From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Steffanie Borges
Steffanie Borges
Steffanie Borges recording with Show-Ya the single "Flame of the Angels"
in 1992 and the album Touch the Sun in 1995. She left the
Birth name Steffanie Reiko Borges band in 1997 and moved to Los Angeles in the United
Also known as Steffanie Stevany Juergenson,
States with her husband Randy Juergenson who had
worked with her during the recording sessions of Touch
Born August 30, 1961 (1961-08-30)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
the Sun. She has since retired from the scene and lives in
Tarzana, California.[1]
Origin Japanese American
Genres Pop, glam metal, hard rock Discography
Occupations musician, songwriter, model
Instruments Vocals
Solo albums
• Page One (ページ・ワン) (1978)
Years active 1977–1997 • Hideaway (1985)
Labels Disco Mate, Warner, Creedence • Pink Noise (1986)
Associated acts Show-Ya
Albums with Show-Ya
Steffanie Reiko Borges best known in the years
Borges, • Touch the Sun (1995)
1970-1980 under her stage name Steffanie (ステファニ
ー) is a Japanese American born in 1961,[1] who has Singles
worked both as model and singer. • "Koi no Location" / "I’m a Lucky Girl" (恋のロケー
ション / アイム・ア・ラッキーガール) (1977)
Biography • "Silhouette" / "Futari no Love Song" (シルエット /
ふたりのラヴ・ソング) (1978)
Steffanie is the daughter of Hawaiian jazz singer Jimmy • "Andromeda Stories: Eien no Ichibyou" (永遠の一
Borges[2] and the Japanese Shizuko Yagi[1] and she went 秒) (1982)
to live in Honolulu, Hawaii soon after her birth. She be- • as Stevany
gan her working career in Japan as a model for advertis- • "Rock the Planet" / "Every Day" (1985)
ing and TV campaigns. Borges started her singing career • songs for the series Urusei Yatsura, episodes
recording two singles in between 1977 and 1978 and an 150-165
album of pop songs in 1978. In 1982, with the name Ste- • "Born to Be Free" / "Remember My Love" (1985)
vany she sang the theme for the soundtrack of the ani- • songs for the movie Urusei Yatsura: Remember My
me movie Andromeda Stories. During the 80s, she changed Love
her image and musical style, switching over to hard rock • "Hideaway" / "Survival in the Streets" (1985)
and melodic heavy metal and producing two new solo al- • song for the Japanese TV drama Triangle Blue
bums recorded in Japan, which were released by Warn- • "Burnin’ Up the Night" / "Breakout" (1986)
er Japan.[3] While the musicians that recorded the studio • song for the Japanese TV drama Triangle Blue 2
albums were all Japanese, the band accompanying her in • "School’s Out" / "Change of Heart" (1986)
various Japanese TV shows was composed by American • Alice Cooper cover
performers, including her cousins Tony and David Borges • "Flame of the Angels" / "Don’t Say Goodbye" (1992)
and her future husband Randy Juergenson.[4] In this pe- • with Show-Ya
riod, she also worked on songs for the anime series Uru-
sei Yatsura and for the movie Urusei Yatsura: Remember My
Love.
References
After a few auditions in 1991, she replaced singer [1] ^ "Steffanie Borges" (in Japanese). Livedoor Blog.jp.
Keiko Terada within the all-female Japanese metal band 12 November 2008. http://blog.livedoor.jp/
Show-Ya, using her full name Steffanie Borges. She re- inner_voice1971/archives/51426131.html.
mained in the band for six years, performing a highly Retrieved 25 March 2010.
media covered concert in North Korea in June 1991 and
1
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Steffanie Borges
[2] "HARA Awards". Midweek.com. 25 April 2008. Persondata
http://www.midweek.com/content/paina/
Name Borges, Steffanie
image_full/14101/. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
[3] "Steffanie". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Alternative names Stevany, Steffanie
http://www.metal-archives.com/ Short description Rock musician
band.php?id=122511. Retrieved 25 March 2010. Date of birth 1961-08-30
[4] "Make It Tonight - Steffanie w/ Pink Noise (HD)".
Place of birth San Francisco
YouTube.com. 28 February 2010.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGn63Yiwbtg. Date of death
Retrieved 25 March 2010. Place of death
External links
• Steffanie Borges at Anime News Network’s
Encyclopedia
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steffanie_Borges&oldid=441200082"
Categories:
• Japanese female singers
• American female singers
• Glam metal musicians
• 1961 births
• Living people
• Female heavy metal singers
• Musicians from San Francisco, California
• American people of Japanese descent
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