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ANGELA WINBUSH

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Angela Winbush (b. January 28, 1955) is an United States|American rhythm and blues|R&B/soul singer-songwriter who rose to fame first in the 1980s R&B duo RenÃ© & Angela, also scoring hits as a solo artist. During her career, Winbush has sold one million albums and singles worldwide, and has had twenty Top Forty R&B singles and three number one R&B singles.{{Fact|date=June 2007

Biography
Early life and career
Born to a broken home and family in St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis, Missouri, Angela began singing in church. She did not initially aspire to a career in music, studying architecture at Howard University, singing only to earn extra money. She continued to sing in church while at Howard as well as with gospel legend Richard Smallwood. By 1977, Angela had changed her major to music education, and recorded a demo. She shopped it to various record labels with no success but, through a personal introduction furnished by respected industry veteran, Wayne K. Garfield, the demo was heard by New York disc jockey Gary Byrd, who made the call that landed Angela a spot in Stevie Wonder's backing vocal group, Wonderlove. Becoming Wonder's protegÃ©, she learned a great deal about writing and arranging songs. While in Los Angeles with Wonder, Angela met singer RenÃ© Moore; the two never became a couple,and only wrote songs and performed together. RenÃ© & Angela releas... read all