Brenda russell A woman with a cool name.* *She did other stuff too but her name is just super cool.

Background Brenda Russell was born in Brooklyn, New York, and later moved to Hamilton, Ontario. She had a hard time adjusting, but that helped inspire her love for performing. For her first big break, she was approached by a manager of a music group and asked to be the singer. In 1969 Hair—The American Tribal Love/Rock Musical opened in Canada with Russell in the cast. After, she joined a musical group, but then left to start her own career. She married Brian Russel and they started a group together, which was heard by Elton John.

Works Singles: "So Good, So Right," 1979. "Way Back When," 1980. "Get Here," 1988. "Gravity," 1988. "Piano in the Dark," 1988. "Le Restaurant," 1989. "Stop Running Away," 1990. Albums: Brenda Russell, A & M, 1979. Love Life, A & M, 1981. Two Eyes, Warners, 1983. Get Here, A & M, 1988. Kiss Me with the Wind, A & M, 1990. Soul Talking, EMI, 1991. Greatest Hits, A&M, 1992. Paris Rain, Hidden Beach Recordings, 2000. Ultimate Collection, Hip-O/Universal, 2001. So Good, So Right, Dome Records, 2003. Between the Sun and the Moon, Dome Records, 2004.

The Color Purple Brenda co-wrote The Color Purple with Steven Bray and Allee Willis in 2004. The show opened in Atlanta and later on Broadway in 2005. Russell had a soulful R&B and Pop style, which is represented in the show. The Color Purple got five 2006 Outer Critics Circle Award nominations, including Outstanding Broadway Musical and Outstanding New Score. That same year, the show was nominated for eleven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Original Score Written for the Theater, and Best Leading Actress in a Musical, which she won.

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Works Cited http://www.maxfm.com.tr/sanatci/brenda-russell http://www.brendarussell.com/about/ http://biography.jrank.org/pages/2768/Russell-Brenda.html http://music-spectrum.blogspot.com/2010_12_03_archive.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbL73Nml7LU