Dee Lewis
Dee Lewis
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Dee Lewis Dee Lewis (born Dee Lewis Clay nee Fredericks in England) is a British R&B singer and recording artist. She is the sister of fellow singers/recording artists Shirley Lewis and Linda Lewis. Biography Prior to being a solo artist, Lewis had been a member of the Lewis Sisters with Shirley and Linda (not to be confused with an American early R&B-soul/Michiganian Motown music group from the 1960s of the same name), also known as The Lewis's. She was also a member of the two-time supergroup Dance Aid/Disco Aid, which was formed for the benefit, Charity, and they successfully managed to raise funds in 1986 and 1987. Lewis was joined by several, other, popular, mainly British music acts of the time. Following that, she and Coral Gordon were featured on a couple singles by Mondo Kane. Subsequently, Lewis cut and released a few solo singles in the late 1980s before her album, Untitled, showed up in 1989 on no label. In 1987, the first single, "Stuck On Love", appeared on the U.K. Singles chart at #90 for four weeks. The next year, the next two singles, a cover of The Emotions' "The Best Of My Love" and the 1988 remake of her own "Stuck On Love", which was co-written by sophisti-pop group, Swing Out Sister's longtime producer, Paul Stavely O'Duffy with Domenico Canu , Sergio Della Monica, and Alessandro Somella, also showed up on that same chart at #47 for six weeks and #95 for two weeks, respectively. The former was her highest charting single. The fourth and last single, "Double Standard", made that same chart at #89 for two weeks. It is uncertain if her album ever charted in her native U.K. or anywhere else in the world. Under the name, Dee Moe, she released one single titled, "One Step At A Time". It's unknown if that single was ever a hit on a chart. After dropping out of the spotlight for three years, she returned with another album, titled Grace, released in 1993 under the pseudonym Dee Fredrix through EastWest Records. Under that name, it was her first and only album, but second overall otherwise. Four singles were spawned from that album, but only half of them hit the U.K. Singles chart: "And So I Will Wait for You" at #56 and "Dirty Money" at #74. She sang backup on songs by other artists, such as on her sister, Linda's "So Sixties", under the name, Dee Fredericks, and several, other, alternate names. Discography Albums 1989: Untitled (self-released) 1993: Grace (as Dee Fredrix) (EastWest) Singles 1987: Stuck On Love #90 U.K. Singles 1987: Don't Make Me Wait 1988: The Best Of My Love #47 U.K. Singles 1988: Stuck On Love (1988 remake) #95 U.K. Singles 1989: Double Standard (Don't Dis Me) #89 U.K. Singles 1990: One Step At A Time (as Dee Moe) 1993: And So I Will Wait for You (as Dee Fredrix) #56 UK Singles 1993: Dirty Money (as Dee Fredrix) #74 UK Singles 1993: Whatever It Takes (as Dee Fredrix) 1994: Live My Life (as Dee Fredrix) Featured Singles 1986: An Everlasting Love In An Ever-Changing World (The Doop De Do Song )(Mondo Kane feat. Dee Lewis and Coral Gordon) Dee Fredrix - Grace (1993) Thanks to a request from Marco, I located the one and only album from Britain's Dee Fredrix. Though I didn't realize it until now, Dee more commonly went by name Dee Lewis (though her maiden name is actually Fredericks) and she was mentioned on the Isle previously thanks to a post on her sister Shirley Lewis. Like Shirley, Dee did a lot of background work until she joined her older sisters Shirley and soul/disco diva Linda to form Lewis (aka The Lewis Sisters), who released five non-charting pop singles in 1986/87. Linda originally changed her last name from Fredericks to Lewis in tribute to soul singer Barbara Lewis, and her sisters soon followed. Dee was also featured in 1986 on two singles by Stock Aitken Waterman's bizarre bossa nova collective Mondo Kané and the charity single "Give, Give, Give" by Dance Aid. While continuing to perform backing vocals for a wide variety of artists like Kylie Minogue and Donna Summer (thanks to the SAW connection), she also managed to release several pop singles of her own on Mercury as Dee Lewis, including three top 100 UK Singles: "Stuck On Love" (#90 in 1987 and recharting in 1988 at #95), a remake of the Emotions' "Best Of My Love" (#47 in 1988) and "Double Standard" (#89 in 1989). Having had minimal success on the charts, she returned to backing vocals and regrouped. In 1993 she reemerged with a new name, taking her real last name and changing the spelling to something shorter and catchier. She also had a new, much more soulful sound. Her first single was the ballad "And So I Will Wait For You", which hit #56 on the UK charts. The follow-up was a house track, "Dirty Money", which managed to reach #74 on the UK pop charts, but also become a club hit thanks to remixes by Satoshi Tomiie. I have this 12" single and always loved this song, but until now, this was the only song I had ever heard by Dee. I am glad to be able to hear more, and there are a couple other housey tracks on the album. A promo of remixes of "Whatever It Takes" was also released, and Dee released one other non-album single in 1994, "Live My Life", but neither were hits. With solo stardom just out of reach, Dee went back to session singing. Her Twitter account indicates that she is still singing and songwriting, especially for film soundtracks. Hit her up there or on Facebook should you wish to know more. Perhaps you could also ask her if a Lewis Sisters reunion is in the cards (fingers crossed). :) 1 Dirty Money 2 And So I Will Wait For You 3 Whatever It Takes 4 Hold On To What We've Got 5 How Can This Be Wrong 6 There But For The Grace 7 If I Could Relive Your Love 8 Don't Get In My Way 9 Buried Treasure 10 Look My Way Labels: 1993, BRITISH, Dee Fredrix, Dee Lewis, HOUSE, R'n'B, SOUL POP 1986: New York Afternoon (Mondo Kane feat. Dee Lewis and Coral Gordon with guest star Georgie Fame) https://www.discogs.com/artist/151888-Dee-Lewis https://www.discogs.com/artist/109329-Dee-Fredrix https://new-jack-swing.fandom.com/wiki/Dee_Lewis?action=edit https://theisleoffailedpopstars.blogspot.com/2016/07/dee-fredrix-grace-1993.html
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