Phyllis Nelson

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Move closer   UK 29 April 20, 1985 (10 weeks)

Singles

Move closer   UK 1  gold 02/23/1985 (26 weeks) I like you   UK 81 10/26/1985 (4 weeks)   US 61 02/08/1986 (11 weeks)

Phyllis Nelson (born October 3, 1950 in Indiana , † January 12, 1998 in Los Angeles ) was an American singer .

biography

In the 1970s, Nelson was alongside singers Karen Dempsey and Allison Hobbs a member of the Brown Sugar trio , which had a small hit in the US charts in early 1976 with the single The Game Is Over (What's the Matter with You) 79).

The first release as a solo artist was the 1980 single Don't Stop the Train . The song was ranked # 20 on Billboard Dance Music / Club Play Singles in 1981 . Another success came with the self-penned song Move Closer , which became a number one hit in the UK charts in 1985 . The single I Like You also received a lot of attention and was at the top of the US dance charts and a middle position on the Billboard Hot 100.

For the French crime film The Panther from 1985 Nelson sang the final track song I Don't Know together with the main actor Alain Delon . She died of breast cancer in Los Angeles in 1998 .

Discography

Albums

• 1984: Move Closer
• 1985: I Like You

Compilations

• 1995: The Best of Phyllis Nelson - I Like You
• 2002: Move Closer

Singles

• 1980: Don't Stop the Train
• 1983: Stop Don't Do This to Me
• 1983: Take Me Nowhere
• 1984: Move Closer
• 1985: I Don't Know (with Alain Delon )
• 1985: I Like You
• 1986: Chemical Reaction
• 1989: Don't Stop the Train (with Viola Wills )
• 1989: Explosive Combination
• 1999: Don't Stop the Train '99

swell

1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: UK US
2. ↑ Gold / platinum database UK
3. ↑ Brown Sugar at Discogs (English)
4. ↑ Chart data - Brown Sugar The Game Is Over (What's the Matter with You)
5. ↑ ^{a b} Billboard Awards
6. ^ Phyllis Nelson - Move Closer

Web links

• Phyllis Nelson at Allmusic (English)
• Phyllis Nelson at Discogs (English)