Dannielle Gaha
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Dannielle Gaha DeAndrea, sometimes styled as Danni'elle, is an Australia
n singer-songwriter
. She has toured and recorded with fellow Australian John Farnham
, their 1989 duet, "Communication", peaked at number 13 on the Australian Recording Industry Association
(ARIA) Singles Chart
. When based in London during 1992–1993, she released three solo singles, "Stuck in the Middle", "Do It for Love" and "Secret Love" which appeared in the UK Singles Chart
, and she is the first Australian artist to appear on the UK soul chart.
As Sheets Afyre, she was part of a singing duo, The Nissan Cedrics, with Louise Anton on ABC-TV
comedy show, Club Buggery
from 1995, which was hosted by Roy and HG
. The Nissan Cedrics released, Going for a Song in 1997. Her debut solo album, You Don't Know Me, contains jazz covers, was issued in 2002. She is the sister of reality television producer Eden Gaha
. In 2007, she married Kyle DeAndrea and they live in Los Angeles, California. Her second solo album, Chocolate for Holly appeared in 2008.
(ex-Little River Band
) during his solo tours in the late 1980s and together they released a duet single, "One Million Minutes of Peace" for the International Year of Peace
(1986). She first came to national prominence in August 1989, on a duet with John Farnham (ex-Little River Band) called "Communication", which reached number 13 on the Australian Recording Industry Association
(ARIA) Singles Chart
. She toured with Jason Donovan
as a backing vocalist in 1990 and on-stage she sang Kylie Minogue
's part in the duet, "Especially for You
" with Donovan. DeAndrea released her debut solo single, "I Like It" in 1991 and followed with "Secret Love" in 1992, neither had chart success in Australia. Late that year she signed to Epic Records
and travelled to the UK. Her first UK single "Stuck in the Middle" peaked in the top 75—the radio version is much slower and lighter than the accompanying club remixes by Roger Sanchez
and E-Smoove. Despite the club success of "Stuck in the Middle", it did not achieve a high chart placing. Epic released "Do It for Love" in February 1993, which peaked just outside the UK Top 50. Again, the track came with a batch of club remixes.
In June 1993, DeAndrea's remixed version of "Secret Love" was released, it became a UK club
hit and peaked at No. 41. . There was an album recorded around this time, featuring the three aforesaid singles, but Epic chose not to release it, disappointingly. One of the tracks from these sessions Show Some Mercy has been previewed on Youtube. All of Gaha's singles were big UK club hits, but testament to the particular popularity of 'Secret Love' amongst clubbers, was affirmed in 1998, when Danny J Lewis sampled heavily the 'Wanna spend the night with you' vocal from the track, on his single, Spend The Night, which was a UK Top 30 hit. Additionally, In 2002, an unofficial remix was issued due to demand from clubbers and distributed to various radio stations and clubs. The remixes came mostly from Dave Lee
under his "Joey Negro" guise. The radio version - as was the case for her previous singles - was different from the club mixes. DeAndrea was the first Australian artist to hit the dance/soul charts in the UK with her singles.
As Sheets Afyre, she was part of a singing duo, The Nissan Cedrics, with Louise Anton (as Muff Merkin) on ABC-TV
comedy show, Club Buggery
from 1995, which was hosted by Roy and HG
. The Nissan Cedrics released, Going for a Song in 1997.
She toured Australia with Farnham in 2002–2003 on his The Last Time Tour. Her debut album You Don't Know Me, released in 2003, was an entirely different musical direction for DeAndrea. It comprised covers of jazz and blues standards by artists like Ella Fitzgerald
, and included, "Moon River
", "A-Tisket, A-Tasket
" and "The Masquerade Is Over". You Don't Know Me was well-received by critics and sold respectably in Australia but did not chart.
In early 2007, DeAndrea recorded an album with French composer Christophe Jacquelin, who found her on MySpace
and flew her over for 2 weeks to record the album Lovers and Tears by Leaving the Ozone—a project with DeAndrea, Jacquelin and songwriter Claudia Phillips—with a French and Bulgarian orchestra. One of their songs was used for the closing credits on 3D IMAX movie Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean (2008). Also in 2007, DeAndrea married Kyle DeAndrea, they live in Los Angeles
, California
. She released a CD, Chocolate for Holly, which includes a reworked version of "Do It for Love". DeAndrea won a California State University, Northridge
(CSUN) jazz competition in late 2007 and from that recorded her next original EP Be with Me".
In 2008 DeAndrea joined up with Scooter Pietsch and Jessica New to record a dance, pop album Supabeat. Songs from this album have been used on television series including, Degrassi High, The Bold and the Beautiful, MTV's Real World, The Greek and Burn Notice.
In March 2009, DeAndrea returned to Australia for the launch of Chocolate for Holly and Be with Me at The Vanguard, the performance was sold out. DeAndrea joined Farnham on his Back By Demand Tour in September–October 2009 throughout Australia. She also performed solo concerts of her own material and jazz standards into November.
In 2010, DeAndrea toured Europe and North America as part of Jackson Browne
's band. She returned to Australia in October to join Farnham on his national tour. She also performed side shows to promote the release of her new single "Blue Skies".
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
. She has toured and recorded with fellow Australian John Farnham
John Farnham
John Peter Farnham, AO, formerly billed as Johnny Farnham , is an English-born Australian pop singer. He was a teen pop idol from 1964 to 1979, and has since forged a career as an adult contemporary singer. His career has mostly been as a solo artist although he briefly replaced Glenn Shorrock as...
, their 1989 duet, "Communication", peaked at number 13 on the Australian Recording Industry Association
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...
(ARIA) Singles Chart
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
. When based in London during 1992–1993, she released three solo singles, "Stuck in the Middle", "Do It for Love" and "Secret Love" which appeared in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
, and she is the first Australian artist to appear on the UK soul chart.
As Sheets Afyre, she was part of a singing duo, The Nissan Cedrics, with Louise Anton on ABC-TV
ABC Television
ABC Television is a service of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation launched in 1956. As a public broadcasting broadcaster, the ABC provides four non-commercial channels within Australia, and a partially advertising-funded satellite channel overseas....
comedy show, Club Buggery
Club Buggery
Club Buggery is the title of an Australian television series of the 1990s. It was created and performed by Australian comedy duo Roy and HG and broadcast on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation network in 1996 and 1997.-Development:The series was an offshoot the duo's long-running,...
from 1995, which was hosted by Roy and HG
Roy and HG
Roy & HG is an Australian comedy duo, comprising Greig Pickhaver in the role of "H [Harry] G Nelson" and John Doyle as "'Rampaging' Roy Slaven". Their act is an affectionate but irreverent parody of Australia's obsession with sport. Their characters based on archetypes in sports journalism: Nelson...
. The Nissan Cedrics released, Going for a Song in 1997. Her debut solo album, You Don't Know Me, contains jazz covers, was issued in 2002. She is the sister of reality television producer Eden Gaha
Eden Gaha
Eden Gaha is an Australian-born actor, television host and producer, best known for his work on Vidiot, Animal Hospital and as a producer of Celebrity Apprentice, The Contender and Pirate Master. He was born in Sydney and attended Newington College...
. In 2007, she married Kyle DeAndrea and they live in Los Angeles, California. Her second solo album, Chocolate for Holly appeared in 2008.
Career
DeAndrea was a backing vocalist for Glenn ShorrockGlenn Shorrock
Glenn Barrie Shorrock is an English-born Australian singer-songwriter. He was a founding member of pop groups The Twilights, Axiom and Little River Band as well as being a solo performer....
(ex-Little River Band
Little River Band
Little River Band is an Australian rock band, formed in Melbourne in early 1975.The group chose the name after passing a road sign leading to the Victorian township of Little River, near Geelong, on the way to a performance. Little River Band enjoyed sustained commercial success in not only...
) during his solo tours in the late 1980s and together they released a duet single, "One Million Minutes of Peace" for the International Year of Peace
International Year of Peace
- Recognition :1986 is recognized as International Year of Peace in December 1986, in the UNESCO headquarter, Paris, France.- Actions Taken by the Red Cross:...
(1986). She first came to national prominence in August 1989, on a duet with John Farnham (ex-Little River Band) called "Communication", which reached number 13 on the Australian Recording Industry Association
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...
(ARIA) Singles Chart
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
. She toured with Jason Donovan
Jason Donovan
Jason Donovan is an Australian actor and singer. He initially achieved fame in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, before beginning a career in music in 1988. In the UK he has sold over 3 million records, and his début album Ten Good Reasons was one of the highest-selling albums of 1989...
as a backing vocalist in 1990 and on-stage she sang Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...
's part in the duet, "Especially for You
Especially for You
"Especially for You" was the fifth international single released from singer Kylie Minogue in time for the Christmas 1988 market and is a duet with Jason Donovan. It did not appear on her debut album but was included on Jason Donovan's 1989 debut album Ten Good Reasons. The track did appear on the...
" with Donovan. DeAndrea released her debut solo single, "I Like It" in 1991 and followed with "Secret Love" in 1992, neither had chart success in Australia. Late that year she signed to Epic Records
Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
and travelled to the UK. Her first UK single "Stuck in the Middle" peaked in the top 75—the radio version is much slower and lighter than the accompanying club remixes by Roger Sanchez
Roger Sanchez
Roger Sanchez, also known as Roger S. and The S Man, is a Grammy award-winning American House music DJ who has scored many hits in the European and World Charts...
and E-Smoove. Despite the club success of "Stuck in the Middle", it did not achieve a high chart placing. Epic released "Do It for Love" in February 1993, which peaked just outside the UK Top 50. Again, the track came with a batch of club remixes.
In June 1993, DeAndrea's remixed version of "Secret Love" was released, it became a UK club
Nightclub
A nightclub is an entertainment venue which usually operates late into the night...
hit and peaked at No. 41. . There was an album recorded around this time, featuring the three aforesaid singles, but Epic chose not to release it, disappointingly. One of the tracks from these sessions Show Some Mercy has been previewed on Youtube. All of Gaha's singles were big UK club hits, but testament to the particular popularity of 'Secret Love' amongst clubbers, was affirmed in 1998, when Danny J Lewis sampled heavily the 'Wanna spend the night with you' vocal from the track, on his single, Spend The Night, which was a UK Top 30 hit. Additionally, In 2002, an unofficial remix was issued due to demand from clubbers and distributed to various radio stations and clubs. The remixes came mostly from Dave Lee
Dave Lee
Dave Lee may refer to:* Dave Lee , British horn and Wagner tuba player associated with the Michael Nyman Band* Dave Lee , British DJ, producer, and remixer often better known as Joey Negro* Dave Lee...
under his "Joey Negro" guise. The radio version - as was the case for her previous singles - was different from the club mixes. DeAndrea was the first Australian artist to hit the dance/soul charts in the UK with her singles.
As Sheets Afyre, she was part of a singing duo, The Nissan Cedrics, with Louise Anton (as Muff Merkin) on ABC-TV
ABC Television
ABC Television is a service of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation launched in 1956. As a public broadcasting broadcaster, the ABC provides four non-commercial channels within Australia, and a partially advertising-funded satellite channel overseas....
comedy show, Club Buggery
Club Buggery
Club Buggery is the title of an Australian television series of the 1990s. It was created and performed by Australian comedy duo Roy and HG and broadcast on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation network in 1996 and 1997.-Development:The series was an offshoot the duo's long-running,...
from 1995, which was hosted by Roy and HG
Roy and HG
Roy & HG is an Australian comedy duo, comprising Greig Pickhaver in the role of "H [Harry] G Nelson" and John Doyle as "'Rampaging' Roy Slaven". Their act is an affectionate but irreverent parody of Australia's obsession with sport. Their characters based on archetypes in sports journalism: Nelson...
. The Nissan Cedrics released, Going for a Song in 1997.
She toured Australia with Farnham in 2002–2003 on his The Last Time Tour. Her debut album You Don't Know Me, released in 2003, was an entirely different musical direction for DeAndrea. It comprised covers of jazz and blues standards by artists like Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Jane Fitzgerald , also known as the "First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella," was an American jazz and song vocalist...
, and included, "Moon River
Moon River
"Moon River" is a song composed by Johnny Mercer and Henry Mancini in 1961, for whom it won that year's Academy Award for Best Original Song. It was originally sung in the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's by Audrey Hepburn, although it has been covered by many other artists...
", "A-Tisket, A-Tasket
A-Tisket, A-Tasket
A Tisket A Tasket is a nursery rhyme first recorded in America in the late nineteenth century. It was used as the basis for a very successful and highly regarded 1938 recording by Ella Fitzgerald...
" and "The Masquerade Is Over". You Don't Know Me was well-received by critics and sold respectably in Australia but did not chart.
In early 2007, DeAndrea recorded an album with French composer Christophe Jacquelin, who found her on MySpace
MySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
and flew her over for 2 weeks to record the album Lovers and Tears by Leaving the Ozone—a project with DeAndrea, Jacquelin and songwriter Claudia Phillips—with a French and Bulgarian orchestra. One of their songs was used for the closing credits on 3D IMAX movie Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean (2008). Also in 2007, DeAndrea married Kyle DeAndrea, they live in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. She released a CD, Chocolate for Holly, which includes a reworked version of "Do It for Love". DeAndrea won a California State University, Northridge
California State University, Northridge
California State University, Northridge is a public university in Northridge, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, California, United States....
(CSUN) jazz competition in late 2007 and from that recorded her next original EP Be with Me".
In 2008 DeAndrea joined up with Scooter Pietsch and Jessica New to record a dance, pop album Supabeat. Songs from this album have been used on television series including, Degrassi High, The Bold and the Beautiful, MTV's Real World, The Greek and Burn Notice.
In March 2009, DeAndrea returned to Australia for the launch of Chocolate for Holly and Be with Me at The Vanguard, the performance was sold out. DeAndrea joined Farnham on his Back By Demand Tour in September–October 2009 throughout Australia. She also performed solo concerts of her own material and jazz standards into November.
In 2010, DeAndrea toured Europe and North America as part of Jackson Browne
Jackson Browne
Jackson Browne is an American singer-songwriter and musician who has sold over 17 million albums in the United States alone....
's band. She returned to Australia in October to join Farnham on his national tour. She also performed side shows to promote the release of her new single "Blue Skies".
Singles
| Title | Released | Label | Other Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| "One Million Minutes of Peace" | 1986 | Label unknown | Duet with Glenn Shorrock Glenn Shorrock Glenn Barrie Shorrock is an English-born Australian singer-songwriter. He was a founding member of pop groups The Twilights, Axiom and Little River Band as well as being a solo performer.... . |
| "Communication" | August 1989 | Label unknown | Duet with John Farnham John Farnham John Peter Farnham, AO, formerly billed as Johnny Farnham , is an English-born Australian pop singer. He was a teen pop idol from 1964 to 1979, and has since forged a career as an adult contemporary singer. His career has mostly been as a solo artist although he briefly replaced Glenn Shorrock as... . |
| "I Like It" | 1991 | Label unknown | Debut solo single. |
| "Secret Love" | Early 1992 | Epic | |
| "Stuck in the Middle" | August 1992 | Epic | |
| "Do It for Love" | February 1993 | Epic | CD single features bonus track, "Strong Heart". |
| "Secret Love" | June 1993 | Epic | 7" re-release features bonus track, "One More Chance". |
Albums
| Title | Released | Label | Other Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Going for a Song | 1997 | East West, Warner Music Group | As a member (Sheets Afyre) of The Nissan Cedrics. |
| You Don't Know Me | 2003 | Sony | Debut solo album |
| Lovers and Tears | 2007 | cdbaby | Recorded with Christophe Jacquelin and French and Bulgarian orchestras as Leaving the Ozone. |
| Chocolate for Holly | 2008 | itunes | Second solo album |
| Supabeat | 2008 | itunes | With Scooter Pietsch and Jessica New. |
| Be With Me | 2008 | itunes | Solo EP |