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Rosie Gaines (born Rosemary Gaines; June 26, 1960) is an American singer, songwriter and record producer from Pittsburg, California. Gaines is a former band member of Prince's group the New Power Generation. She duetted with singer Prince on the hit song "Diamonds and Pearls".
"Diamonds and Pearls" was very successful stateside, receiving massive airplay and peaking at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart, and number 11 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart (it was on the decline when the chart first appeared in April 1992). In Europe, it was a top 10 hit in Switzerland (7), while entering the ...
Diamonds and Pearls is the thirteenth studio album by American recording artist Prince, and the first with his backing band The New Power Generation. It was released on October 1, 1991, by Paisley Park Records and Warner Bros. Records .
Jamila Akiko Aba Chilombo (born November 18, 1982), [3] known professionally as Mila J, is an American singer, rapper, and songwriter.Born and raised in Los Angeles, she is the older sister of R&B singer Jhené Aiko and is known for being in Prince's video for "Diamonds and Pearls" and appearing on tracks by RaRa, IMx, Trey Songz and Omarion.
LaMorte and Elle then toured Europe with Prince, and when he temporarily refused to do any public speaking, the two women served as his spokespersons and conducted the main promotional efforts for Diamonds and Pearls. Elle would later go on tour with Ricky Martin and Michael Jackson.
In 1992, Garcia was hired to dance during his Diamonds and Pearls Tour. [4] She became the focus of his next album, Love Symbol (1992). Garcia assumed the guise of an Egyptian princess for the concept album and the 3 Chains o' Gold video compilation. [5] She was a member of the NPG, from 1992 to 1996.
Liv Warfield is an American R&B singer-songwriter from Peoria, Illinois north of Springfield. She was part of Prince's New Power Generation and as of 2016 is with Roadcase Royale, a band formed with Nancy Wilson and members of Heart .
She also appeared on Prince's album Diamonds and Pearls being the backing vocalist on two songs. Throughout the 1990s, she mainly worked as a backing singer. She sang back-up for Savage Garden [6] on the Superstars and Cannonballs tour and for Billie Myers among others.