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(pronounced Garrett Sa-ee-dah) I iedah prd Uegan singing her career herhome in town The of Los Angeles. City theStars of launched Garretl intoorbito a become starof herownrightworking right thereatthevery withtheKing Pop up top of himself. girl, When wasjusta little Siedah she wasalreadv immersed theworldof showbusiness. in Hers wasa family musicians: of Siedah's mother, whoworked duowithheraunt, a taught daughter her howto sing. Young displayednatural-born Siedah a talent quickly that caught attention herpeers, the of graduating highschool andeven before from she'd already worked withsome California's of biggest producers a back-up music as singer. asher But famegrew, remained she largely unknown the to public a long for time. thatbegan change, All to however, whenshesang withthegroup Deco on theirhuge number-one "DoYou hit Wantlt Right Now." song The a became phenomenal success, especially night in and to clubs, shot thetopofths Dance charts. This sudden explosion recognition of for Siedah Garrett caught attention Dennis the of Edwards, great the crooner fromMotowfi and member TheTemptationS. highpriettof soul of The waslooking a partner singa duet for to withhimon "Don't hisnext single: Look.Any Further." offered He theproiect Siedah to who Garrett accepted the on point her spot. song The marked maior a turning in puUlic, in of Siedah ..- career: theeyes theAmerican "Don't Garrett become starin herownright. had a Look Furtherl metwithenormous Any was" international success. became oftheclosed and Dart circle Soul of music classics. 0n thestrength hercollaboration of with Dennis Edwards, was Garrett nowsollicited some by names show-biz: sang a ofthebiggest in she on "True number Madonna's of biggest (including hits as of Summer, Starship, "Blue"); wellasthose Donna andtheG.ommodores, to name a few.In addition, but gaining she wasincreasingly recognitiona as talented sorigwriter. Kenny Loggins, Pointer the greats music Sisters other and wereprivileged to receive material written thembvGarrett. for custom

point hercareer, in made Atthis Siedah anacquaintance wasto change world. that her Her talents made heranartist had of highly appreciated producers, 0uincy" andsought after music by and personally Jones interested herwork. in became 0uincy Jones always a superhuman to has had abili (as true spotgenuine talent a performer any in Michael fan Jackson knows), heplaced great and a in dealof hope hisnewest find. gave Working 0uincy with Garrettthe opportunitydowhatsheherself to as describes "the chance a lifetime":duet of a withMichael Jackson. "l Michael Siedah and recorded Just Loving You"in 1987. Butthecontribution to CantStop .8ad werenowreferring thealbum bytheonepeople "proteg" didntstop there. to asOuincy Jone's There $as also"ManInTheMirror," written aong bySiedah and Ballard $healso that sang Garrett Glen back-uo vocals on. year, 1988, in 0uincy Thenext Jones and high-flying Rod Temperton boosted Siedah's career even further intoorbit out withtheoroduction her of Kiss The of firstsoloalbum: 0f Life. results thetrio's common efforts wereremarkable. 0f Lifewas Kiss the undeniably album. a fine Siedah deploying was fullsoectrum hermusical of The talents. album numbers written exclusively her, by contains superb suchas"lnnocent and of Side" "TheLegend Ruby

ra i"sQft in to s Aneeles, h.as helped Michael f ind, that s spe c ia1 s ound. he' s always seaTching for 'orl such nurnbers as 'Mn n TI.e Mirrorn, oI Just tan' t Stop Irovinq Ysun and. nKe ep 1'bre Fatthn , For thi s' ed.itiorr CIf HIS t ory ine ' s h'lagaz Spec ial nt erv iew , Siedah Garrett graciusly tel1s : ns w&et it ' s l ik be ins4 the 'Lad.y Behind. the ( .
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Diamond," isanexcellent and exhibit her of exceptional singing abilities. After release Kiss the of 0fllfe. several weeks wentbybefore was Siedah Garrett backin thelimelight, timeasa guest this artist 0uincy on Jones' newest album: back-up her vocals are powerful in omnipresentOuincy's Back0n The Block. Michael Jackson, meanwhile, busv was working hisnewalbum Dangerous. once on He again called Siedah lent special on who her touch to greatest whatwould oneof Michael's be albums to "Keep Faith," date. wrotea newsong, She The for Michael. Since Ba4Michael Siedah and have been close. Dngerousperiod The confirmed the estime two artists for eachother. high the had accompanied Michael over world the Siedah all for the"Dangerous Tour," replacing Sheryl Crow, the starfemale vocalistwho'd accomoanied Michael on .. the"Bad Tour". At 32,Siedah Garrett accomplished many has what great other musicians in a lifetime. yether do And just career in many is, ways, beginning. asthe But, paths thegreats thisworldalways of of cross again sooner later, should or we expectto Siedah see and Garrett Michael Jackson together again soon, either stage inthestudio, on forthegreatest or oleasure oneandall. of

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get HlStoryMa'gazinSinceq couldn't our hands e: you'rc iustgoingto onp copyof yow aittobiography, haveW'E! us everything aboutyourdebutin showbizright here,in thepagesof yourlavorite magazine. is part of the category"History." This playinglor 5,(XM points, trip to Mexico and You're a a brand-newSonyTrinitron. And theanswer is....! Siedah Ganett Well, waybackwhen, lwas borna poorblackchild... justkidding. began No, I my "career" this business a back-up in as singer. But I'vebeensinging sinceaslongas I canrenenber. HM:I see.But that still doesn'ttelI us how yougot starledworking with Michael on thegreat adventure theBadalbum.... ol introduction SG;Theactual camefron Auincv Jones. hadwrittena songthatMJ likedand I wanted record. alsosungthedeno for the to I'd songandMichael wanted knowwhothesinger to was.Hewassurprised learnthatthesinger to and person. thesongwriter werethesame HM:And the first time youmet? SG:Well,to tell youthetruth, it'skindof a blurr.lt all happened veryquickly whent think so that backon it's thewholeperiod, likea dream. I dohavea But nemoryof my firctmeeting MJ. I fragnented with "Manln'fhe Minor" overandover wassinging

goingto singwith MJ until the tvvoof us walkedinto thestudio booth, I looked thelyricsheetfor a and at songcalled"l JustCant Stop Loving You," read and whereAuincv chosen firstverse Michael had the for andthesecond verse me,andhe hadournames for wriften nearthepartswe wereto sing.lt wasn't untilthatverynomentthat realized absolute I the "awesome-ness" ofwhatwas aboutto happen. We nade history day! that I didn'trealize itthough, untillater,whenI foundout question: thatI wastheanswer a game-show to "Whois theonlywonanin history duetwith to Michael Jackson?" HM: Whenyou were rehearsing "l Just Can't for StopLovingYou,"what sortof relationshipdid you havewith Michael?Did you seeeachotheroften? Didyouspenda lot oltime togetherouaide ol the studio? per SG:I don'trenember"rehearsing" se,but when we wererecardingit, we hada blastin thestudio. MJ wouldmakefaceswhenit cametine to singny part,sothatIwouldlaugh, nessup.Hereally and hasa greatsense hunor.I spentnore one-onof onetimewithhin through process recording the of "Manln TheMirror"andrecording learning and our duetin French Spanish. far asspending and As time withhin outside studio... the HA! HM:.When"l JustCan'tStopLovingYou"was rcleased,everybody was expectinga videoto accompany song.Thiswas,after all, part ol the Michael'sbig cone-back.But in theendtherewas no clip. Wasthereevet a proiectfor onein the beginning? SG:Hey,don'tthinkI wasn'tlooking forward a to video nvself! Butat thetine MJ toldne thatthev'd neverreleasea videofor the first single.I told hin fine,butif thereeverwassucha project, singing l'n mypart,notsoneone wholooked Brooke like Shields! laughed hesaid,quiteendearingly, He as thatI wascrazv. you HM'.0n the alhumBad, co-wrotethesong "Man ln fhe Mirror" with 6len Ballard.Thiswas oneol the songsthatthepublic lovedmost-it conesponded pertectlyto everything so about Michael. Wheredid theidea forthis songcome fron andhow did itwind ap on the album? S: Theideafor "Man In TheMirror" cane to ne aftera neetingwithAuincy, accompanied his by othersongwriters, where expressed needfor he the a songt0 conpleteMJ'i album. cameawayfron I thatneetinghavingrhtritten somenotes and.shortly thereafter,metwithGlen cameup withthe I and lyricsandthemelody thesong. wasthen for It delivered Auincy, phoned andexpressed to who ne joy hisabsolute afterhearing song. played the He thetunefor MJ, andthe rest, theysay,is history. as This songdramatically changed course my the of life. HM;A ew yearslater,you would outdoyourcell

get involvedin something garyantuan the as as "Dangerous Tour?" SG:I decided bea paft ofthistourbecause love to I MJ andhavealways lovedhismusic and hisvoice. I thought wouldbe an extraordinary it opportunity to pop how learnfirst-hand thebiggest starin the worldtoursandpedorns.ltwas anabsolutely fantastic exp rience, extra rdinary, totaIly e o unforgettable, I knewit wouldbe. as HM: lt's said thatMichael makeshis musicians and his dancerc work really hard whenhe'son tour. How do youremember rehearcalsessions the or "Dangerous Tour?" SG:Behearsals thetourwerea lot of hardwork for projectI lt andlong,Ionghours. wasthehardest everloved. wasso nuch fun,as a matterof fact,I lt couldhardly standit! HM: WasMichael therewhenyourehearced? SG:0f course, didn'tattendeachoneof ourdailv MJ rehearsals thetvvo nonthsthatwe hadprior for full to theopening show.Butas we gotcl1ser the to he startdate, spentmoreandmoretine goingover band costuneand setchanges, wellasthemany as andmusiccuesandstageillusions he uses that to his enhance show. HM:,Whatwas lile like touringwith Michael?Did youspenda lot ol time with hin? ny with MJ in SG:Well,to be honest, relationship wasmuchmorepersonal intinate and thestudio during recording theBadalbun.Wehada lot the of nore tine thento spend together. tourthough, 0n to dueto countless obligations commitments and professionals foreign and fansandindustry dignitaries, wasonlyabteto iee MJ for the tvvo ! nightafternight, hourswe'dspend stagetogether on all overthe world. mostondly HM: Whatare the thingsyouremember ahoutthis tour? goodtines we hadwhileontourwere SG:The plenty, There was.always of Iaughter, lots actually. or airport or on thebus,or theplane; in someforeign pointswe hadto in lineat themanypasspott check go through overtheworld. lovedtheexcitement I all of discovering eachnewcity,eachnewcountry, newfood, newlanguages, money! wasall so new It freshandnew,sostimulating! HM'.Doesthatmeanthat lile is all roseswhen you'rcon tour? SG:Theworsttimesfor me,actually,were whenI get would reallyhomesick.longed dothenost I to simplethings.I wantedto sinply drivea car! And AndI hadthisreallysicklonging for walkmydogs. grits, youcanbeleve if it! HM: Today, tour hasbeenoveror a while, the you'verctumedhack to yourcountry,to yourhome, to yourdogsandyourgrits (!!). Lookinghack, when youthink o everything did togetherwith you Michael,whatpops intoyourmind? SG:Michael Joseph Jacksonhasforever changed

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againin a lower key.Thestudiolightsweredimned andI couldbarely seeinsidethe boothwhere Auincy BruceSwedien, engineer, and the were working. didnt seeMJ whenhe walked the I into This studio. is goingto sound weird, I could but "feel" hispresence nomenthe walked the the into just roon.Everyone sort of'stopped stood and there, in transfixed, totalaweof theman... There werea justfroze. wasno nillionthings dobuteveryone to I different. wasawesome! It HM:Whepditlyou lirct discoverthat you werc goingto he singingwith MichaelT SG:ThedayI foundoutthatI wasgoingto be a singing duetwithMichael Jackson started out nornallyenough. Then gota callfron Auincy to I coniedownto thestudib,I assumed wasto finish it thebackground vocals we'dworked previously on for "Manln TheMirror."I didntrealize I was that over "Man ln TheMinor" whenyou composed He a ny lifefor thebetter. hasgivenne the new songwith GIenBallard, "KeepTheFaith."The opportunity a lifetime,a worldwideforumto have of felt crcdits theDangerous on alum ay thatthree mynusic heard, message bynillionsof ny s people-you, GlenandMichael- wrote this song. people fron all overtheworld. haveseen, I first Whatactuallyhappened, who did what? the in and and hand, joy he inspires millions I have SG:"Keeo Faith"waswitten muchin thesame The experienced hand, joy he continues first the to wavthat "Manln TheMirror"was.0nlvthistime, inspirin ne. "'HM:AlterBad afterI demo'd song, made andDangerous, isthenert what the MJ sone changes part thatbecame suchanintegral of thefinished maior stepin yourcareer?We'dall love to seeyou product, it seenedonlyfairto include as a peiloning sideby sidewith Michael again. that hin project goals writeron thesong. SG:Present include finishing album an HM: 0n June27th,1992, "Dangerous witha newbandthatI'veforned.We've been the four" lt's beganin Munich,ermany. were up thereon You recording music the live,withrealmusicians! you'llbe ableto pickupan stagewith Michael for thesecondtine. Thefirct Hopefully, beena blast. time-do youremember?- was at Madison ne albunsoon!Wish luckforthat.ldo planon Anytime, Please Squarc ardenin New YorkCityin |W. Youwere working withMJ again.... anyplace! thesurpriseguest artistandyousang "l Just Can't wishmeluckforthattoo! Snp LovingYou".Whatnotivated youto want to o Hrstorv Maoazine

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