国籍：美国 出生地：华盛顿 职业：歌手 生日：1958年5月2日 简介：Born Brenda Shannon Greene in 1958, Shannon spent her childhoodyears in Washington, D.C., and New York City's Brooklyn borough.While attending college, she joined the New York Jazz Ensemble as asinger, which led to a chance meeting with drummer Lenny White andsome recording sessions. One single, 1983's "Let the Music Play," wasissued on the New York-based dance label Emergency as a 12" singlewith Shannon listed as the artist. Produced by Mark Liggett and ChrisBarbosa, the track's heavyupfront staccato beats and synth bassmarked it as an early freestyle single.The record became a monsterclub hit, pumped its way up to the pop Top Ten, and sold a millioncopies.Shannon's debut album, Let the Music Play, was issued onMirage in February1984 and went gold, peaking at number 32 pop inMarch 1984. Shannon followed that up with the Top Ten R&B hit "GiveMe Tonight," as well as "My Heart's Divided" 从艺历程：Do You Wanna Get Away was the title of her second Mirage album,issued in May1985.The title track single hit number 13 R&B in spring1985. Her third album, Love Goes All the Way, was released on Atlanticin 1986, with the singles "Dancin," "Criminal," and "Prove Me Right." Shedid work for soundtracks and jingles and started recording againduring the late '9Os, when she contributed to releases by the likes ofTodd Terry, Sash!, and Jacques Lu Cont (years before Madonna soughthim out).After appearing on VH-1's One-Hit Wonders program, shereleased the 1999 album The Best ls Yet to Come on the Contagiouslabel.A Beauty Returns, featuring an appearance from Dead Prez and acover of the Human League's "Human," followed on Diggin 4 Brown in2007.