Dana Dawson

DANA DAWSON d2010. American actress and singer. She released her first single in 1988 at the age of 14. The song "Ready To Follow You" was penned by French singer Jacqueline Taïeb and produced in France and reached the Top 20 on the French single chart. She then worked with French producers on her debut album (Paris New York and Me) which includes her debut single and spawned four other singles which enjoyed success in France in the early 1990s (especially "Romantic World" and "Tell Me Bonita") which both peaked at No 4 on the French single chart. Paris, New York and Me was also certified gold in France. In 1993, she took a break of two years to give her career more international impact. Even though she had a lot of success in France, her records were not really available in other countries. So she signed a recording contract with EMI and was now musically based in the UK. Her second album Black Butterfly was released in October 1995 and included three singles that made the UK Singles Chart ; "3 Is Family" reached No9 in July 1995 / "Got to Give Me Love" reached No27 in October 1995 and "Show Me" reached No28 in May 1996. The album was available all over Europe and also in Japan. In 1997, she collaborated on the Dolce & Gabbana single "More, More, More" and provided the vocals on this dance cover version of the Andrea True Connection hit single. She died of cancer aged just 36 on August 10th 2010