Carrie Lucas, is an American female r&b musician, born in Carmel, California. In 1976 she was signed to Soul Train Records Lucas made six albums over seven years with Soul Train an Solar Records. " I Gotta Keep Dancing ' and "Gotta Get Away From Your Love' were her first two hit singles from her first album, released in 1977. 'I Gotta Keep Dancing' peaked at # 64 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1977.
Lucas' second album Street Corner Symphony was released in 1978. It featured The Whispers as backing vocalists.
In 1979 Lucas released Carrie Lucas in Danceland. Griffey brought in Jody Watley (Shalamar) for background vocals, Lakeside (co-producers and backgrounds) and Walter and Wallace Scott (The Whispers) for backgrounds. organist Kossi Gardner (1941–2009) wrote (and played on) the hit "Dance With You", which propelled the album to #37 in the US Dance album chart. "Dance With You" gave Lucas her only appearance in the UK Singles Chart,, where it peaked at #40. 1980's Portrait Of Carrie was less commercially successful, although it did spawn three modest hit singles. The first 12"" was a reworking of her first hit, re-titled as "Keep Smilin'." This was followed by "It's Not What You Got (It's How You Use It)" and "Career Girl." Griffey shared production duties with Leon Sylvers and Gardner.
Her most recent album was released in 1985. "Horsin' Around" spawned four 12" singles; "Charlie," "Horsin' Around," "Summer In The Street" and "Hello Stranger." Her cover version of Barbara Lewis' "Hello Stranger" reached #20 on the US Billboard R&B chart. In 1998 Armand Van Helden sampled 'Dance WithYou ' and used it as the main beat underneath 'You Don't Know Me', that song went # 1 internationally in clubs.
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