Gayle Adams is an
American
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urban contemporary
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and
house music
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musician
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, who is best known for her
hit single
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s "
Love Fever", "Stretch'in Out" and "Your Love Is a Lifesaver." She
recorded two
albums
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for the dance-oriented Prelude
record label
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in the early 1980s, which were written and produced by the
Washington D.C.
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based
record producer
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s, Willie Lester and guitarist Rodney Brown. Adams most successful single was "Love Fever", which reached number six on the US dance charts, and number 24 on the soul singles chart in 1981.
"Stretch'in Out" peaked at number 64 in the
UK Singles Chart
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in July 1980.
Her most recent hit single was "I'm Warning You" (1984).
Discography
Studio albums
*''Gayle Adams'' (Prelude, 1980)
*''Love Fever'' (Prelude, 1982)
Compilation albums
* ''Gayle Adams / Love Fever'' (Deepbeats, 1997)
Singles
References
External links
Album and singles discographyat
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.
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Singers from Washington, D.C.
20th-century African-American women singers
American boogie musicians
American house musicians
American disco musicians
Prelude Records artists
American women in electronic music
21st-century American women singers
21st-century American singers
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