1. Oleta Angela Adams was born on May 4,1953 and is an American singer, pianist, and songwriter.
19 Facts About Oleta Adams
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Oleta Adams found limited success during the early 1980s, before gaining fame via her contributions to Tears for Fears' international chart-topping album The Seeds of Love.
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Oleta Adams's albums Circle of One and Evolution were top 10 hits in the UK; the former yielded a Grammy-nominated cover of Brenda Russell's "Get Here", which was a top 5 hit in both the UK and the US Adams has been nominated for four Grammy Awards, as well as two Soul Train Music Awards.
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Oleta Angela Adams was born the daughter of a preacher and was raised listening to gospel music.
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Oleta Adams started her career in the early 1980s with two self-financed albums, which had limited success.
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Oleta Adams sang the National Anthem prior to Game Two of the 1984 American League Championship Series.
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In June 1985, while performing at the Peppercorn Duck Club in the Hyatt Hotel in Kansas City, Oleta Adams was heard by Ian Stanley while they were on a two-night stopover in Kansas City midway through their "Big Chair Tour".
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The next night Stanley, Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal had dinner at the club where Oleta Adams was again performing, and they collectively decided that they would approach her with an offer for her to work on their next album, The Seeds of Love.
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Oleta Adams accepted the offer, and two years later Orzabal and Smith got in contact with her again to invite her to join the band as a singer and pianist.
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Oleta 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.
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Oleta Adams' version became another top 40 hit in the UK.
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Oleta Adams's next album, Evolution, was a commercial success, making the UK top 10.
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Oleta Adams reunited with 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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In 2004, Oleta Adams reunited with Tears for Fears as she made a surprise guest appearance onstage at their Kansas City concert, performing "Woman in Chains".
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On October 3,2006, Adams released her first Christmas album, entitled Christmas Time with Oleta.
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On February 10,2017, Oleta Adams released her ninth album, her first album in eight years, entitled Third Set.
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In 1994, Oleta Adams married drummer John Cushon at a United Methodist church in Kansas City, where they both taught Sunday School.
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Oleta Adams stated that she never had a passion to get married but on January 17,1994 she and Cushon were involved in the Los Angeles earthquake.
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Oleta Adams referred to this as a sign from God that she was ready to get married.