Tuesday 15 June 2021

Jade

Jade is an American R&B trio originially consisting of Joi Marshall, Angela Slates and Debra Mitchell whose initially make up the group name (without the 'e'). However, Tonya Kelly and Di Reed replaced Slates and Mitchell before they even got started. Their first single, "I Wanna Love You" came from The Kid'n'Play comedy "Class Act". The follow-up "Don't walk away" was more successful and was top 10 in the UK. (Consequently "I wanna love you" was re-released and made the top 20).

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Mar 1993    7	Don't Walk Away
Jul 1993   13	I Wanna Love You
Sep 1993   22	One Woman
Feb 1995   19	Everyday Of The Week

What happened next?
Di Reed is currently touring the world as a featured vocalist for Rod Stewart and continues her professional singing career by lending her vocal talents to support numerous high-profile music projects and industry heavyweights including Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Christina Aguilera, Elton John, Gwen Stefani, and many others. Tonya Kelly changed careers and gone into interior design and architecture.
The original members of Jade (Jad) went on to become successful in their own right. Angela Slates became a successful music producer (producing songs for Trina & Tamara, Tony! Toni! Tone!, Vybe, Somethin' for the People and Eric Benet) and earned a Ph.D. in education. Debra Mitchell (now known as Debra Mitchell-Adams) became a member of the group Vybe on Island Records and owns Legacy Global Music Group.
In 2014, Myracle Holloway joined the group (replacing Di Reed who was still touring with Rod Stewart) and the group released a new single "Baby Luv." They were recording an album titled "Continuum".
In February 2018, Joi Marshall debuted her new solo single "Love Language."

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