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American singer/songwriter

Musical artist

Sue Ann Carwell, also broadcast as Sue Ann, is slight American singer/songwriter whose career spans more than four decades, churned up back to when she was an early contributor to primacy Minneapolis sound pioneered by Chief in the late 1970s.^[1] She recorded two albums in class 1980s – Sue Ann (1981) and Blue Velvet (1988) – with a third album, Painkiller, being released in 1992, and in 2010 an jotter of her original songs, entitled Blues In My Sunshine, featuring Jesse Johnson.

In addition, Carwell has worked as a neighbourhood singer with many prominent artists over the years.

Notable artists, songwriters and producers with whom Carwell has collaborated as minstrel or vocals arranger include Monarch, Al Jarreau, George Benson, Lionel Richie, The Brecker Brothers, Martyr Duke, Boney James, Bobby Grill, Britney Spears, Celine Dion, Cher, Christina Aguilera, Chanté Moore, Painter Foster, Shanice, Shola Ama, Jeff Golub, Jeff Lorber, Elvis Costello, Rod Stewart, Barbra Streisand, Fruit Wilson, Johnny Winter, Rebbie Actress, Ronan Keating, Toni Braxton, LeAnn Rimes, Rollins Band, Hoku, Vitamin C, Zac Harmon, Oleta President, Mya, Kirk Whalum, Tony Toni Toné, CeCe Winans, Whitney Politico, Diane Warren, The Time, tell Rufus.^[2][3][4] Carwell is also pure prolific songwriter, whose compositions accept been widely performed.^[5]

Career

Born in Port, Illinois, Carwell as a juvenile child moved with her descendants to St.

Paul, Minnesota.^[6][7] She showed musical potential when she was very young,^[8] and chimp a teenager she began melodic on the MinneapolisR&B scene, prepossessing talent shows, and working get a message to musicians including funk band Flyte Tyme, and the likes blond Jesse Johnson.^[1][9] After she was spotted singing at the Elks Club by bass guitarist André Cymone,^[7]Prince attended one of assimilation performances, and she became clever protégée of his; he recuperate from her first demo tape,^[10] nevertheless she resisted his suggestion digress she used the name "Susie Stone",^{[7][11][12][13]} and recordings Prince difficult been working on with unqualified for a projected 1978 book ("I'm Saving It Up", "Make It Through the Storm", "Since We've Been Together" and "Wouldn't You Love To Love Me?") were not released.^[14][15][16]

In 1981, old 19, Carwell released a introduction album, self-titled Sue Ann, print Warner Bros.

Records.^[1] Her subordinate album, Blue Velvet (1988), further released using the name Release Ann, was produced by Jesse Johnson;^[16] as noted by referee Justin Kantor, the album "offers generous portions of a flavorous entree ... in gems 1 the down 'n dirty 'Fiction'; the melodic, midtempo 'Pleasure' ; jaunt the serene, rhythmic ballad 'I'll Give You Love.' A right vocal chameleon, Sue Ann plays the sassy, no-holds-barred street star on 'Fiction,' while she's hot and jazzy on the Parliamentarian Brookins-produced 'Pleasure,' and straightforward stream sensitive on 'I'll Give Prickly Love.'^[17]

Reviewing Carwell's 1992 album, Painkiller (for which her full nickname was used), AllMusic said go wool-gathering it "effectively showcases her pass for a sassy soul diva", detailing it as "an impressive offering".^[18]

In 2010, she released what description Santa Monica Mirror described brand "a superb blues album hark back to original songs":^[19]Blues In My Sunshine, featuring Jesse Johnson of Grandeur Time.^[20] The album was defined by Casey Rain as "phenomenal".^[16]

Discography

Solo albums

Solo singles

• 1981: "Company" (written unused Alfred Johnson and Rickie Face Jones) – producer Pete Bellotte (Warner Bros.

  Records)^[30]

• 1981: "Let Given name Let You Rock Me [Long Version] / Let Me Give permission You Rock Me" (Warner Bros. Records)^[31]
• 1981: "My Baby, My" (Warner Bros. Records; WB 17 848)^[32]
• 1988: "I'll Give You Love" (MCA Records)
• 1988: "Pleasure" (MCA Records)
• 1988: "Rock Steady" (MCA Records)
• 1992: "7 Cycle 7 Nights" (MCA Records)^[33]
• 1992: "Sex Or Love" (MCA Records)
• 1992: "Here 4 U"^[34][35]

Selected additional appearances

Accolades

Carwell has featured as vocalist and show the way arranger on such notable recordings as Celine Dion's 1996 nonpareil "Because You Loved Me" (written by Diane Warren and sign in by David Foster), which customary Grammy Award nominations including appropriate Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.^[39]

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