Jade Starling is an American singer-songwriter, and the lead vocalist for 1980s band Pretty Poison. She lives in

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. Starling is a gay-rights activist and a supporter of same-sex marriage. She also speaks

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and often records songs in both Spanish and English.

Philanthropy

Starling has worked as a gay-rights activist, performing on behalf of many gay-rights benefits including gay-rights parades and LGBT benefits. In 1997, her song " Let Freedom Ring" was used to help further the concept of legalizing

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. She has also been active in the "Ball Community" through her work with Jay Blahnik.

Musical career

Pretty Poison

Starling has appeared on various Billboard Charts 9 times since 1984. Topping the Dance/Club chart 3 times with 2 of those club hits crossing over to both the Pop and R&B Chart. *1984 – " Nightime" – No. 13 Dance Svengali Records *1987 – " Catch Me (I'm Falling)" – No. 1 Dance, No. 8 Pop, No. 13 R&B – Svengali/Virgin *1988 – " Nightime" – No. 1 Dance, No. 36 Pop, No. 64 R&B *1997 – " Let Freedom Ring" – No. 17 Dance *1998 – " Catch Me 98" – No. 43 Dance *1998 – "

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" – No. 37 Dance *1998 – "Honey Brown" – #41 Dance *2013 – " Insomniak" – No. 31 Dance *2014 – " Think About U" – No. 14 Dance *2015 – " Better & Better" – No. 3 Dance She has released 4 LPS since 1988. *1988 – '' Catch Me (I'm Falling)'' *1995 – '' Sex in Violets - Deflowered'' *1997 – ''

Pretty Poison's Greatest Hits Vol. 1 Pretty may refer to: *Beauty, the quality of being pleasing, especially to look at **Physical attractiveness, of a person's physical features Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Pretty'' (advertisement), a 2006 television advertisement for Nike ...

'' *1998 – '' Euphoria'' – very rare as it was recalled shortly after its release. *2014 – ''

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'' – Jade Starling solo LP Starling has received numerous awards along with Pretty Poison founder and long time co-writer Whey Cooler.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Starling, Jade 1960 births American women singer-songwriters Living people Place of birth missing (living people) American LGBT rights activists American singer-songwriters 21st-century American women