1. Amel Eliza Larrieux is an American singer-songwriter, musician and keyboardist.
11 Facts About Amel Larrieux
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Amel Larrieux cites Ella Fitzgerald, Prince, Sade, Rickie Lee Jones, Stevie Wonder, Shawn Colvin, Chaka Khan, John Lennon, Patrice Rushen, Jimi Hendrix, and Joni Mitchell as her musical influences.
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In 1991, Amel Larrieux met Mantronix member Bryce Wilson at Rondor Music.
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Wilson and Amel Larrieux began to produce demos together and subsequently formed the duo Groove Theory.
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Amel Larrieux, pursuing a solo career, would not be involved in the duo's eventually-shelved second album The Answer.
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In 2001, Amel Larrieux covered "Sophisticated Lady" with artist Clark Terry for the Red Hot Organization's compilation album Red Hot + Indigo, a tribute to Duke Ellington, which raised money for various charities devoted to increasing AIDS awareness and fighting the disease.
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In May 2007, Amel Larrieux released an album of jazz standard covers titled Lovely Standards.
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Amel Larrieux was featured on 2Pac's 2007 greatest hits album Best of 2Pac Part 1: Thug, on the previously unreleased song "Resist the Temptation".
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In March 2009, Amel Larrieux released the songs "Orange Glow" and "Don't Let Me Down" from her fifth studio album, Ice Cream Every Day, to iTunes and other online music stores.
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Amel Larrieux contributed "Don't Let Me Down" to the Enough Project.
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Amel Larrieux said on Oct 19,2010 that she was "dutifully" trying new things for her fifth studio album.