1. Melanie Janene Thornton was an American pop and dance music singer.
11 Facts About Melanie Thornton
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Melanie Thornton was the lead singer of the Eurodance group La Bouche from 1994 to 1999, alongside American rapper and backing vocalist Lane McCray.
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Melanie Janene Thornton was born in Charleston, South Carolina and began studying voice from the age of six, as well as learning to play the piano and the clarinet.
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Melanie Thornton had long dreamt of a career in music and in February 1991, Thornton went to Germany.
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Melanie Thornton's sister lived there with her US Army husband and Thornton had dual citizenship in Germany and the United States.
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Melanie Thornton tried it and soon found work in studios recording demos.
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Melanie Thornton presented her new single on November 29,2000, on the RTL Spendenmarathon, and on December 1 at the Dome in Berlin.
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Melanie Thornton was featured on Joy-Lab's single release "Freedom " in 2001.
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Melanie Thornton was among the 24 passengers that died in the crash at the age of 34 years old.
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Melanie Thornton was buried at Mount Pleasant Memorial Gardens, in Mount Pleasant, Charleston County, South Carolina.
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On November 25,2002, the single "In Your Life" by La Bouche with Melanie Thornton, returning posthumously on lead vocals, was released to commemorate the first anniversary of her death.