Here is a very nice late '70s Disco "Get It Up For Love" by
Tata Vega. This was the single from here 1978 LP
Try My Love. Ms Vega was born
Carmen Rosa Vega in Queens, New York, here career spans theater, film and a variety of musical genres. She began her singing career in 1969 with the Los Angeles production of
Hair, then she joined the group
Pollution and then became a member of the group
Earthquire, which released an album in 1973 on Motown. Following her stint with the group she released four solo albums:
Full Speed Ahead,
Totally Tata,
Try My Love and
Givin' All My Love. These albums feature a diverse range of genres, including classic motown soul, country or southern soul, disco, jazz, funk, country, Latin, doo-woop, and gospel. She has had an active career as a back up singer, working with the likes of
Stevie Wonder, Andrae Crouch,
Lou Rawls,
Chaka Kahn,
Patti LaBelle,
Michael Jackson, and
Madonna. She also worked in film, performing the voice of Shug Avery in the
Color Purple and she is featured on four songs on the 1986 soundtrack album, one of which, the sow stopper "Miss Celie's Blues (Sister)" was nominated for an Academy Award in Best Song category. The lady sure does know how to sing also knows how to work the dance floor with this gem of a song. Enjoy
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