Martha Elaine Wash (or just Martha Wash is an American born (Dec 28) singer and songwriter, known for her distinctive and powerful voice. Before the 90s, she was best known for one half of the Weather Girls. In the 90s, she had some success particularly as a featured artist working with Todd Terry. She was quite prolific US Dance chart where she hit the top spot with "Carry on" (1992), "Give it to you" (1993) and "Catch the light" (1998) that she got dubbed the "Queen of Clubland". But she perhaps best known after the fact for performing vocals for both Black Box and C&C Music Factory as stated by the Rolling Stone!
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song Mar 1993 37 Give It To You Jul 1996 8 Keep On Jumpin' (Todd Terry featuring Martha Wash & Jocelyn Brown) Feb 1998 21 It's Raining Men The Sequel (featuring RuPaul) Apr 1998 20 Ready For A New Day (Todd Terry featuring Martha Wash)
What happened next?
Martha Wash continues to record and tour. Mostly recenntly, she recorded the album, "Love & Conflict" and was released in 2020. In December 2016, Billboard magazine listed her among the 100 Top Dance Club Artists of All Time (as the 58th). Wash has scored 7 US dance #1 hits (excluding the ones with Black Box and C&C Music Factory).
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