Crystal Waters is a Philadelphia-born (Nov 19?) house and dance singer is best known for her debut hit, "Gypsy Woman", which reached #2 in the UK only denied by Cher's "Shoop shoop song". The song has had countless remixes (Tin Tin out mix being a personal fave) and been sampled so many times over the years. For example, a 1992 remix made the top 40 as a double-A side with a remix of Sabrina Johnston's 'Peace as fundraising single from the 'Red Hot And Dance' album for AIDS charities. "Gypsy Woman" spent 3 weeks as US (May 1991) and Canada (June 1991) Dance #1. She has been very popular on the dance scene, particularly in USA, where she had a total of 5 US Dance #1s with "Gypsy Woman", "Makin' Happy", "100% Pure Love", "What I need" and "Relax". In 1997, Crystal Waters recorded a track with all people, Dennis Rodman on "Just a freak", which on the soundtrack for the movie, "Double Team".
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song May 1991 2 Gypsy Woman (La Da Dee La Da Da) Sep 1991 18 Makin' Happy Jan 1992 39 Megamix Oct 1992 35 Gypsy Woman (remix) Apr 1994 15 100% Pure Love Jul 1994 40 Ghetto Day Nov 1995 37 Relax Aug 1996 35 In De Ghetto (featured on David Morales)
What happened next?
Crystal Waters continues to record to this day. She combined with Alex Gaudino to have big dance hit, "Destination Calabria". In December 2016, Billboard magazine listed her among the 100 Top Dance Club Artists of All Time (as the 52nd).
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