Ann Peebles
Ann Peebles (born 27 April 1947, St. Louis, Missouri) is an American soul singer and songwriter. She was the most successful female star of the record label Hi Records. Her most famous songs is one I Can not Stand the Rain, 1973, in the disco version of the band eruption in 1978 was a pop hit.
Biography
The daughter of a pastor and a singer singing at an early age in the church choir and in the family gospel choir, the " Peebles Choir ," which her grandfather had founded. As a teenager she sang in clubs of her hometown, where she was eventually discovered by Oliver Sain and committed to his R & B revue. At a gig in Memphis her a contract with the label Hi Records was offered in 1968.
Besides her work as a singer Ann Peebles began with the Hi Records singer and composer Don Bryant to write songs. The early 1970s she had several successful singles and albums, led by I Can not Stand the Rain (Single 1973 album 1974). 1974 married Peebles and Bryant.
With the advent of the disco wave and the sale of Hi Records in 1977, the commercial success subsided. After a musical break Peebles published in 1989 a new album, Call Me, the others followed. In addition, she has been heard on various albums by Maria Muldaur. 2010 Ann Peebles worked with on the album Memphis Blues by Cyndi Lauper.