Carolyn Griffey is an American female

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vocalist, and member of the soul funk group

Shalamar Shalamar () is an American R&B and soul music vocal group active since the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s. Shalamar's classic line-up on the SOLAR label consisted of Howard Hewett, Jody Watley, and Jeffrey Daniel, together with dancer ...

. She is the daughter of

Carrie Lucas Carrie Lucas (born November 5, 1945) is an American R&B singer, born in Carmel, California. In 1976, she was signed to Soul Train Records. Lucas released six studio albums over seven years, with Soul Train and Solar Records. Lucas was marrie ...

and

SOLAR Records SOLAR (acronym for Sound of Los Angeles Records) was an American record label founded in 1977 by Dick Griffey, reconstituted out of Soul Train Records only two years after it was founded with ''Soul Train'' television show host and creator Don C ...

boss

Dick Griffey Richard Gilbert Griffey (November 16, 1938 – September 24, 2010) was an American record producer and music promoter who founded SOLAR Records, a RAS acronym for "Sound of Los Angeles Records". The label played a major role in developing a ...

, who worked with

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in the television program, '' Soul Train''. Griffey grew up around

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, Midnight Star,

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, Marvin Gaye and James Brown, who all appeared on ''Soul Train'' or who were signed to SOLAR Records.. In 1990, she was signed to SOLAR Records as part of the dance-pop duo called Absolute. This group released one album, ''For All Seasons'', in 1990. Their singles included: "Cheap Shot", "Gotta Lambada" and "This Moment In Time" (both from the film

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of ''

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''). She has been the lead female vocalist of Shalamar since 2001. She appeared on ITV's '' Hit Me, Baby, One More Time'' in 2005, and has toured the world with Howard Hewett and

Jeffrey Daniel Jeffrey Glen Daniel (born August 24, 1955 ) is an American dancer, singer-songwriter and choreographer, most notable for being a founding member of the R&B vocal group Shalamar. In Nigeria, he is best known as a former ''Idol'' series judge ...

s. She also sings with

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and his gospel choir, who are known for their work on

's "

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". In October 2009, Griffey performed with Hewett and Daniels in Shalamar at

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. This prompted a return to touring in the UK, in April 2010. They were an annual feature at London's O2 Arena every December since 2010. In 2014. Griffey appeared with Howard Hewett and Jeffrey Daniels for two Shalamar concerts at the Manchester Ritz and London O2. In 2018 Carolyn Griffey,

, Lucas Griffey and Chinese music promoter Jessie Tsang relaunched the Solar Records and Soul Train Records in the UK. The relaunch was covered in the UK magazine ''Soul Survivors''. Jessie Tsang serves as CEO with Sonia Damney as Vice President. Carolyn Griffey along with Carrie Lucas also own trade mark rights to Shalamar in the UK and Europe. In 2022 Carolyn Griffey and Carrie Lucas participated with US cable channel TV One for a special episode of the '' Unsung'' TV series on Dick Griffey and Solar Records. The episode aired on November 6 2022.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Griffey, Carolyn Living people American soul singers American women singers Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women