1. Inaya Day was born on Inaya Davis, January 17,1977 and is an American singer, best known for her vocal work on house music tracks such as "Horny '98" by Mousse T, and her cover version of "Nasty Girl" by Prince protegees Vanity 6.
12 Facts About Inaya Day
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Inaya Day attended the prestigious High School of Music and the Performing Arts, and went on to study musical theater at the University of Bridgeport.
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Inaya Day appeared on Broadway, notably as understudy to Stephanie Mills as "Dorothy" in The Wiz, and stepped into the lead role in Washington, DC, and St Louis, Missouri.
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Inaya Day has had extensive experience as a session musician, having appeared on tracks by Michael Jackson, Al Green, Puff Daddy, MC Lyte, Queen Latifah, Monie Love, Big Daddy Kane and Jonathan Butler.
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Day has written songs for Randy Crawford and Bootsy Collins, and has writing credits on Missy Elliott's "Gossip Folks", on which Day co-wrote the hook and provided backing vocals.
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Inaya Day was introduced to house music in 1996 when she was asked to do a demo.
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Inaya Day met German record producers Boris Dlugosch and Mousse T, who produced a dance single "Keep Pushin", which went on to reach No 2 on the Billboard dance charts.
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Inaya Day then sang chorus for Mousse T's track "Horny", which later gained in popularity when additional vocals from the duo Hot 'N' Juicy were added to the song.
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Inaya Day again teamed up with Cruz for "Can't Stop Dancing" which reached No 1 on the Billboard club play chart.
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In 2004 she sang on a track by the Australian dance producer mrTimothy called "I Am Tha 1", credited to Mr Timothy featuring Inaya Day, which went to the top of the Australian dance charts and top 30 in the Australian pop charts.
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Inaya Day sang on his next single "Stand By Me" later that year.
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In June 2007, Inaya Day released a cover version of the 1988 Big Pig song, "Breakaway", which itself was a cover of the song "I Can't Break Away" by Chuck Jackson.