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Shannon | |
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Birth name | Brenda Shannon Greene[1] |
Born | Washington, D.C., U.S.[2] | May 2, 1958
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Occupation(s) | Singer |
Instrument | Vocals |
Years active | 1983–present |
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Brenda Shannon Greene (born May 2, 1958),[1][2][3] known professionally as Shannon, is an American singer and songwriter of freestyle and dance-pop music. She is best known for her single "Let the Music Play", which topped the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart in 1983 and was certified gold.[3][4]
Her studio albums include Let the Music Play (1984), followed by Do You Wanna Get Away (1985) and Love Goes All the Way (1986). In 1999, Shannon appeared in a segment of VH1's One-Hit Wonders,[2] and returned to music with her fourth studio album The Best Is Yet to Come (2000).[5] Her most recent studio album, A Beauty Returns, was released in 2006.[6]