Crystal Waters

Crystal Waters (2012)

Crystal Waters (* 10. October 1964 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) is an American House - singer .

biography

Crystal Waters is the daughter of jazz musician Junior Waters and a niece of actress and singer Ethel Waters . She studied computer science at Howard University in Washington, DC and initially worked as a programmer after graduation. In addition to her job, she worked as a session singer , wrote songs and recorded a demo tape with the song Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless) composed by her , which she brought to the people herself. After a while, three DJs who worked together under the name Basement Boys got in touch with her and supported her.

Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless) became a huge success in 1991 and reached top ten placements worldwide. In Switzerland it was a number one hit , in Germany and Great Britain it reached number 2, in Austria number 3. In the USA the single went gold .

In the following years Waters was successful with other songs. With 100% Pure Love , she had another gold single that made it into the top 20 in several countries. Other hits were Makin 'Happy or Say ... If You Feel Alright . After 2000 she released two best-of albums and worked with other artists, so she was in the charts in 2003 with Dutch and the title My Time and in 2007 with Alex Gaudino and the title Destination Calabria . In the same year the American went on a world tour.

In 2010 the single When People Come Together vs. Bellani & Spada. In 2011 Waters sang the club hit Le Bump for Yolanda Be Cool .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	R&B
1991	Surprise	DE45 (7 weeks) DE	AT23 (10 weeks) AT	CH24 (9 weeks) CH	-	US197 (3 weeks) US	R&B65 (16 weeks) R&B	First published: June 25, 1991 Producer: The Basement Boys
1994	Storyteller	-	-	-	-	US199 gold (1 week)US	R&B73 (6 weeks) R&B	First published: May 17, 1994 Producers: The Basement Boys, Greg Smith, David Anthony, Easy Mo Bee , The LG Experience

More albums

• 1997: Crystal Waters

Compilations

• 1998: The Best Of
• 2001: Gypsy Woman: The Collection
• 2001: Best Of: The Millennium Collection

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)							Remarks	[↑]: treated together with the previous entry; [←]: placed in both charts
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	R&B	Dance
1991	Gypsy Woman (La Da Dee La Da Da) Surprise	DE2 (19 weeks) DE	AT3 (14 weeks) AT	CH1 (16 weeks) CH	UK2 Silver + silver (digital) (10 weeks)UK	US8th gold (16 weeks)US	R&B25 (14 weeks) R&B	Dance1 (14 weeks) Dance	First published: April 1991
	Makin 'happy surprise	-	-	CH22 (3 weeks) CH	UK18 (6 weeks) UK	-	R&B63 (7 weeks) R&B	Dance1 (10 weeks) Dance	First published: August 1991
	Surprise surprise	-	-	-	-	-	-	Dance35 (7 weeks) Dance	First published: December 1991
1992	Megamix	-	-	-	UK39 (3 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First published: December 30, 1991
	Gypsy Woman / Peace (Remixes)	-	-	-	UK35 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First published: September 1992
1994	100% Pure Love Storyteller	DE33 (11 weeks) DE	AT26 (3 weeks) AT	CH20 (12 weeks) CH	UK15 (7 weeks) UK	US11 gold (45 weeks)US	R&B38 (20 weeks) R&B	Dance1 (15 weeks) Dance	First published: March 1994
	Ghetto Day storyteller	-	-	-	UK40 (4 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First published: June 20, 1994
	What I Need Storyteller	-	-	-[UK: ↑]		US82 (4 weeks) US	-	Dance1 (13 weeks) Dance	First published: August 1994
1995	Relax storyteller	-	-	-	UK37 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	Dance1 (11 weeks) Dance	First published: June 1995
1996	In de Ghetto The Program	-	-	-	UK35 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	Dance20 (10 weeks) Dance	David Morales and The Bad Yard Club feat. Crystal Waters and Delta Bennett
1997	Say ... If You Feel Alright Crystal Waters	-	-	-	UK45 (2 weeks) UK	US40 (15 weeks) US	R&B52 (14 weeks) R&B	Dance6 (14 weeks) Dance	First published: December 1996
	Just a freak Crystal Waters	-	-	-	-	-	-	Dance13 (14 weeks) Dance	First release: May 1997 feat. Dennis Rodman
2001	Come on down	-	-	-	-	-	-	Dance1 (14 weeks) Dance	First published: October 2001
2003	My time	-	-	-	UK22 (4 weeks) UK	-	-	Dance1 (15 weeks) Dance	First release: July 2003 Dutch feat. Crystal Waters
2004	Destination Unknown (US) Destination Calabria (EU) My Destination	DE30 (11 weeks) DE	AT55 (13 weeks) AT	CH50 (4 weeks) CH	UK4th silver (24 weeks)UK	-	-	Dance8 (12 weeks) Dance	First publication: June 2004 Chart entry in EU only in March 2007 Alex Gaudino feat. Crystal Waters
2009	Never enough	-	-	-	-	-	-	Dance20 (11 weeks) Dance	First published: January 2009
2012	A Love I Call My Own	-	-	-	-	-	-	Dance18 (12 weeks) Dance	First published: December 2012 with Nicola Fasano and Steve Forest
2013	Oh mama hey	-	-	-	-	-	-	Dance1 (13 weeks) Dance	First release: January 2013 Chris Cox and DJ Frankie feat. Crystal Waters
2015	Synergy	-	-	-	-	-	-	Dance1 (13 weeks) Dance	First published: September 2015 with Sted-E and Hybrid Heights

More singles

1992: You Turn Me On 1996: The Boy from Ipanema 2000: My Love (100% feat. Crystal Waters) 2001: Who Taught You How 2001: Enough 2001: Night in Egypt ( Sunseeker feat.Crystal Waters) 2004: Read

2006: Gypsy Woman 2006 (La-Da-Dee) (Sami Dee & Freddy Jones vs. Crystal Waters) 2008: Dancefloor (vs. Speakerbox) 2009: Gypsy Woman 2009 (Tristan Garner vs. Crystal Waters) (2 mp3 files) 2010: When People Come Together (vs. Bellani & Spada) 2011: Le Bump ( Yolanda Be Cool feat.Crystal Waters) 2011: Say Yeah (vs. Fred Pellichero)

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: Singles In de Ghetto Albums UK US1 US2
2. ↑ ^{a b} Gold / Platinum databases: UK US

Web links

• Crystal Waters at Allmusic (English)
• Crystal Waters at Discogs (English)
• Official MySpace page
• Works by and about Crystal Waters in the catalog of the German National Library