Format Details: Expanded Edition
Release Date: 28 July 2014
Label: Bbr / Cherry Red
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5013929057838
Genres: R&B
Description
Phillis Nelson was an American R&B/Dance singer and
songwriter from Gary, Indiana who found fame in the UK in the
1980's after recording and performing predominantly disco and
dance music with modest success since the mid 1970's.
Nelson
first hit the charts in 1980 when her single Stop The Rain
reached #20 on Billboard's disco chart.
Inspired by her relationship with her husband, Nelson made a
departure from her usual dance orientated material and penned
a ballad, Move Closer, which became the opening track and
title of her debut album on Carrere Records.
Released in the UK
and Europe the album provided an immediate change in fortune
for the versatile vocalist.
Released in 1984, Move Closer, which peaked at #29 on the
UK album charts, is a soul record of broad scope with varying
styles and boasts two beautiful ballads penned by the maturing
vocalist herself.
Also first released as a single in 1984, the
dynamic and sensitively sung opening track, describing the
frustration of being apart from your lover, was championed by a
London radio DJ who set the track on a slow burn up the UK
singles charts.
Move Closer reached the summit after 11
weeks, spent 6 months on the chart and made history as the
first UK #1 single to be both written and performed by a black
female artist.
Tracklisting
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Torme
Various Artists
Rain
