Joniece Jamison (born December 11, 1956 in

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, Maryland, United States) is an American singer. In France, she achieved notability recording two successful duets with French artist

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Joue pas "Joue pas" () is a 1989 song recorded by French artist François Feldman as a duet with the American singer Joniece Jamison. It was released in July 1989 as the first single from Feldman's album ''Une Présence'', and was his fifth single overall ...

" in 1989 and "

J'ai peur "J'ai peur" () is a 1989 song recorded as a duet by French and American singers François Feldman and Joniece Jamison. Written by Jean-Marie Moreau with a music by Feldman, this dance-pop song was released in February 1991 and became the fifth si ...

" in 1991, which were both top ten hit in France). Her album ''Gospel'' peaked at #144 in France in January 2005. She had also collaborated with many notable artists such as

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, Catherine Lara, Sylvie Vartan and was notably a backing singer with

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in the 1980s (and subsequently also on the Dave Stewart-endorsed first Shakespears Sister album in 1989), and with Soma Riba in the 2000s.

Personal life

Mother of two, Jamison has lived in France since 1980 after being invited by the French singer Sylvie Vartan, whom she met in the United States.http://s4.e-monsite.com/2011/04/08/96602317biojoniece-doc-pdf.pdf

Discography

Album

* 1990 : ''Life'' * 1994 : ''Dream in Color'' * 2007 : ''Nuances Gospel''

Singles

* 1984 : "Polar" maxi single with Bernard Guyvan (Phil Barney and Debbie Davis) * 1989 : "

" (in duo with

) * 1991 : "

" (in duo with François Feldman) * 2004 : "A chance to Be Free" (on a music of

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References

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