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Cherrelle
Cherrelle (born Cheryl Week Norton in Los Angeles, California October 13, 1958) is a soul singer and cousin of pop singer and TLC-founder Perri "Pebbles" Reid.

Cherrelle began her career working with jazz/R&B artists Norman Conners and Michael Henderson, as well as touring with Luther Vandross. After Tabu Records founder Clarence Avant discovered her demo, he signed her to his label in 1983. Cherrelle got her stage name after her boss from a job hollered "Cher-relle, you're late again!" In 1984, under the production of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, she released her debut album Fragile, which went gold thanks to the Top Ten R&B single, "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On" which became a hit again when pop singer Robert Palmer covered in on his 1985 smash album Riptide. Nearly two decades after its release, Mariah Carey enlisted the help of Jam & Lewis to do a near-identical remake of "Turn You On" to be featured on the 2001 soundtrack of her semi-autobiographical movie vehicle Glitter. Despite that single's success, her best-selling album came with 1985's High Priority, which featured the hit singles "You Look Good to Me," "Artificial Heart," and her seminal duet with Alexander O'Neal in the #2 single, "Saturday Love". Her third album, 1988's Affair featured the #1 R&B single, "Everything I Miss at Home." The single release of the title track also reached #4 on the R&B charts. On that strength, it was her third consecutive gold record. She released her last chart-topper with 1991's The Woman I Am, a first-time departure from using Jam & Lewis productions. Instead the singer linked with Narada Michael Walden (of Whitney Houston fame). She reunited with the producers eight years later with her independent album The Right Time, released in 1999 and featuring a guest appearance from rapper Keith Murray...
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