Vernon Darrell Burch is an American

United States

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 R&B/soul

Soul music

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 singer and guitarist

Guitarist

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Biography

In 1975 Burch signed to United Artists

United Artists

United Artists Corporation is an American film studio. The original studio of that name was founded in 1919 by D. W. Griffith, Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks....

, where he released his debut album, I'll Be Your Sunshine. Later he moved to Columbia Records

Columbia Records

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 and then Chocolate City Records

Chocolate City Records

Chocolate City Records was a record label subsidiary of Casablanca Records & Filmworks. It was started in 1975 by Cecil Holmes, Neil Bogart's partner at Casablanca...

, which was distributed by Casablanca Records

Casablanca Records

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 and Filmworks. He later recorded for Spector

Spector

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Two of his singles, "Changes (Messin' with My Mind) in 1975 and "Do It to Me" in 1981, made it into the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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R&B top 20 chart. Burch's other singles include "Brighter Days", "Steppin' Out", "Love Is", "Never Can Find a Way (Hot Love)", "Once Again in My Life", "Get Up", and "Fun City".

Studio albums

• I'll Be Your Sunshine (1975)
• When I Get Back Home (1976)
• Love-A-Thon (1978)
• Get Up (1979)
• Stepping Out (1980)
• Playing Hard to Get (1982)