6 July 1949, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, d. 30 June 1995, New York, USA. A singer, actress and fashion model, Hyman was one of several acts nurtured by vocalist Norman Connors in the mid-70s. Hyman began singing professionally in 1971, appearing with R&B bands such as New Direction and All The People. Relocating to New York, she worked as a legal secretary during the day and sang in the clubs at night. Although she had already secured a minor R&B hit with ‘Baby I’m Gonna Love You’ in 1976, a duet with Connors the following year, covering the Stylistics hit ‘Betcha By Golly Wow’, brought her a wider audience. Although Hyman failed to reach the US Hot 100, over the next ten years she enjoyed 13 soul hits, including ‘You Know How To Love Me’ (1979) and ‘Can’t We Fall In Love Again’ (1981). The latter release coincided with the singer’s appearance in the Broadway musical Sophisticated Ladies.
Hyman signed to Philadelphia International Records in the 80s and moved towards a more club-orientated sound. She enjoyed a belated R&B chart-topper in 1991 with ‘Don’t Wanna Change The World’, taken from her comeback album, Prime Of My Life. Hyman had just completed the recording of a new album, I Refuse To Be Lonely, in June 1995, when she committed suicide by taking an overdose. She had suffered from severe depression in the latter stages of her life.
Source: The Encyclopedia of Popular Music by Colin Larkin. Licensed from Muze.
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6 July 1949, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, d. 30 June 1995, New York, USA. A singer, actress and fashion model, Hyman was one of several acts nurtured by vocalist Norman Connors in the mid-70s. Hyman began singing professionally in 1971, appearing with R&B bands such as New Direction and All The People. Relocating to New York, she worked as a legal secretary during the day and sang in the clubs at night. Although she had already secured a minor R&B hit with ‘Baby I’m Gonna Love You’ in 1976, a duet with Connors the following year, covering the Stylistics hit ‘Betcha By Golly Wow’, brought her a wider audience. Although Hyman failed to reach the US Hot 100, over the next ten years she enjoyed 13 soul hits, including ‘You Know How To Love Me’ (1979) and ‘Can’t We Fall In Love Again’ (1981). The latter release coincided with the singer’s appearance in the Broadway musical Sophisticated Ladies.