Remembered and Forgotten: Singer-songwriters of the decade. In alphabetical order.
DIANE BROWN was an American singer-songwriter and classically-trained pianist.
Born and raised in Brooklyn, she began singing in church as a child. At age 19, she was discovered in a nightclub by LoLee Records founder and music manager August "Augie" Brown.
AUGUST “AUGIE” BROWN – is an American rapper, songwriter, music manager, record producer and entrepreneur, best known as the founder of LoLee Records in 1982 which became a focal point in the feud between West Coast – East Coast hip-hop artists and fans in the 1990s, and for being married to R&B singer-songwriter Diane Brown from 1990 to 1997, the year she committed suicide.
One year later, she rose to fame after releasing her eponymous debut album with LoLee. She and Augie Brown got married in 1990.
Brown died of a barbiturate overdose on May 27, 1997 at the age of 30. Her death was ruled a probable suicide.
Born: July 10, 1966, New York City, New York, United States
Died: May 27, 1997, New York City, New York, United States
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Augie Brown was credited as executive producer.
Beverly Kimberly Larkin, known as B.K. Larkin, is an English musician and singer-songwriter born in Brockenhurst, Hampshire in 1969.
Larkin gave up Cambridge University to pursue her music career in London.
In 1990 B.K. signed a deal with Islet Records.
Her second album came out in 1993 projecting her into the spotlight, and making her one of the most influential alternative rock acts of the 1990s.
Larkin unexpectedly retired from the scene in 1999, retreating to her family’s farm in the New Forest.
In 2003, B.K. Larkin released an album entitled "In the Forest" that was said to have been recorded entirely on her farm with a bunch of friends musicians from back in the day.
Despite the fact that B.K. Larkin did not tour to promote the album, nor released any interview, "In the Forest" sold well and gathered lots of positive reviews. Fans particularly praised the song "Queen of My Heart" which many considered a tribute to Andy Quinn of Alias/Insane, whom B.K. Larkin had befriended during her Los Angeles stay, back in 1994, when she had moved to North Hollywood to record "Right in the Madding Crowd" with producer Lance Rigg.
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SABRINA PAGLIETTA is an American composer, singer-songwriter and percussionist with a mezzo-soprano vocal range.
Recognized as a genius at the age of five, Paglietta was selected for Julliard School of Music to study marimba at the age of ten and graduated with honors at eighteen.
She later moved to LA where she began performing at local clubs before getting noticed by producer Lance Rigg.
LANCE RIGG – is an American record producer, engineer and songwriter, most famous for his works with Gnamma, Sabrina Paglietta, B.K. Larkin, Roxy Dunn, Alias/Insane and Jelly Red amongst others.
Rigg began his career as engineer at Los Angeles Darling Studios in the mid-1980s and is now the owner of said studios.
In 1988 Paglietta signed with Atticus Us Records, and under Rigg's supervision released her debut album to critical acclaim and commercial success.
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