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Bernadette Bascom - The Best Of Bernadette Bascom (DCD-7488202) PENGUIN/D-TOWN RECORDS

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The William R. Miller Sessions between the years 1980 and 1993 when Bascom recorded her last songs for Miller in Las Vegas. Bascom toured with the Platters for several years, and continues to record with Sir Mix-A-lot these days.

• Seattle Sunshine
• Don’t Want To Loose Your Love
• I Got To Get Paid
• It Gets Me Through The Night
• Body Freaks
• Baby Shake Your Shaker
• I Got Fire
• Only Take me Back (Duet Featuring Bill Miller)
• Sweet Thang
• Desire
• Desire - Club Mix
• Beat Box
• Beat Box - Club Mix
• If You Could Only Take me Back (Duet Featuring Lenny Williams)

What do you say about one of the greatest singers in the world? Not much. As a DJ in Baltimore, Maryland, Bernadette’s career started in reverse. From the radio to the stage with the Five Stair Steps on Curtom Records. Two Gold records and then to the MFSB of Philadelphia International Records and another Gold record award. Not to be out done, Stevie Wonder hired Bernadette to replace Denice Williams as the lead singer of Wonderlove. As a member and leader of the hot 1980’s group Epicenter. Bernadette continued to dazzle the crowds worldwide.

A credit to the City of Seattle, she recorded Seattle Sunshine that was adopted by the City council as the official song. Bernadette Bascom moved Las Vegas, where she had her own stage show with forty dancers and a 26 piece band .for over three years. Still in great demand, we honor our first lady of D-Town. Packing up the label, I moved to Seattle, Washington to start again and anew. In Seattle, I happened to go to a concert on New Year’s Eve in the downtown area.

I met a young man who was working the show, and mixing the sound on stage. The artist was Bernadette Bascom. I remembered Bernadette from the days with Stevie Wonder’s Wonderlove group. She had replaced Denice Williams as the lead singer.

However, the young man who later turned out to be her husband was named Bill Miller. As fate would have it again, I began to talk about my experiences at Motown Records. Billy had been at Motown too. In fact, he had written the hit single “I Feel Sanctified” for the Commodores. They placed it on their second album. A white disco group from Cleveland, Ohio who was called Wild Cherry recorded their rendition of “Sanctified” on the backside of their single which was called “Play That Funky Music White Boy”. The single sold over six millions records.

After awhile in Los Angeles, Bill was producing for Barbara Streisand, and he could not get her a hit. Taking his money, Bill returned to Detroit. After a couple of months back at home, he was feeling restless, and decided to hit the road, where of all things, ended up in Seattle. On the other hand, Bernadette was with People’s Choice who had the big hit “Do It Anyway You Wanna” for Philadelphia International Records. They were ending their tour in the Pacific Northwest.

Bernadette fell in love with Seattle and left the group to stay there. It was not long before, she was recording with Thom Bell, and did a solo with Elton John on “The Thom Bell Sessions” album for MCA Records. Joining a local band by the name of Epicenter, the group was assured success, when Stevie Wonder happen to make an unexpected visit to Seattle and play a gig with Bernadette and the band.