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Janice McClain is a native Philadelphian and from published articles it seems she was about 16 when she recorded "Smack Dab In The Middle". Thanks to an artful remix by Larry Levan the RFC 12" single was one of the biggest club hits of 1979. Despite major club and radio exposure a follow-up single and album were not forthcoming. After a four year hiatus Janice popped up on the Mon-Tab 12" single "Burnin' Up" in 1984, but without a major label backing it the single came and went with barely a whimper. The good that came out of that was...

Janice has been captivating audiences for the past seven years. She has maintained a weekly show at one of Toronto's hottest jazz clubs for the past six years, Thursdays at "The Reservoir Lounge" (52 Wellington St E.). In 2002 the club was featured in "Bar Life" on the Life network. A regular performer in Canada's top jazz festivals including: The Beaches Jazz Festival, main stages at The DuMaurier Jazz Festival (Montreal & Toronto), The Port Credit Jazz & Blues Festival, and The Oakville Jazz Festival. National television appearances at the 2001 Sports Celebrity Auction (for the special Olympics), and the...

"America’s best purveyor of red-clay soul blues…" Sam McClain was born on the northern edge of the Bible Belt in Monroe, Louisiana in 1943. As a five-year-old, he began singing in his mother’s Gospel Church. It was then that he realized singing was his mission. He left home when he was thirteen to escape an abusive stepfather and followed a local R&B guitarist, "Little Melvin" Underwood through the Chitlin Circuit, first as his valet and then as lead vocalist himself at 15. While singing at the 506 Club in Pensacola, Florida he was introduced to Producer/ DJ, "Papa Don" Schroeder,...

Janice Kapp Perry was born in Ogden, Utah, raised in Vale, Oregon, and makes her home in Provo, Utah, with husband of 44 years, Douglas Perry. Janice received her musical training at Brigham Young University in Provo and has been writing and recording gospel music for the last 27 years. She composed the hymn “As Sisters in Zion” for the LDS hymnbook and has ten songs in the Primary songbook. She served as Relief Society President in her Provo ward for 7 years, and retired in 2000 from singing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. She has produced more than 50...

Janice Robinson, born and raised in Garfield, New Jersey, gained worldwide success in the early-mid 1990s with the Eurodance/Hi-NRG/Italo House group Livin' Joy as the lead singer before going solo in 1999. After Robinson left, Livin' Joy scored more hits during the 1995-1996 period with another singer. However, the biggest remains 'Dreamer', a huge international hit reaching number 1 in the UK and the top 10 in many other European countries. Robinson had previously worked with the Livin' Joy producers on 2 singles, Children and Sweetest Day of May. On the Livin' Joy album Don't Stop Movin, her vocals do...