Kym mazelle biography of christopher

Singer. Songwriter. Trailblazer.

Recording artist Kym Mazelle credits Columbia with providing a rock-solid foundation to succeed in a tough business.

By Rea Frey ’04

Gary, Indiana, may be known as the birthplace of Michael Jackson, aka the King of Pop, but it&#;s also the birthplace of another member of music royalty: Kym Mazelle &#;86, the First Lady of House music.&#;

&#;Back in college, I was a single mother,&#; says Mazelle, who graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a bachelor&#;s in Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management (now Business and Entrepreneurship). &#;Going down to the clubs, to places like The Warehouse, I had to find time between working and interning and raising my daughter.&#;&#;

Established in , The Warehouse was a Chicago nightclub prominently known as the birthplace of the House music genre, which Mazelle describes as a result of DJs experimenting with dozens of various musical stylings&#;disco, funk, soul, and jazz&#;into dance-focused

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Gavin Christopher

American singer-songwriter (–)

Gavin Christopher (May 1, – March 3, ) was an American R&B singer, songwriter, musician, and producer.

Early life and career

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Born in Chicago, Illinois, he started out playing music at a very early age. Having been schooled bygd the likes of Oscar Brown Jr., Donny Hathaway, Baby Huey and later on Curtis Mayfield, he honed his writing and singing skills and began his career, first in a grupp called Lyfe (which also included Chaka Khan). Khan then left and joined Rufus (scoring several pop and R&B hits with them). Christopher later joined another grupp called High Voltage with future Rufus members Bobby Watson (bassist) and Tony Maiden, as well as Lalomie Washburn, who later wrote several Rufus songs. Christopher han själv would also become associated with Rufus, as he penned the song "Once You Get Started", which was later recorded bygd the grupp and hit #10 on the Billboard Hot in He also wrote three songs on Rufus' n

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Show biz family dynasty stories usually revolve around famous parents helping their children get a break. For Shawn Christopher, Chicago`s first singer to score a No. 1 dance single with the house music sound, it was her son, year-old rapper Rick Rock, who made the crucial introduction.

”I was spinning at the Olive Park jazz fest when I was like 15, and when I was done, this guy said he was a producer, his name is Mike `Hitman` Wilson, and I told him about my mom, that he should use her on his records.”

Christopher picks up the story: ”Then Mike (Hitman Wilson) saw me singing with Nick Tremulis at the Riviera a while after that, so we finally met in person.”

Sitting in the Edgewater apartment that she shares with her husband, Mohammed, Christopher, whose big blond hair matches her big voice, is clearly enjoying the fruits of her collaboration with Wilson.

The disco lament ”Another Sleepless Night,” written and produced by Wilson with vocals by