Until I See You Again - Music

Carleen Anderson Is An American Soul Singer Who Has Had Success In The United Kingdom. She Is The Daughter Of The Singer Vicki Anderson And Step-Daughter Of Bobby Byrd And Cousin Of Jhelisa And Was Most Well Know As The Lead Singer In The Young Disciples As Well As For Her Own Solo Career. Anderson Was Raised By Her Paternal Grandparents In Houston Texas During The Civil Rights Movement In The 1960s. Her Mother Was Vicki Anderson A Soul Singer Who Was The Featured Singer With James Brown During The 1960s And 1970s And Brown Is Anderson's Godfather. Anderson Briefly Married In 1978 And Had A Son But The Marriage Did Not Last And For Most Of The 1980s She Was Living As A Single Parent In California And Attempting To Launch Her Singing Career. Her Only Major Success Was Recording Vocals For A Song By Her Step-Father Bobby Byrd In 1988 And So In June 1990 She Decided To Relocate With Her Son To England To Try Her Luck At Starting A Career There. Anderson Quickly Formed An Acid Jazz Band With Marc Nelson And Femi Williams Called The Young Disciples. The Group's Only Album Road To Freedom Talkin' Loud 1991 Was A Great Success And Contained The Break-Out Single Apparently Nothin' Talkin' Loud 1992 . Anderson Received A Lot Of Attention As The Lead Singer And Keyboardist Of The Group And Used Her Heightened Profile To Negotiate A New Solo Recording Contract With Virgin Records In 1992. 1992 Saw Anderson Record Backing Vocals For Paul Weller's Eponimous Solo Album Which Was The Start Of A Long Friendship And Working Relationship Between The Two. Weller Helped Anderson With Her Production And Songwriting Which Led To The Release Of Her First Solo Work The Dusky Sapho EP Circa/Virgin 1993 . Throughout This Period Anderson Also Continued To Supply Backing And Guest Vocals For A Wide Variety Of Other Artists From Galliano To Bryan Ferry To The First Volume Of Guru's Jazzmatazz Project. Her First Solo Album - True Spirit Circa/Virgin 1994 - Followed And Was A Moderate Critical And Sales Success. Anderson Cemented Her Working Relationship With Paul Weller By Providing Backing Vocals With Her Sister Pamela On His Legendary Stanley Road Polygram 1995 Record And The Follow Up Heavy Soul Polygram 1997 . To Return The Favour He Worked With Her On Her Second Solo Album Blessed Burden Circa/Virgin 1998 . The Album Continued Her Professional Development But Was To Be Her Final One For Virgin. Following Her Departure From Virgin Anderson Briefly Filled In As Lead Vocalist For The Brand New Heavies Following The Departure Of Their Lead Singer N'Dea Davenport - Ironic Considering Both Were American Singers Who Found Their Fame In British Acid Jazz Groups. Anderson Also Continued To Provide Guest And Backing Vocals For Other Artists Whilst Working On Her First Independently Produced Album Alberta's Granddaughter Dusky Sappho Music 2002 Which Was Followed By Greatist Hits Album Up To Now The Best Of Virgin 2004 . Following This Anderson Moved To Dome Records To Release Soul Providence Dome 2005 And 2006 Is Mostly To Be Spent Touring To Promote The Album. read less