Best Of Dee Dee Sharp 1962-1966
- 2006: Sharp Goes Wild
Singles
| Year | Single (A-side, B-side) |
Label and number | Chart positions | Album |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | "Mashed Potato Time" |
Cameo 212 | 2 | 1 | It's Mashed Potato Time |
| "Slow Twistin'" | Parkway 835 | 3 | 3 | ||
| "Gravy " |
Cameo 219 | 9 | 11 | ||
| "Ride!" |
Cameo 230 | 5 | 7 | All The Hits By Dee Dee Sharp Volume II | |
| 1963 | "Do the Bird"A |
Cameo 244 | 10 | 8 | Do The Bird |
| "Rock Me In The Cradle Of Love" |
Cameo 260 | 43 | — | Biggest Hits | |
| "Wild!" |
Cameo 274 | 33 | 25 | All The Hits With All The Stars* | |
| 1964 | "Where Did I Go Wrong" / | Cameo 296 | 82 | — | Shindig With The Stars* |
| "Willyam, Willyam" | 97 | — | Hullabaloo With The Stars Vol. 2* | ||
| "Never Pick A Pretty Boy" |
Cameo 329 | 131 | — | Hits A Go-Go With The Stars* | |
| "Deep Dark Secret" |
Cameo 335 | — | — | Non-album tracks | |
| "To Know Him Is To Love Him" |
Cameo 347 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | "Let's Twine" |
Cameo 357 | — | — | |
| "I Really Love You" |
Cameo 375 | 78 | 37 | ||
| 1966 | "(It's Wonderful) The Love I Feel For You" |
Fairmount 1004 | — | — | |
| "It's A Funny Situation" |
Cameo 382 | 126 | — | ||
| "My Best Friend's Man" |
Atco 6445 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | "What Am I Gonna Do" |
Atco 6502 | — | — | |
| 1968 | "We Got A Thing Going On" |
Atco 6557 | — | — | |
| "A Woman Will Do Wrong" |
Atco 6576 | — | — | ||
| "Help Me Find My Groove" |
Atco 6587 | — | — | ||
| "What Kind Of Lady" |
Gamble 219 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | "The Bottle Or Me" |
Gamble 4005 | — | — | |
| 1971 | "Conquer The World" |
Philadelphia International 3512 | — | — | |
| 1974 | "Happy 'Bout The Whole Thing" |
TSOP 4776 | — | — | Happy 'Bout The Whole Thing |
| 1975 | "Share My Love"B | album cut | — | — | |
| 1976 | "I'm Not In Love" |
TSOP 4778 | — | 62 | |
| 1977 | "Nobody Could Take Your Place" |
Philadelphia International 3625 | — | — | What Color Is Love |
| "I'd Really Love To See You Tonight" |
Philadelphia International 3636 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | "Just As Long As I Know You're Mine" |
Philadelphia International 3638 | — | — | |
| "I Wanna Be Your Woman" |
Philadelphia International 3644 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | "Easy Money" |
Philadelphia International 70058 | — | — | Dee Dee |
| "Breaking and Entering"C / | Philadelphia International 02041 | — | — | ||
| "I Love You Anyway" | — | 79 | |||
- A"Do the Bird" also peaked at #46 on UK Singles.
- B"Share Your Love" also peaked at #28 on Disco Singles
- C"Breaking and Entering" also peaked at #1 on Dance Music/Club Play Singles
[ Source: Wikipedia ]
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