Karen Ramirez

Renowned to be a one-hit wonder, Karen Ramirez very briefly had success in both U.K. as well as the U.S. in the later 90s. Delivered in North London in 1971, she shifted to Trinidad at age six and, inspired by her parents who toured European countries within a dance troupe, she started performing young. Growing up hearing her mum playing traditional electric guitar and jazz parts for the piano, she’d often interact jamming periods in leading room and quickly started performing in chapel, both like a soloist and in a choir. After completing a qualification in Industrial Music in the University or college of Westminster, she performed in a variety of jazz clubs. Bringing in the eye of many record businesses, she authorized with Manifesto Information in 1997 and, influenced by famous brands Carole Ruler and Karen Carpenter, she started focus on her debut recording, Distant Dreams, alongside Italian suppliers Souled Out. Initial single “Stressed Lady” didn’t reach the very best 40, however the follow-up, “Searching for Like,” a reworking of the Everything However the Lady EP monitor, became one of the primary airplay strikes of 1998. Achieving amount eight, it spent 11 weeks for the U.K. graphs and also strike the main i’m all over this the U.S. Popular Dance Music/Membership Play Chart. Nevertheless, its parent record failed to have got the same influence, charting at amount 45, and third one “If We Try” could just have the ability to reach amount 23. After helping Lighthouse Family on the Western european tour and starting for James Dark brown on his U.K. tour, Ramirez got a break through the music sector. In 2001, she started executing acoustic showcases across European countries and began to compose songs with famous brands Cathy Dennis. These recordings ultimately found fruition when her second recording, Bees within the Trees, premiered in 2006.