Dana Dawson

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Ready to follow you
  FR 15th 11/19/1988 (16 weeks)
Romantic World
  FR 4th 12/22/1990 (26 weeks)
Tell Me Bonita
  FR 4th 06/15/1991 (19 weeks)
Open Hearts
  FR 24 10/26/1991 (17 weeks)
3 Is Family
  DE 59 08/28/1995 (11 weeks)
  UK 9 07/15/1995 (8 weeks)
Got to give me love
  UK 27 10/28/1995 (2 weeks)
Show me
  UK 28 05/04/1996 (3 weeks)
How I Wanna Be Loved
  UK 42 07/20/1996 (1 week)

Dana Dawson (born August 7, 1974 in New York , USA ; † August 10, 2010 there ) was an American singer , songwriter and actress .

Life

Acting

Dana Dawson began her acting career at the age of seven. She played in 1981 in the Broadway - Musical Annie . In 2000 it came back to the musical and premiered again on Broadway in 2001.

Music career

When she was fourteen, Dana Dawson won a copywriting competition. She was discovered by a French producer in New York. In 1991, in France her debut album Paris, New York and Me ( Columbia ), of which three extractions made it into the French singles chart managed.

1995 appeared album Black Butterfly ( EMI Music ), which is in thanks to its catchy Soul - Pops sold more than two million copies. It also contained the most successful Dawson single 3 Is Family , which was in the top 10 of the English charts in the same year and became a radio hit in Germany (3rd place on the airplay charts). The record company saw the singer as a competitor to Janet Jackson , Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey . Nevertheless, there was no lasting success.

In 2001 the single Nice Life was released in Great Britain , which came from the soundtrack of the Lizzie McGuire Show ( Disney Channel ).

Last years

In July 2007, Dawson married New York - born jazz saxophonist Jason Curry. The diagnosis of colon cancer was followed by a long battle against the disease. Finally, Dana Dawson died on August 10, 2010, three days after her 36th birthday, of complications from cancer.

Filmography

  • 1987: Junge Schicksale (ABC Afterschool Specials) (1 episode, Read Between the Lines )
  • 1988: Starlight: A Musical Movie

Discography

Albums

  • 1991: Paris, New York and Me
  • 1995: Black Butterfly (UK re-release 1996 with a bonus track)

Singles

  • 1988: Ready to Follow You
  • 1990: Romantic World
  • 1991: Tell Me Bonita
  • 1991: Open Hearts
  • 1992: Moving On
  • 1995: 3 Is Family
  • 1995: Got to Give Me Love
  • 1996: Show Me
  • 1996: How I Wanna Be Loved
  • 1997: More, More, More (with Dolce & Gabbana)
  • 2001: Nice Life

swell

  1. ↑ Chart sources: DE UK FR

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personal data
SURNAME Dawson, Dana
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer and actress
DATE OF BIRTH 7th August 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH New York , USA
DATE OF DEATH August 10, 2010
Place of death New York , USA