La Mama is a German pop and disco trio who worked in Frank Farian 's studios in the first half of the 1980s. Adapting their name from New York theatre La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club , they released three singles and two albums and worked as backing singers on a number of recordings for other artists.
19-585: La Mama may refer to: La Mama (band) , a German disco group La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in East Village, Manhattan, New York City, founded 1961 La Mama Theatre (Melbourne) in Carlton, Victoria, Australia, founded 1967 Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title La Mama . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
38-569: A backing vocalist for Thelma Houston and Jerry Butler 's album Just Thelma & Jerry (1977), Donna Summer 's Once upon a Time (1977), Amanda Lear 's album Never Trust a Pretty Face (1979), Stevie Wonder 's soundtrack album The Woman In Red (1984), and on Boney M. 's album Ten Thousand Lightyears (1984). In 1986, Cheeks provided backing vocals on Alphaville 's album Afternoons in Utopia . Cheeks co-wrote and produced her solo album No Outsiders , released by Polydor in 1987. In
57-609: A cover version of Led Zeppelin 's " Stairway to Heaven ". In 1989, Madeleine Davis received a phone call by Boney M. member Maizie Williams who invited her to take the place of original lead singer Liz Mitchell who had just left the group. Davis appeared in the group's official video of " The Summer Mega Mix ", toured extensively with the group and also sang on their 1989 single " Everybody Wants to Dance Like Josephine Baker ", not produced nor approved by Farian and subsequently withdrawn. Madeleine Davis now lives in Georgia, US, and works as
76-457: A jazz singer. Albums Singles Judy Cheeks Judy Cheeks (born February 13, 1954) is an American singer . In the 1970s and 1980s, she recorded as a soul and R&B singer, before releasing more dance -oriented music in the 1990s. Cheeks performed with Ike & Tina Turner as an Ikette . She also worked as a backing vocalist for various artists such as Stevie Wonder , Donna Summer , Amanda Lear , and David Knopfler . Cheeks
95-506: A medley-album of popular R&B, soul and disco classics - was released. The first edition of the album credited just Precious Wilson while the second edition credited Precious Wilson & La Mama. Lacking any promotion by the record company, the album was unsuccessful and quickly disappeared. During 1984, La Mama backed Boney M. on the single " Happy Song " which featured rap of Bobby Farrell , and originally released under Boney M. with Bobby Farrell and The School Rebels and participated as
114-453: A member of La Mama. Farian just used her vocals on various projects together with Madeleine Davis and Patricia Shockley. Farian had Madeleine Davis and Patricia Shockley of La Mama together with Judy Cheeks record a medley of contemporary hits for an Aerobics album Aerobic Fitness Dancing with instructions by Sydne Rome - the album topped the German charts early 1983 and had Farian remix
133-427: A new album of original material. "Love Dancin'" the title track was co-written with Stevie Wonder the album also includes a composition by Cheeks longtime friend Betty Wright "Safe In Your Arms." In 2020 she released the single "Within" followed by "Same Pain" in 2021 both in a more acoustic country style. In 2023 Judy Cheeks started collaborating with POSE and released Let Your Soul Dance and Hands Up In The Air. In 2024
152-510: A part of Frank Farian Corporation on the benefit single " Mother and Child Reunion " early 1985. At this time ex-Silver Convention member Rhonda Heath stepped in for session work on Boney M.'s final album Eye Dance on which Madeleine Davis and Patricia Shockley of La Mama also took part. They sang the choruses on the tracks "Todos Buenos" and "Give It Up". Before the group finally split, Patricia Shockley and Rhonda Heath furthermore sang additional backing vocals on Far Corporation 's hit single,
171-635: The Hot Dance Club Play chart . Her 1978 album Mellow Lovin' was produced by Anthony Monn (best known for his work with gay icon Amanda Lear ) in Giorgio Moroder 's Musicland Studios in Munich . Cheeks wrote for Berry Gordy 's publishing form Jobete Music . The Jackson 5 recorded one of her songs "We're Gonna Change Our Style." She did a lot of session work for several major artist while sharpening her song writing skills. Cheeks appears as
190-592: The United States of America, had settled in Germany in the late 1970s where they had done various session work. While singing backing vocals on ex- Silver Convention singer Ramona Wulf 's album Shake What Yo Mama Give Ya , they were introduced to producer Frank Farian by guitarist Mats Björklund. He hired them for backing Precious Wilson on her debut album On the Race Track (1980) - at this time they had not yet adapted
209-406: The album without Sydne Rome's vocals for an unsuccessful album project MAD - For Dancin' in the summer of 1983. Also during 1983, La Mama once again contributed uncredited backing vocals to Boney M.'s seventh album Ten Thousand Lightyears on the tracks "I Feel Good", "Barbarella Fortuneteller" and "The Alibama". By the end of the year, Precious Wilson's final album for Hansa, Funky Fingers -
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#1733085493706228-674: The collective name La Mama. Impressed with their harmonies, Farian also used La Mama to demo new songs for Boney M. - even doing one Boney M. recording, " Gadda-Da-Vida " with La Mama and himself doing all the vocals. Also several tracks on Boney M.'s 1981 album Boonoonoonoos ("Silly Confusion" in particular, "Don't Kill the World" and "Malaika") featured La Mama's uncredited backing vocals. While production on Precious Wilson's second album began late 1981, La Mama also commenced work on their first album, produced by Dietmar Kawohl and Mats Björklund. The Double A-side single "Elephant Funk" / "In and Out"
247-454: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La_Mama&oldid=762115771 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages La Mama (band) The original members Madeleine Davis, Patricia Shockley and Kathy Bartney, all hailing from
266-542: The same year, she appeared with Austrian band, Opus, on their self-titled album being co-vocalist on the song, "Givin' a Gift." Cheeks had a career resurgence in the 1990s, when she re-emerged with a string of dance chart hits , including two No. 1s , "Respect" and "As Long As You're Good to Me", released on EMI 's imprint Brilliant! in 1995. Her single " Reach " appeared on the Summer Hitmix 94 CD released by ZYX Records in Germany. A solo album, also titled Respect ,
285-524: The team released Be Happy. Rory Nicoll RMN and Jus Jez produced these singles they cowrote with Judy. Cheeks acted in various movies and TV shows: She starred in her first movie Caribbean Rhapsody ( Caribia , 1978) with Rossano Brazzi , filmed in Haiti . 1980 La playa del amor , 1984 SOKO 5113 (TV series, episode: Tapetenwechsel ), and starred in one episode of the TV series Salzburger Nockerln in 1992. Cheeks
304-702: Was born in Miami , Florida on February 13, 1954. She is the daughter of gospel singer Rev. Julius Cheeks . Her debut album entitled Judy Cheeks was produced by Ike & Tina Turner and recorded at their Bolic Sound studio in 1973. A tour with Ike & Tina Turner followed and she also performed as an Ikette . Cheeks moved to Germany in 1977 and recorded a duet with Austrian singer Udo Jürgens . Their performance on The Rudi Carrell Show made Cheeks an overnight success in Europe. In 1978 she recorded "Mellow Lovin'" which became an international hit and reached No. 10 on
323-424: Was released in 1995. In 2013, Cheeks wrote and co produced her own solo album, True Love is Free . In 2018, she released her single and remixes of "Crying In The Rain"; a song she had written and first recorded by Randy Crawford as "When The Evening Comes". This was followed by the album Danger Zone . In February 2019, Cheeks released a further album of original material, A Deeper Love . In 2020, Cheeks released
342-592: Was released in December 1982, a cover of Labelle 's " Voulez-Vous Coucher Avec Moi (Lady Marmelade) ", lead singer Kathy Bartney had left the group after disagreements with Frank Farian, and when the group's LP Voulez-Vous Coucher Avec La Mama was released in January 1983, it sank without much notice. Meanwhile Farian started to use the vocals of singer Judy Cheeks - who had been signed to Ariola Records between 1977 and 1980. It must however be noticed that Judy Cheeks wasn't
361-557: Was released in February 1982 ("In and Out" being the A-side on the 12" single) followed by a cover version of " Chanson D'Amour " a few months later. Neither single performed well commercially and the LP release was postponed. While Madeleine Davis had contributed lyrics for Precious Wilson's single "I Don't Know", the group also did backing vocals on Boney M.'s " Going Back West ". When their third single
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