1. Angela Tomasa Bofill was an American singer, songwriter and composer of Cuban-Puerto Rican origins.
22 Facts About Angela Bofill
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Angela Tomasa Bofill was born on May 2,1954, in Brooklyn area of New York City to a Cuban father and a Puerto Rican mother.
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Angela Bofill attended Hunter College High School, graduating in 1972.
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Angela Bofill later studied at the Manhattan School of Music, receiving a Bachelor of Music degree in 1976.
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Angela Bofill began her professional career, singing during her teenage years.
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Grusin and Rosen signed Angela Bofill and produced her first album, Angie, in 1978.
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Angie was well received both critically and commercially and included the chart single "This Time I'll Be Sweeter", and Angela Bofill's sprawling jazz composition, "Under the Moon and Over the Sky".
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The album included the chart singles "What I Wouldn't Do " and the up-tempo title track, as well as the song "I Try", written by Angela Bofill and covered by Will Downing in 1991.
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Angela Bofill performed a sold-out concert at Avery Fisher Hall as part of the Newport Jazz Festival on June 20,1980.
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Angela Bofill switched labels for her next album, Something About You.
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Several months later, Angela Bofill released her final collaboration with Walden, Teaser.
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Angela Bofill recorded two more albums for Arista with the help of The System and George Duke before leaving the label in the mid-1980s.
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Angela Bofill recorded three more albums over the next eight years and provided backing vocals on albums for Diana Ross and Kirk Whalum and for Connors's Eternity.
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Angela Bofill performed live and appeared in the stage plays God Don't Like Ugly and What a Man Wants, What a Man Needs.
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Angela Bofill toured the US and Europe in multi-artist jazz shows.
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In 2012, Angela Bofill was profiled and interviewed for the TVOne documentary series, Unsung.
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In 2023, Angela Bofill was inducted into the Women Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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Angela Bofill was married to farmer Richard Vincent from 1984 until 1994 and together they have a daughter named Shauna, born in November 1984.
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Angela Bofill suffered a stroke on January 10,2006, and was paralyzed on her left side.
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Angela Bofill lacked health insurance, and a benefit concert was organized to pay her hospital bills.
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Angela Bofill suffered a second stroke in July 2007, which required therapy and left both her speech and mobility impaired.
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Angela Bofill died on June 13,2024, at the age of 70 at her daughter's home in Vallejo, California.