Kym Sims

Kym Sims (actually Kimberly Russell , born August 23, 1966 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American house and pop singer who had some dance hits in the 1990s . The 1991 single Too Blind to See It is her biggest commercial hit.

biography

At the beginning of her musical career, Kimberly Russell mainly sang advertising jingles . The first house track she was on is Conception's Love Me Right from 1988. Almost three years later she was played by Chicago house producer Steve "Silk" Hurley , who a.o. a. was discovered internationally by his 1987 hit Jack Your Body .

When house music was very popular with songs like Crystal Waters ' Gypsy Woman and Ce Ce Penistons Finally , Hurley recorded the dance hit Too Blind to See It with Sims , which became # 1 in the Hot Dance Music / Maxi Singles Sales , Reached # 38 on the Billboard Hot 100 and even rose to # 5 on the UK charts .

The follow-up single Take My Advice was placed in spring 1992 at position 9 in the Billboard Hot Dance Music / Maxi-Singles Sales as well as at number 86 in the US charts and at number 13 in England. The album Too Blind to See It rose to number 39 on the UK charts in April of that year. The release A Little Bit More made it to number 30 in the UK in June.

The song I Must Be Free , released in 1994, placed 5th in the Dance Music / Club Play Singles in 1995. One last time Sims managed to briefly enter the English charts in 1996 when their single We Gotta Love , which was also number 9 in the Dance Music / Club Play Singles, was number 58 there for a week. There were no further successes.

Discography

album

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		UK	US
1992	Too Blind to See It	UK39 (2 weeks) UK	-	Producer: Steve "Silk" Hurley

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		UK	US
1991	Too Blind to See It Too Blind to See It	UK5 silver (12 weeks)UK	US38 (20 weeks) US	Writer: Steve "Silk" Hurley Rap: Frost (aka Jose Rivera)
1992	Take My Advice Too Blind to See It	UK13 (7 weeks) UK	US86 (5 weeks) US	Authors: Kym Sims, Marc Williams, Steve Hurley, Tonia Hurley
	A Little Bit More Too Blind to See It	UK30 (3 weeks) UK	-	Authors: Berlanda Drake, Eric Miller, Jeremiah McAllister
1994	I must be free	UK76 (1 week) UK	-	Authors: Nigel Swanston, Tim Cox Producers: Band of Gypsies (Swanston / Cox)
1996	We gotta love	UK58 (1 week) UK	-	Authors: Nigel Swanston, Tim Cox Producers: Band of Gypsies (Swanston / Cox)

More singles

• 1988: Love Me Right (Conception feat.Kim Sims)
• 1992: Shoulda Known Better
• 1997: Keep On Groovin (as Shima, with One Vision)
• 1999: Just Can't Get Enough
• 2000: 2 Blind 2 See It

swell

1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: UK US
2. ↑ ^{a b} UK gold / platinum database

Web links

• Kym Sims at Allmusic (English)
• Kym Sims at Discogs (English)
• Shima at Discogs (English)