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| TATA VEGA |
Táta Vega (born Carmen Rose Vega on October 7, 1951, in Queens, New York) is a vocalist whose career spans theater, film, and a variety of musical genres.
She began her professional singing career in 1969 in California as a cast member in the Los Angeles production of the musical Hair. She then joined the group Pollution, led by Dobie Gray (who also was appearing in Hair), and then became a member of the group Earthquire, which released an album in 1973 on Motown's Natural Resources label.
With Motown, Táta released four solo albums on the Tamla label: Full Speed Ahead (1976), Totally Táta (1977), Try My Love (1979), and Givin' All My Love (1981). These albums feature a diverse range of genres, including classic Motown soul, country or southern soul, disco, jazz, funk, country, Latin, doo-wop, and gospel.
She has had an active career as a back-up singer, working with Stevie Wonder, Andraé Crouch, Lou Rawls, Chaka Kahn, Patti LaBelle, Michael Jackson, and Madonna. She also worked in film, performing the voice of Shug Avery in The Color Purple; she is featured on four songs on the 1986 soundtrack album, one of which, Miss Celie's Blues (Sister), was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Song category.
In 1998, she signed with Quincy Jones’s Quest Records and released a gospel album, Now I See. Vega is also known for her song SEASONS, which is a cover of a song by Japanese superstar Ayumi Hamasaki.
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| Tata Vega November 1976 Interview |
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IN MOTOWN'S official biography of Ms. Tata Vega, they suggest that she is 'irresistably the most dynamic white female singer to hit the music scene since the tragic departure of the incomparable Janis Joplin'.
On the strength of her debut LP for the company's Tamla label, I would offer my verification of that statement but with one important addition — I like Tata, whereas I honestly never appreciated what Janis Joplin was trying to do. She also has the benefit of having the Motown machine be... |
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| Tata Vega November 1976 Interview |
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IN MOTOWN'S official biography of Ms. Tata Vega, they suggest that she is 'irresistably the most dynamic white female singer to hit the music scene si... |
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| TATA VEGA: Totally Tata Expanded Edition (SMCR 5017) |
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Side by side with the reissue of TATA VEGA’s 1976 “Full Speed Ahead” Motown debut, Soul Music.com Records is very proud to be releasing the multi-tale... |
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| TATA VEGA: Full Speed Ahead Expanded Edition (SMCR 5016) |
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Soul Music.com Records is very proud to be releasing more gems from the great Motown catalogue! Causing particular excitement is the first-time-ever o... |
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| Tata Vega: Full Speed Ahead/Totally Tata Expanded Editions (SoulMusic.com Records) |
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In the late 1970s, the very talented Tata Vega recorded two solid albums for Motown on the subsidiary label Tamla, FULL SPEED AHEAD and TOTALLY TATA. ... |
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