Fern Kinney
Fern Kinney
Genres: Disco, soul, female vocalists, space disco, 80s
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About Fern Kinney
Fern Kinney is an American R&B and disco singer from Jackson, Mississippi, USA, who is best remembered for her releases, "Groove Me" and "Together We Are Beautiful". Born in Jackson, Mississippi, Kinney began singing in the late 1960s, and joined the vocal group, The Poppies, replacing their former singer, Patsy McClune. Kinney remained in the group with Dorothy Moore and Rosemary Taylor for about two years, and also released a solo single, "Your Love's Not Reliable", during this time, however it was not a success. In the early 1970s she began working as a session musician and backing vocalist. Among the songs she sang on were King Floyd's "Groove Me", and her former "Poppie" bandmate Dorothy Moore's 1976 Top 10 single, "Misty Blue". By then having settled as a housewife, Kinney in 1979 decided to attempt a comeback, and she recorded her own version of "Groove Me", but changed the rhythm on the song to turn it into a disco dance track. The song reached number 6 on the Billboard dance chart. Her next single "Together We Are Beautiful", released in 1980 was another disco song, but with a slower and more sultry beat. It had been recorded by the British vocalist, Steve Allan, eighteen months earlier. It failed to chart in the United States, but oddly reached number one in the United Kingdom. Kinney's subsequent releases attempted to continue in the disco style, however by this time the disco fad had reached its peak and Kinney was unable to repeat her success. By 1983 she had returned to her earlier career as a backing vocalist. In 1994, Music Club released an album (MCCD 167) of Kinney's records called Chemistry The Best Of under the licence from Malaco Records, which contained 17 tracks.
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Fern Kinney — Top 29 songs
| Artist | Song title | Like / Dislike | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fern Kinney | If Tomorrow Never Comes | ||
| Fern Kinney | Together We Are Beautiful | ||
| Fern Kinney | Groove Me | ||
| Fern Kinney | Together we are beautiful | ||
| Fern Kinney | Let The Good Times Roll | ||
| Fern Kinney | Groove me (12inch version) | ||
| Fern Kinney | Movie Show | ||
| Fern Kinney | Sweet Life (Duet with Frederick Knight) | ||
| Fern Kinney | Together We Are Beautiful | ||
| Fern Kinney | Baby Let Me Kiss You | ||
| Fern Kinney | Groove Me | ||
| Fern Kinney | Love Me Tonight (Channel 83 Edit) | ||
| Fern Kinney | Together We Are Beautiful | ||
| Fern Kinney | Groove Me (Fern Kinney) | ||
| Fern Kinney | Love Me Tonight (Love, Love, Love) | ||
| Fern Kinney | Together We Are Beautiful | ||
| Fern Kinney | Groove Me (-12-79) | ||
| Fern Kinney | Groove Me (1979) | ||
| Fern Kinney | Groove Me | ||
| Fern Kinney | Love Me Tonite | ||
| Fern Kinney | Together We Are Beatiful* | ||
| Fern Kinney | Love Me Tonight | ||
| Fern Kinney | Groove Me (Long) | ||
| Fern Kinney | Together We Are Beautiful (1980) | ||
| Fern Kinney | Baby, Let Me Kiss You (Album Edit) | ||
| Fern Kinney | Baby Let Me Kiss You (1979) | ||
| Fern Kinney | Groove Me (Long Version) | ||
| Fern Kinney | Groove Me (Extended) - Single | ||
| Fern Kinney | Groove Me (12-Inch) 1979 |