MUSIC IS THE KEY

PERSONAL BIO'S

Deah Dame was born Debra Jean Hurd on September 20th, 1958 in Houston Texas and raised in San Jose California. She last resided in Atlanta Georgia. She was 5'1", very soft spoken, poetic, lyrically deep, quite articulate, very focused, professional and quite a free spirit and a conservative dresser. As quoted by her father, as an infant she was already humming out tunes. She sang in the choir with her older sisters and at the age of 18 she toured with her older sister and brother in-laws band. Prior to "Damian Dame, she was no stranger to the music biz, she had a self titled album "Debra Hurd", on David Geffen Records in 1983. She performed cover songs such as "Gotta Broken Heart Again" by "Prince" and "Hug Me Squeeze Me" by Brandon Barnes and Calvin Frost. She also song on "Babyface's" album "Lovers". She sung a duet with him called "Faithfull", and can be heard at the beginning of the song "lovers". She also has sung on albums by the group "The Deele", "Karyn White", Shalamar, The Jazz Crusaders- a.k.a. the Crusaders,(they had that hit that crossed over to R & B (Keep that same old feeling), also Ronnie Laws, - who is mainly Jazz, but crossed over with R & B hits, such as (Very Special), I know ya'll remember that one he sang as a duet with his sister (Debra Laws)- back in the 80's, It was a big hit. She has worked with (Perri-Pebbles Reid)- who now has started her own christian ministry called (Woman Of God Changing Lives Through Christ)-(if you like pebbles, you can find her ministry online. Chilli, of TLC, got her start as a dancer for Damian Dame with the "Showcase Babydolls, shoutouts to the other members Meleika, Leon, Greg and Deneen. And I believe she did some engineering/producing work on a group called "On Edge" in 1994 and maybe some music with jazz group "Pieces Of A Dream", as she hung with them. Deah's musical influences were Deniece Williams, Teena Marie,(Teena is spiritually deep- listen close to her lyrics-), Minnie Ripperton (RIP) Chaka Kahn among other artist.

Damian was born Bruce Edward Broadus on September 13, 1966 in Marshall Michigan. He was later raised in Battle Creek. He last resided in Atlanta Georgia. Damian taught himself the piano at the age of nine, through a cousin who played in gospel singer "Andre Crouch's band." He also played the drums and guitar.( A musical genious). By sixteen he was already playing in clubs in Kalamazoo. He was in a group called "ShyBoy" in the 80's, and had his own production company called (K-Zoo) in LA. In 1994, he produced a group called "On Edge" who had out an album called "Edge of my Bed". He was 6'1", wore a lot of ying/yang and silver jewelry, loved doing card tricks, and a free spirit who kept it real. . And, boy of boy could the brother dress, talk about style. He and Deah also has a cut on the soundtrack "Boomerang" called "Reversal Of A Dog". His musical influences were Michael Jackson and Prince (yup-prince is the man), Public Enemy, among others.
Both will be greatly missed, but have left us with a beautiful gift of song and a positive message. So remember, if you dont have it already, get the album Damian Dame, Damian 199sex 'Debra Hurd"-, "Boomerang", the other stuff they participated on and help keep their memory alive.

REMEMBER THE NAME-DAMIAN DAME
PEACE & LIGHT & LOVE TO YOU BOTH.

BIG UPS 2 DAMIAN'S PEEPS - Joseph Reed, Angela Broadus, George C, & Darlene Daniels Smith

BIG UPS 2- DEAH'S PEEPS- Joeseph Vincent, Brent Musson, Deborah Robinson, Janet Hurd, Steven Boyd, and Calvin Frost

SPECIAL THANX- to all who peep this page. Shout outs to Eddie Earl Hatch and Grandmaster D(Drew) of Whodini.

BTW- Damian's daughter (Sky) is a singer, check out her website by clicking the link "Sky broadus" in my links section.

DO NOT use soundclips, Reprint my biography on Damian Dame, Pics, or copy/paste any parts from this page on other webpages without authorization of the author (Marlene A. Richards).I don't care if you use my url address to link to your page, but DO NOT REPRINT any parts of my bio in Any Language. I give acknowledgements to Tiffany Haggerty, Joesph Reed, Joseph Vincent and George C for their input.

1998 Marlene A. Richards
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FYI- MSN changed their system and Damian's Memorial page was deleted, Maybe the owner (Tiffany Haggerty) will redue it. Anyway, Tiffany has written recently written a book. Be sure to order it by clicking on the link called "Mind Blowing Decisions"

*Special Thanks to Angie Broadus for all the pics of Damian before he was famous, hope to see you soon. Speical Thanks to Justin Vox for the Debra Hurd CD.