Angela Bofill
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Angela Bofill is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 R&B vocalist and songwriter.

Bofill was born to a Cuba
Cuba
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n father and a Puerto Rican mother; one of the first Latina
Hispanic and Latino Americans
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 singers to find success in the R&B market.She performed with Ricardo Marrero & the Group and Dance Theater of Harlem
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands...

 chorus prior to her 1978 debut album, Angie
Angie (album)
This is the original recording debut of Angela Bofill on the GRP Records label.The album was heralded as a mild success, popularizing on some of the themes of the times. The song,This Time I'll Be Sweeter, was able to chart fairly well on the U.S R&B front...

. She scored several dance hits such as "Angel Of The Night
Angel of the Night
After the success of her debut album, Angela Bofill returned to cut her sophomore set Angel Of the Night.Upon release, The album as well as the title track became an instant classic.The album was digitally remastered and re-released on 2001 on Buddah Records...

," "Something About You
Something About You (Angela Bofill album)
Something About You marks the third album released by recording artist Angela Bofill in 1981. This would be her first direct release through Arista with Narada Michael Walden on production and Clive Davis on the executive side of things.-Reception:...

," "Holdin' Out for Love," and "Too Tough
Too Tough
Too Tough marks the fourth album released by recording artist Angela Bofill. This would be her second release through Arista Records with Narada Michael Walden again at the production helm.-Reception:...

." However, she is probably best known for her ballad "This Time I'll Be Sweeter" and her signature tune, "I Try", which was later covered in 1991 by Will Downing
Will Downing
Will Downing , is an American singer-songwriter and producer. Downing is known in the contemporary jazz and R&B music genres for his rich baritone vocals, and his interpretations of R&B and pop classics that stretch back to the early 1980s...

. In the early 1980s, she recorded You're A Special Part Of Me, a duet with romantic balladeer Johnny Mathis
Johnny Mathis
John Royce "Johnny" Mathis is an American singer of popular music. Starting his career with singles of standards, he became highly popular as an album artist, with several dozen of his albums achieving gold or platinum status, and 73 making the Billboard charts...

. Her 1983 album "Teaser" featured the Top 20 R&B chart hit "I'm On Your Side
I'm on Your Side
I'm on Your Side is the fourth album by Jennifer Holliday, released in 1991. The song "I'm on Your Side", a cover version of an Angela Bofill hit, was released as a single, peaking at #10 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. The second single, "Love Stories" peaked at #29 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop...

," which also became a hit for Jennifer Holliday
Jennifer Holliday
Jennifer-Yvette Holliday is an African-American singer and Tony Award-winning actress. She started her career on Broadway in musicals such as Dreamgirls, and later became a successful recording artist...

 in 1991.

Later career

She recorded two more modestly successful albums for Arista
Arista Records
Arista was an American record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operated under the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records...

 (with the help of the System and George Duke
George Duke
George Duke is a multi-faceted American musician, known as a keyboard pioneer, composer, singer and producer in both jazz and popular mainstream musical genres. He has worked with numerous acclaimed artists as arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and professor of music...

) before moving to Capitol and producer Norman Connors
Norman Connors
Norman Connors is an American jazz drummer, composer, arranger, producer, and headliner, who has led some influential jazz and R&B groups. He also achieved several big R&B hits of the day, especially with love ballads.-Biography:...

 for Intuition in 1988. It was her last notable chart success. She recorded three more albums over the next eight years of varying quality, and provided backing vocals on a number of other albums, most notably Connors' excellent Eternity in 2000.

She's appeared in a number of stage plays over the last few years, including "God Don’t Like Ugly" and "What A Man Wants, What A Man Needs." She's also regularly toured the US and Europe
Europe
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 in multi-artist jazz artist shows.

2006 and 2007 Strokes

According to her manager, Rich Engel, Angela Bofill suffered a stroke on January 10, 2006 and was subsequently paralyzed on her left side. Bofill convalesced at Sutter Hospital in Santa Rosa, CA. She was released from intensive care on January 15 and required speech and physical therapy.

Because Ms. Bofill did not have health insurance, a benefit concert was organized to pay her hospital bills. The show, planned by Engel along with NY radio stations Kiss FM and CD 101.9, was held on March 11 at the Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood, NJ. Similar events were being planned for Detroit and Los Angeles, Engel said. Other aid was being sought from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation.

According to her website www.AngelaBofill.com, Ms. Bofill suffered another massive stroke on July 10, 2007. Her condition at this time is stable. She currently resides in a convalescent home in the Bay Area. Aid from her fans, friends, and family is being solicited through her website.

But there is more than encouraging news to report. Because Angela has been receiving daily therapy, her mobility, and speech have improved dramatically. After Carmen gets released, which should be soon, Angela will be moving into her own apartment which has already been secured. Angie is at the point of practicing her singing. She decided to put that off until she gets into her new digs. " I started practicing in the hospital but I drew a crowd. Too embarrasing. " Angela now has thoughts of returning to the stage. With Gods help and prayers from all of us, she just might pull it off. I spoke to Angela in the middle of this writing and she asked me to convey, that "I am truly blessed to have such loyal fans, and that I send love to each and every one." Tracks from live album, Live From Manila, is now available to download at CD Baby.

Studio albums

Year Album Chart positions Record label
US
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

US
R&B
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...

US
Jazz
Billboard charts
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1978 Angie
Angie (album)
This is the original recording debut of Angela Bofill on the GRP Records label.The album was heralded as a mild success, popularizing on some of the themes of the times. The song,This Time I'll Be Sweeter, was able to chart fairly well on the U.S R&B front...

47 20 5 GRP
GRP Records
GRP Records is an American jazz record company, owned by Universal Music Group and operates through its Verve Music Group. The company's name has had different meanings. In its early days, it stood for "Grusin/Rosen Productions," after the founders...

/Arista
Arista Records
Arista was an American record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operated under the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records...

1979 Angel of the Night
Angel of the Night
After the success of her debut album, Angela Bofill returned to cut her sophomore set Angel Of the Night.Upon release, The album as well as the title track became an instant classic.The album was digitally remastered and re-released on 2001 on Buddah Records...

34 10 2
1981 Something About You
Something About You (Angela Bofill album)
Something About You marks the third album released by recording artist Angela Bofill in 1981. This would be her first direct release through Arista with Narada Michael Walden on production and Clive Davis on the executive side of things.-Reception:...

61 13 4 Arista
1983 Too Tough
Too Tough
Too Tough marks the fourth album released by recording artist Angela Bofill. This would be her second release through Arista Records with Narada Michael Walden again at the production helm.-Reception:...

40 6
Teaser
Teaser (Angela Bofill album)
Teaser is the fifth album by Angela Bofill, released by Arista Records in 1983. The album cover was credited to Mick Rock.-Track listing:#"Special Delivery"#"Call Of The Wild"#"Nothin' But A Teaser"#"I'm On Your Side"#"Penetration"...

81 20 21
1984 Let Me Be the One 39
1985 Tell Me Tomorrow 53
1988 Intuition
Intuition (Angela Bofill album)
Intuition is the eighth album by Angela Bofill, and was her first and only release on Capitol Records in 1988.-Track listing:#"Love is In Your Eyes"#"Intuition"#"I Just Wanna Stop"#"Long Gone"#"For You and I"#"In Your Lover's Eyes"#"Love Overtime"...

38 Capitol
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...

1993 I Wanna Love Somebody
I Wanna Love Somebody
I Wanna Love Somebody is the first album by singer Angela Bofill, released, since leaving Capitol Records in 1988.-Track listing:#I Wanna Love Somebody - 5:15#I Wonder - 5:33#Never Too Much - 4:35...

51 Jive
Jive Records
Jive Records was a record label based in New York City, operating under RCA Music Group. Jive was primarily known for a string of successes with hip hop artists in the 1980s, and in teen pop and boy bands in the late 1990s. The word "jive" was inspired by Township Jive, a form of South African...

1996 Love in Slow Motion
Love in Slow Motion (album)
Love In Slow Motion is a 1996 album recorded by R&B vocalist Angela Bofill.The first studio recording since " I Wanna Love Somebody" and final released studio album before her stroke on January 10, 2006.-Track listing:#"All She Wants " - 4:34...

Shanachie
Shanachie Records
Shanachie Records was founded in 1976 by Richard Nevins and Dan Collins. According to Harvey Pekar , it is one of the largest independent record labels in the world, and is currently distributed by E1 Music. Starting as a label that specialized in fiddle music, they began releasing work by Celtic...

"—" denotes the album failed to chart

Live albums

Year Album Chart positions Record label
US
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

US
R&B
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...

2006 Live from Manila
Live from Manila
Live from Manila is a 2006 album recorded by R&B vocalist Angela Bofill.This album marked a milestone in Bofill’s 28 year career. This is Bofill’s first live concert recording, as well as being her final release before her stroke on January 10, 2006...

Black Angel
"—" denotes the album failed to chart

Compilation albums

Year Album Chart positions Record label
US
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

US
R&B
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...

1986 The Best of Angela Bofill Arista
Arista Records
Arista was an American record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operated under the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records...

1999 The Definitive Collection
2003 Platinum & Gold Collection
2004 The Best of Angela Bofill BMG
"—" denotes the album failed to chart

Singles

Year Single Chart positions Album
US
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

US
R&B
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...

US
A/C
US
Dance
1979 "This Time I'll Be Sweeter" 104 23 39 Angie
"What I Wouldn't Do (For the Love of You)" 18 Angel of the Night
1980 "Angel of the Night" 67
1981 "Something About You" 21 Something About You
1982 "Holdin' Out for Love" 26
"Break It to Me Gently"
1983 "Too Tough" 5 2 Too Tough
"Tonight I Give In" 12
"I'm on Your Side
I'm on Your Side
I'm on Your Side is the fourth album by Jennifer Holliday, released in 1991. The song "I'm on Your Side", a cover version of an Angela Bofill hit, was released as a single, peaking at #10 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. The second single, "Love Stories" peaked at #29 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop...

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20 Teaser
1984 "Special Delivery" 65 34
"Can't Slow Down" 59 15 Let Me Be the One
1985 "Let Me Be the One" 84
"Who Loves You Better"
"Tell Me Tomorrow" 72 Tell Me Tomorrow
1986 "I Don't Wanna Come Down (From Love)"
"Still in Love"
1988 "I Just Wanna Stop" 11 Intuition
1989 "Love Is in Your Eyes"
1992 "Love Was Never" (with Marion Meadows
Marion Meadows
Marion Meadows is an American tenor saxophonist, soprano saxophonist, composer, and smooth jazz recording artist of Native American, African American and Caucasian descent. Meadows has released a total of 9 albums to date.-Upbringing:...

& Gene Rice)
70 Keep It Right There
1993 "I Wanna Love Somebody" I Wanna Love Somebody
"Heavenly Love"
"—" denotes the single failed to chart

Awards


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