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Catherine Judith "Kate" Markowitz (born 28 April 1956) is an American singer-songwriter known as a backup singer who has recorded and performed with a number of singers, most notably
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Shawn Colvin Shawn Colvin (born Shawna Lee Colvin, January 10, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter. She is best known for her 1997 Grammy Award-winning song "Sunny Came Home". Early life Colvin was born Shawna Lee Colvin in Vermillion, South Dakota, and ...
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Mylène Farmer Mylène Jeanne Gautier (; born 12 September 1961), known professionally as Mylène Farmer (), is a French singer and songwriter. Having sold more than 30 million records worldwide, she is among the most successful recording artists of all time ...
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Billy Joel William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Nicknamed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Piano Man" after his Signature song, signature 1973 song Piano Man (song), of the same name, Joel has ha ...
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and John Kaizan Neptune. She is the daughter of the late film and television soundtrack composer Richard Markowitz.p. 44 Bessman, Jim ''Markowitz Maps Solo Career with Dad as Inspiration'' ''Billboard'' March 27, 2004 Markowitz had a
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-selling single in Germany in 1988 under the pseudonym Kate Yanai. The single began as a
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that she recorded for the European market. The jingle was so popular that she was asked to transform it into a song about "summer love" rather than
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. She co-wrote the lyrics and recorded it (with Arnold McCuller,
David Lasley David Eldon Lasley (August 20, 1947 – December 9, 2021) was an American recording artist, singer, musician and songwriter. He was best known as a touring background singer for James Taylor, as a session singer on recordings by artists including ...
and Valerie Carter on backing vocals) under the pseudonym Kate Yanai. Called " Bacardi Feeling (Summer Dreamin')," it went to Number 1 within two weeks in Germany, where it stayed for seven weeks, selling well over 500,000 copies. In 1994 she released a second single "Cry, Cry Louise" which reached number 61 in Germany. In 2003 she produced her first album, ''Map of the World'', on which she wrote or co-wrote a number of the songs.


Discography


Solo albums

* ''Map of the World'' — 2003


Selected credits

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— ''Lean on Me: The Best of Bill Withers'' — (1994) *
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— ''Walkin' into the Sun'' — (1993) *
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— ''Moonlight Grocery'' — (1984) *
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: ** ''Brazilian Serenata'' — (1988) ** ''Kicking Cans'' — (1993) *
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: ** ''Comeback'' — (1982) ** ''Eric Burdon Unreleased'' — (1982) ** ''Wicked Man'' — (1988) ** ''Crawling King Snake'' — (1994) ** ''Misunderstood'' — (1995) ** ''Soldier of Fortune'' — (1997) ** ''Burdon Tracks'' — (1998) *
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— ''Sanctuary'' — (1986) *
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: ** '' New Moon Shine'' — (1991) ** '' (LIVE)'' — (1993) ** '' (Best LIVE)'' — (1994) ** ''
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with Joe Pizullo "Never Gonna Let You Go" (1983) *
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: ** ''A Few Small Repairs'' — (1996) ** ''Whole New You'' — (2001) *
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References

* http://www.james-taylor.com/features/markowitz/ * http://compassrecords.com/artist.php?id=72 *
Markowitz Maps Solo Career With Dad As Inspiration
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Kate Markowitz
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Markowitz, Kate American women singers Songwriters from California 1956 births Living people American session musicians 21st-century American women