Ramona Brooks
Ramona L. Brooks (January 8, 1951 – June 2, 2014[1] ) was an American singer and actress. A member of Lady Flash, Barry Manilow's backup group, she sang on his 1975 Album Tryin' to Get the Feeling .[1] She also performed on Lizzy Mercier Descloux's 1979 album Press Color .[citation needed ] Tom Spahn was her vocal coach. Her 1977 solo single Skinnydippin hit 94 on what is now the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, and I Don't Want You Back reached 55 on the U.S. Dance Club Songs chart in 1981.[citation needed ] On Broadway, she appeared with Doug Henning in The Magic Show at the Cort Theater, and with Billy Dee Williams in I Have a Dream, at the Ambassador Theater in 1976.[1] Her brief movie career included appearing as "Hooker #1" in the 1980 Frank Sinatra vehicle The First Deadly Sin and as "Hooker #2" in 1983's Vigilante.[citation needed ] Her brother Paul Stubblefield was the drummer for the 1970s Cleveland Jazz/Funk group Sounds of Unity and Love, her cousin is Hammond organ player Ike Stubblefield.[1] She died of cancer in a hospice facility in Oregon.
References
[edit ]- ^ a b c d Zaborney, Mark (June 13, 2014). "Ramona L. Brooks; 1951-2014: Music ran in family for Toledo woman". Toledo Blade . Retrieved March 13, 2017.