Profile
Oleta Adams
Singer
Female
Born
May 4, 1953
Age
60
Hometown
Yakima, Washington
Genres
Gospel + Soul + Jazz
Instruments
Piano + Singing
Performed With
Tears for Fears.
Record Label
E1 Music
Oleta Adams is an American soul, jazz, and gospel singer and pianist.
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John CushonMarried 1994
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Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1953
Birth
Born on May 4, 1953.
THIRTIES
1985
32 Years Old
In 1985, Adams was discovered by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, founders of the English band Tears for Fears, while performing in a hotel bar in Kansas City, Missouri whilst they were on a US tour.
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1989
36 Years Old
In 1989, the album was released and the single "Woman in Chains"—sung as a duet by Adams and Orzabal and with Phil Collins on drums—became her first hit.
Adams embarked on a world tour with Tears For Fears in 1990, performing by herself as the supporting artist at the start of each show, and remaining onstage throughout the Tears For Fears set where she would provide piano and vocals.
The album received much critical acclaim and (after a slow start) eventually peaked at no.1 in the UK in 1991 when she scored her biggest hit to date with her Grammy nominated cover of Brenda Russell's "Get Here".
FORTIES
In 1994, Adams married drummer John Cushon at a United Methodist church in Kansas City, where they both teach Sunday School.
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1995
42 Years Old
Her 1995 release, Moving On, saw Adams move more in the direction of R&B, and she also reunited with Roland Orzabal for the duet "Me and my Big Ideas" on the Tears For Fears album Raoul and the Kings of Spain the same year.
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1998
45 Years Old
In 1998, she toured as a guest vocalist on Phil Collins's Big Band Jazz Tour.
FIFTIES
2004
51 Years Old
In 2004, Adams reunited with Tears for Fears once again as she made a surprise guest appearance onstage at their Kansas City concert, performing "Woman in Chains".
2006
53 Years Old
Adams released her first Christmas album on 3 October 2006, entitled Christmas Time with Oleta.
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