SONG: Since Day One
ARTIST: Teena Marie
CD/ALBUM: Ivory [1990]
Nataly’s Corner invites you to “listen back” to the music of Singer, Songwriter, and Producer Teena Marie aka Lady Tee: I never get tired of Teena’s music. She is in the heavens singing in God’s Choir. But every time I hear her music… I still feel that she is with us…strumming the beats of her guitar and vocalizing up to a level in the way that only she can.
Named at birth as “Mary Christine Brockert”, Teena came roaring into the 70s soul music world like fireworks. Music critics refer to Teena as the “Ivory Queen of Soul”! Teena’s music career and discography is massive and spans over 3 decades. Everyone knows of her music collaboration with R&B singer Rick James in the early stages of her career. When she went solo, her debut album, “Wild and Peaceful”, was released in 1979 and gave Teena her first R&B top ten hit with the song “I’m A Sucker for Your Love”. Between 1979 and 1994, she produced ten albums and then decided to take a break to spend time with her daughter, Alia Rose. The album “Ivory” was released in 1990. Teena is responsible for a famous court decision titled “Brockert Initiative” which makes it illegal for a record company to keep an artist under contract without releasing new material by the artist. Teena returned to recording and producing music in 2004 with the release of her album, “La Dona”! And just to prove to non-believers as to whether she still had it…she followed up with a few more successful projects: “Sapphire”; “Congo Square”; and “Beautiful”, which was the last project Teena Marie released before her death December 26, 2010. Teena, we love & miss you Lady!
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Teena Marie is no longer with us…but her legacy lives on. For additional information about this singer/songwriter, and producer, and her music, please visit the following websites:
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