Yvonne Gage
singer
Yvonne Gage (born December 20, 1959) is an American singer from Chicago, Illinois. Active since the late 1970s, she has done background vocals for artists prior to and after her own solo success.
As a session musician, she has provided vocals for many well known artists, including the incomparable Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, as well as Stevie Wonder, Michael McDonald, The Doobie Brothers, Ministry, Celine Dion, Ashford & Simpson, Kem, Janelle Monáe, and Kindred the Family Soul.
Biography
Gage began singing in the church choir. At 14, She joined a local R&B band, The Soulettes, and sang with them for seven years. During this time, the band was renamed "First Love", then simply "Love", and released an album, Love at First Sight, under the independent Chicago International Music label in 1980.
However, Gage already had left the band at the time of release, to become a backing vocalist for Captain Sky. While touring with him, and beside acts such as Cameo, Stephanie Mills, Kleeer and Smokey Robinson, she met Don Burnside, Captain's Sky producer at the time.
He produced her first solo single, "Garden of Eve", in 1981 for Atlantic Records. The track managed to enter the Dance Club Songs chart, and rank at number 36.
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