Zeeteah

Zeeteah (2014)

Zeeteah Massiah (born December 24, 1960 in Barbados ) is a British singer of Barbadian origin who, among other things, made a number 1 hit in the American dance charts ("Slide On The Rhythm") with the music project "Arizona feat. Zeitia" reached. Especially in the 1990s she released many dance records, which were mainly charted in England . Over the years she has worked with or toured with many international artists such as B. Michael Jackson , Tom Jones , Phil Collins or Michael Bolton .

In the course of her career her name was spelled differently by the record companies: u. a. Zeitia (with Union City record company) or Zeitia Massiah (with Virgin Records ). Her real name is Zeeteah Massiah.

Zeeteah Massiah was in Barbados born, but grew up in London ( England on). From 2001 she lived in Cologne , but moved back to London in 2010.

Life

When Zeeteah was five, her family emigrated to Great Britain , where she grew up and started her music career in the 1980s. One of the first tracks was a cover version of the Jackson 5 hit "We Got A Good Thing Going". Her first acting role was in the London musical "Little Shop of Horrors" (in German: " The small horror shop ").

Zeeteah worked again and again with well-known artists. One of her first tours was as a backing singer for Kim Wilde on Michael Jackson's legendary Bad Tour in 1988. A short time later, she toured the world with Tom Jones and performed with him at the MTV Music Awards.

It didn't take long for the record industry to take notice of the young singer. In the early 1990s she signed a recording deal with Union City (an offshoot of Virgin Records ), where she made several dance records. With the title "Slide On The Rhythm" she had her big breakthrough when it shot to number 1 on the American dance charts in 1993. She produced this title together with the dance project "Arizona" (the record was released under the formation: Arizona featuring Zeitia). Another single ("I Specialize In Love") was released and placed in the UK singles charts.

A short time later she signed a new record deal - this time with Virgin Records directly. Two singles came out in the mid-1990s, both of which were charted in England. At this time she also took part in the preliminary round of the British Eurovision Song Contest (1996 with the title "A Little Love"). Of 12 participants, she made it to 3rd place in the preliminary round.

From 2001 Zeeteah lived in Cologne and worked mainly in German-speaking countries as a gala singer. It was mostly booked by and for well-known companies (e.g. Coca-Cola , BMW , Porsche , T-Com ) for internal events at which it appeared as a musical highlight. She often performed her own " James Bond Show", a 45-minute program that consisted of the theme songs from various James Bond films. In 2010 she moved back to London, where she continues to play music.

She has now performed in almost every country in the world, including the USA, England, Germany, Dubai, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, India, France, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Portugal and many others.

Discography

Singles

• 1980 "We Got A Good Thing Going" - Zeitia Massiah
• 1980 "A Love Like Yours" - Zeitia Massiah
• 1991 "(Homegirl) Sing The Blues" - Zeitia Massiah
• 1992 "Feel My Love" - ​​Zeitia Massiah
• 1993 "Slide On The Rhythm" - Arizona feat. Zeitia - US Dance Charts # 1
• 1994 "Keep It Up" - Sharada House Gang feat. Zeitia Massiah
• 1994 "I Specialize In Love" Arizona feat. Zeitia - UK chart hit
• 1994 "This Is The Place" - Zeitia Massiah - UK chart hit
• 1996 "Sexual Prime" - Zeitia Massiah - UK club hit
• 1996 "Sweet Love" - ​​With It Guys feat. Zeitia
• 1997 "Beat Of Green" - Fargetta feat. Zeitia Massiah
• 1998 "Wishing On A Star" - Curtis & Moore presenting Zeitia Massiah - (Remix by Mousse T. )
• 1998 "Wishing On A Star Part 2" - Curtis & Moore presenting Zeitia Massiah
• 2005 "Lovely Deep" - Zeeteah

Cooperations

• 1989 Barry Manilow - "Keep Each Other Warm"
• 1989 Trashing Doves - "Trouble In The House"
• 1989 One Nation - "Strong Enough"
• 1990 Soup Dragons - "Sweet Meat"
• 1991 ABC - "Abracadabra"
• 1991 Vic Reeves - "Born Free"
• 1994 Boy George - "Generations Of Love"
• 1994 Haddaway - "Rock My Heart"
• 1995 Nightcrawlers - "Let's Push It" / "Should I Ever" / "You Lift Me Up"
• 1996 Happy Clappers - "Born Free"
• 1996 Right Said Fred - "Smashing"
• 1996 Eikichi Yazawa - "Maria"
• 1996 Barry Adamson - "Oedipus Schmoedipus"
• 1996 Louise - "Naked"
• 1997 Fargetta - "You Got It" (lead vocals on 5 tracks)
• 1998 North on 41 - "Baby Come Back" (lead vocals)
• 1998 North on 41 - "You Came ⁴ " (lead vocals)
• 1999 Richard O'Brien - "Absolute O'Brien"

Web links

• Zeeteah Massiah's website