From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dionne Farris
Dionne Farris
Dionne Farris Mixtapes
Origin Bordentown, New Jersey, United States • Lady Dy, The Mixtape pt. 1 (2011) , Free & Clear Records
Genres R&B, soul, alternative hip hop
Singles
Years 1992–present • I Know (1995), Sony
active
• Don’t Ever Touch Me Again (1995), Sony
Labels Columbia • Passion (1996), Sony
• Hopeless (1997), Sony
Associated Arrested Development, Count Bass D, Randy
acts Jackson, Van Hunt, Guru (rapper), Jermaine
Dupri, TLC References
Dionne Farris (born 1968, Plainfield, New Jersey, United [1] Rateyourmusic.com
States)[1] is an American female R&B/soul musician who [2] "Speech Interview". Songfacts.
sang on three songs with the hip hop group Arrested http://www.songfacts.com/int/2008/03/speech-
Development.[2] In 1995, she had a solo hit single called "I arrested-development.html. Retrieved April 3,
Know", which hit number four on the Billboard Hot 100 2008.
and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Fe- [3] ^ "Biography by Steve Huey". Allmusic.com.
male Pop Vocal Performance in 1996, and in 1997, she had http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p75230/
another called "Hopeless" (written by Van Hunt) from biography. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
the Love Jones soundtrack. This was after her demo made [4] Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums
its way to Sony Music, and her debut album, Wild Seed, (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records
Wild Flower, was released in the summer of 1994, spawn- Limited. p. 195. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
ing "I Know."[3] Wild Seed - Wild Flower reached #57 on the
Billboard 200 chart.[3] External links
In the UK Singles Chart, "I Know" peaked (after a re-
release) at #41 in May 1995, and "Hopeless" peaked at #42 • Dionne Farris
in June 1997.[4] • Dionne Farris on Myspace
On April 8, 1995, she was the musical guest on Satur- Persondata
day Night Live, season 20 episode 17, where Damon Name Farris, Dionne
Wayans was the guest host. She also sang the closing
Alternative The Original Soul Rocker
song "For Once In My Life" in the 1996 film, The Truth
names
About Cats & Dogs.
On May 13, 1996, Dionne gave birth to a daughter Short description American R&B singer
named Tate. Date of birth 1968
Farris has released an album entitled Signs of Life on Place of birth Plainfield, New Jersey, United
her own record label, Free & Clear. Her 2007 release For States
Truth If Not Love was issued on iTunes. It featured the
Date of death
track, "Stuck in the Middle".
Place of death
Discography
Albums
• Wild Seed – Wild Flower (1995), Columbia
• For Truth If Not Love (2007), Music World
• Signs of Life, (2011), Free & Clear Records
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• 1968 births
• Living people
• African American musicians
• African American female singers
• American rhythm and blues singers
• American soul musicians
• American female singers
• Neo soul singers
• People from Burlington County, New Jersey
• People from Plainfield, New Jersey
• Musicians from New Jersey
• American rhythm and blues singer stubs
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