Thanks to Teachbx, who commented on my Examiner post about Prince at the BET Awards Sunday night, and also because of this post at the Island Mix forum and another at Prince.org, I now know the attractive bald woman who sat beside Prince Rogers Nelson is Shelby Johnson aka Shelby J. of the band Black Gypsy.She's also been, according to comments at Island Mix, a backup singer for Prince for years, and at CD Baby it says she's sung backup for Santana and Larry Graham. The Prince.org post has a story about her shopping at a boutique with Prince.
In the video in this post, she is singing the Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway version of "I Who Have Nothing" with Martin Luther.
4 comments:
I was wondering who she was...I knew that she was a singer, but I couldn't remember her name...
interesting. i wondered about her.
She used to sing background with D'Angleo too with Anthony Hamilton
Shelby can also be heard on the Roy Hargrove track "How I know". She's an amazing spirit who I am proud to know personally. Look for new music soon!
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