Alisha (singer)

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Bounce back
  US 166 06/23/1990 (4 weeks)
Singles
Baby talk
  DE 19th 03/10/1986 (13 weeks)
  CH 23 04/20/1986 (5 weeks)
  UK 67 01/25/1986 (3 weeks)
  US 68 December 21, 1985 (17 weeks)
Into My Secret
  US 97 08/22/1987 (1 week)
Bounce back
  US 54 May 26, 1990 (8 weeks)

Alisha (born April 16, 1968 in Brooklyn , New York , United States , real name Alisha Ann Itkin ) is an American dance pop singer who had several hits in the 1980s and 1990s.

Career

Her first album, Alisha , which was produced by Mark Berry and distributed by Vanguard Records , included hits All Night Passion , Baby Talk (No. 1 on the US dance charts) and Too Turned On and sold over two million copies. Her second album, NightWalkin , was released on RCA Records in 1987 and contained the songs Do You Dream About Me? (from the soundtrack of the movie Mannequin ) and Into My Secret . Their third album, Bounce Back , was produced by Michael Jay in 1990 and distributed by MCA Records . There the title song and the single Wrong Number were found . Martika and Donna De Lory contributed as background . In 1996 Alisha released the single Wherever The Rhythm Takes Me (produced by Critique / Fever Records) and was allowed to sing the song You Wanna Be A Star in 1999 , the theme song of the film Superstar - Dare you to dream with Will Ferrell and Molly Shannon . Most recently, Alisha re-recorded her first single, All Night Passion . After taking some time off to look after her family, Alisha decided to perform and sing again.

Discography

Albums

  • 1985: Alisha ( Vanguard )
  • 1987: Nightwalkin ( RCA )
  • 1990: Bounce Back ( MCA )

Singles

  • 1984: All Night Passion
  • 1985: Too Turned On
  • 1985: Baby Talk
  • 1986: Stargazing
  • 1987: Into My Secret
  • 1988: Let Your Heart Make Up Your Mind
  • 1988: I Don't Know What Comes Over Me
  • 1990: Bounce Back
  • 1990: Wrong Number
  • 1990: You've Really Gotten To Me
  • 1996: Wherever The Rhythm Takes Me
  • 1999: You Wanna Be a Star
  • 2004: All Night Passion Remake

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE CH UK US1 US2
  2. ^ Alisha ( Memento June 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), artist biography at Billboard.com - last accessed on December 3, 2008

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Alisha
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Itkin, Alisha Ann (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York, USA