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Donna Summer - 100% match to Thelma Houston

LaDonna Adrian Gaines, 31 December 1948, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Summer's peerless hit singles "Love To Love You Baby" and "I Feel Love" made her the best-known of all 70s disco divas. Having sung with rock bands in Boston, the singer moved to Europe in 1968 and appeared in... Read more

Diana Ross - 90% match to Thelma Houston

26 March 1944, Detroit, Michigan, USA. While still in high school Ross became the fourth and final member of the Primettes, who recorded for Lu-Pine in 1960, signed to Motown Records in 1961 and then changed their name to the Supremes. She was a backing vocalist on the group's... Read more

Sister Sledge - 83% match to Thelma Houston

Debra (9 July 1954), Joan (b. 13 September 1956), Kim (b. 21 August 1957) and Kathy Sledge (b. 6 January 1959) were all born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. They started their recording career on the Money Back label with 1971's "Time Will Tell". A short time... Read more

Chic - 81% match to Thelma Houston

Probably the band of the disco generation, Chic was built around Nile Rodgers (19 September 1952, New York, USA; guitar) and Bernard Edwards (b. 31 October 1952, Greenville, North Carolina, USA, d. 18 April 1996, Tokyo, Japan; bass). During the 60s Rodgers had played in a rock... Read more

Gloria Gaynor - 77% match to Thelma Houston

Gloria Fowles, 7 September 1949, Newark, New Jersey, USA. The "Queen Of The Discotheques' spent several years struggling on the east coast circuit prior to finding success. A 1965 single, produced by Johnny Nash, preceded her spell as a member of the Soul Satisfiers. Gaynor was... Read more

Cheryl Lynn - 74% match to Thelma Houston

Cheryl Lynn Smith, 11 March 1957, Los Angeles, California, USA. The full-throated Lynn became a hit-maker at the height of disco's popularity, singing dance tunes that retained the gospel vocal approach of classic soul. Lynn grew up in the church where her mother was a minister... Read more

Silver Convention - 67% match to Thelma Houston

This studio group was created by Munich-based producers Silvester Levay and Michael Kunze. After scoring a UK hit in 1975 with "Save Me", they went on to reach number 1 in the USA with "Fly, Robin, Fly". The international fame persuaded the duo to audition some female singers to... Read more

A Taste Of Honey - 66% match to Thelma Houston

The Emotions - 64% match to Thelma Houston

Rose Royce - 61% match to Thelma Houston

Formed in the USA as a multi-purpose backing group, the original nine-piece worked under a variety of names. In 1973 Kenji Brown (guitar), Victor Nix (keyboards), Kenny Copeland, Freddie Dunn (trumpets), Michael Moore (saxophone), Lequient "Duke" Jobe (bass), Henry Garner and... Read more