Kym Mazelle
Encyclopedia
Kym Mazelle is an American
dance-pop
, Hi-NRG
, soul
, and house
singer
. She was brought up and lived on the same street as the Jackson
family and knew Michael Jackson
's mother
and uncle.
working with record producer
Marshall Jefferson
on 1987's "Taste My Love" on the Police Records label
.
In 1988 she released the single "Useless (I Don't Need You Now)", a hit on the club charts which stalled at #53 on the UK singles chart. Her next release, "Wait," a duet with Robert Howard
from The Blow Monkeys
in 1989, peaked at #7 in the UK.
Mazelle's debut album Crazy was released in the UK with the single "Love Strain". "Was That All It Was" returned Mazelle to the UK Top 40 and "Useless (I Don't Need You now)" was remixed by Norman Cook.
The single "Missing You" by Soul II Soul
achieved major success worldwide. This led to Parlophone repackaging Mazelle's debut album as Brilliant with remixes of her singles, two new tracks and a remix of "No One Can Love You More Than Me".
Mazelle may be best known as the singer of the cover version
of the song "Young Hearts Run Free
" in the 1996 Baz Luhrmann
film William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
, which also appeared on the director's remix album Something for Everybody
.
She has appeared on two live album
s by Maceo Parker
, Live on Planet Groove and My First Name is Maceo.
In 2005, Mazelle took part in the British
version of the reality TV
show, Celebrity Fit Club. She lost 1 stone and 10 pounds during the programme, and tore her calf muscle performing a sudden movement during an exercise routine. After it healed, she ripped it again, while trying to get out of the way of a moving car
.
Also in 2005, she released The Pleasure is All Mine and a single "Love Magic" and undertook a tour in the UK
.
In July 2010, she appeared on the BBC Television
series, Celebrity MasterChef.
She Headlined Liverpool Pride on August 6, 2011.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
dance-pop
Dance-pop
Dance-pop is dance-oriented pop music that originated in the early 1980s. Developing from post-disco, it is generally up-tempo music intended for clubs with the intention of being danceable or merely dancey...
, Hi-NRG
Hi-NRG
Hi-NRG describes a form of high-tempo disco music as well as a genre of electronic dance music originating in the United States during the late 1970s...
, soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
, and house
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
singer
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
. She was brought up and lived on the same street as the Jackson
The Jackson 5
The Jackson 5 , later known as The Jacksons, were an American popular music family group from Gary, Indiana...
family and knew Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
's mother
Katherine Jackson
Katherine Esther Jackson is the matriarch of the Jackson musical family.-Early life:...
and uncle.
Career
Mazelle's career started in ChicagoChicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
working with record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
Marshall Jefferson
Marshall Jefferson
Marshall Jefferson is an American musician, working in house music, in particular, the subgenres of Chicago house and deep house.-Biography:...
on 1987's "Taste My Love" on the Police Records label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
.
In 1988 she released the single "Useless (I Don't Need You Now)", a hit on the club charts which stalled at #53 on the UK singles chart. Her next release, "Wait," a duet with Robert Howard
Robert Howard
Robert Howard may refer to:*Sir Robert Howard , Royalist commander*Robert L. Howard , Medal of Honor recipient during the Vietnam War*Robert E...
from The Blow Monkeys
The Blow Monkeys
The Blow Monkeys are a British new wave band that formed in 1981 as a new wave-oriented act. The first single, "Live Today Love Tomorrow" was released in 1982. They subsequently recorded more commercial pop rock hit makers, and finally became a dance group, shortly before splitting up at the...
in 1989, peaked at #7 in the UK.
Mazelle's debut album Crazy was released in the UK with the single "Love Strain". "Was That All It Was" returned Mazelle to the UK Top 40 and "Useless (I Don't Need You now)" was remixed by Norman Cook.
The single "Missing You" by Soul II Soul
Soul II Soul
Soul II Soul are a British group that was created in London in 1988. They are best known for their 1989 UK chart-topper and U.S. Top 5 hit, "Back to Life ".-Career:...
achieved major success worldwide. This led to Parlophone repackaging Mazelle's debut album as Brilliant with remixes of her singles, two new tracks and a remix of "No One Can Love You More Than Me".
Mazelle may be best known as the singer of the cover version
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of the song "Young Hearts Run Free
Young Hearts Run Free
"Young Hearts Run Free" is a disco song by American soul singer Candi Staton. Released in 1976 from the album of the same title, it spent a week at number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart. It also peaked at number twenty on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Along with the tracks: "Run To Me"...
" in the 1996 Baz Luhrmann
Baz Luhrmann
Mark Anthony "Baz" Luhrmann is an Australian film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for The Red Curtain Trilogy, which includes his films Strictly Ballroom, William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge!...
film William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet is a 1996 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's romantic tragedy of the same name. It was directed by Australian Baz Luhrmann and stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes in the leading roles....
, which also appeared on the director's remix album Something for Everybody
Something for Everybody (Baz Luhrmann album)
Something for Everybody, is an album released by Baz Luhrmann in 1998. It contains new ambient versions of music from his films and plays....
.
She has appeared on two live album
Live album
A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...
s by Maceo Parker
Maceo Parker
Maceo Parker is an American funk and soul jazz saxophonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s, as well as Parliament-Funkadelic in the 1970s. Parker was a prominent soloist on many of Brown's hit recordings, and a key part of his band, playing alto, tenor and baritone saxophones...
, Live on Planet Groove and My First Name is Maceo.
In 2005, Mazelle took part in the British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
version of the reality TV
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
show, Celebrity Fit Club. She lost 1 stone and 10 pounds during the programme, and tore her calf muscle performing a sudden movement during an exercise routine. After it healed, she ripped it again, while trying to get out of the way of a moving car
Automobile
An automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor...
.
Also in 2005, she released The Pleasure is All Mine and a single "Love Magic" and undertook a tour in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
.
In July 2010, she appeared on the BBC Television
BBC Television
BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The corporation, which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927, has produced television programmes from its own studios since 1932, although the start of its regular service of television...
series, Celebrity MasterChef.
She Headlined Liverpool Pride on August 6, 2011.
Albums
- Crazy (1989)
- Brilliant! (1990) (Capitol/EMI Records)
- The Gold Collection (1996)
- The Pleasure is All Mine (2005)
Singles
- "Useless (I Don't Need You Now)" (1988) UK #53, US Hot Dance Club PlayHot Dance Club PlayThe Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...
: #13 - "Wait" (duet with Dr. Robert of The Blow MonkeysThe Blow MonkeysThe Blow Monkeys are a British new wave band that formed in 1981 as a new wave-oriented act. The first single, "Live Today Love Tomorrow" was released in 1982. They subsequently recorded more commercial pop rock hit makers, and finally became a dance group, shortly before splitting up at the...
) (1989) UK #7 - "Got to Get You Back" (1989) UK #29
- "Love Strain" (1989) UK #52
- "Was That All It Was" (1990) UK #33
- "Useless (I Don't Need You Now)" (re-mix) (1990) UK #48
- "Missing You" (with Soul II SoulSoul II SoulSoul II Soul are a British group that was created in London in 1988. They are best known for their 1989 UK chart-topper and U.S. Top 5 hit, "Back to Life ".-Career:...
) (1990) UK #22 - "No One Can Love You More Than Me" (1991) UK #62
- "Love Me the Right Way" (with Rapination) (1992) UK #22
- "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)No More Tears (Enough is Enough)"No More Tears " is a duet from 1979 by Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand. While Summer was famous for her disco material and Streisand for her more easy listening and soundtrack work , this song fused both sounds with a slow beginning which then develops into a disco song...
" (duet with Jocelyn BrownJocelyn BrownJocelyn Lorette Brown is an American R&B and dance music singer...
) (1994) UK #13 - "Gimme All Your Lovin'Gimme All Your Lovin'"Gimme All Your Lovin" is a song by ZZ Top from their 1983 album Eliminator. The song was released as the album's first single in 1983 ....
" (duet with Jocelyn BrownJocelyn BrownJocelyn Lorette Brown is an American R&B and dance music singer...
) (1994) UK #22 - "Searching For the Golden Eye" (with Motiv-8Steve RodwaySteve Rodway , also known under the alias Motiv 8 or Motiv8, is an Electronic dance music record producer, songwriter, remixer and sound engineer....
) (1995) UK #40 - "Love Me the Right Way" (re-mix) (with Rapination) (1996) UK #55
- "Young Hearts Run FreeYoung Hearts Run Free"Young Hearts Run Free" is a disco song by American soul singer Candi Staton. Released in 1976 from the album of the same title, it spent a week at number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart. It also peaked at number twenty on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Along with the tracks: "Run To Me"...
" (1997) UK #20 - "A Place in My Heart" (1999) US Hot Dance Singles SalesHot Dance Singles SalesHot Dance Singles Sales is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States, established in 1985. It measures the sale of commercially released singles that deal with dance music and remixes...
: #46 - "Truly" (with Peshay) (2000) UK #55
- "Love Magic" (2005)