Melanie Thornton

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May 13,1967—-November 23,2001
Melanie Janene was born in Charleston, South Carolina and began studying voice from the age of six, as well as learning to play the piano and the clarinet. Growing up her mother would listen to Aretha Franklin, Roberta Flack. Melanie would mimic the female vocalists she saw on television or heard on radio.

Later on she financed her college studies with appearances in talent shows and smaller band concerts. She frequented a club called The Peacock Lounge, getting up and doing jam sessions when the live band invited people up to sing. She had long dreamed of a career in music and in February 1992 Melanie went to Germany. Her sister lived there with her U.S. Army husband and Thornton had dual citizenship in Germany and the United States. His uncle, Bob Chisolm, a singer and piano player, encouraged Melanie to give the German nightclub circuit a try. She had been singing in a Macon, Ga., band, Danger Zone, pulling down $50 on a good night. However Bob Chisolm told her that on a bad night in Germany she would make $150.

She tried it and soon found work in studios recording demos. It was her recording of the song “Sweet Dreams” that caught the attention of producer Frank Farian, the mastermind of the infamous ’80s duo Milli Vanilli. Farian took Melanie under his wing, teaming her with rapper Lane McCray in the duo La Bouche, which is French for “The Mouth”.

She left La Bouche in February 2000 to be replaced by Natascha Wright while Lane remained a part of the project. She signed a record deal with Sony/Epic Records. Her first solo single was released in November 2000, titled Love How You Love Me, a ballad (the CD-maxi includes a few dance remixes).
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  • zoldnyul

    I wish it was love ♥

    23 days ago
  • marrythenight-

    I love how you love me when you love me....♥

    last month
  • criminal_manboy

    "Wonderful Dream (Holidays Are Coming)" is the biggest Christmas classic with "Last Christmas" for me.

    December 2011
  • ElQuerido92

    the one and only christmas song i can listen to more than once :) rest in peace my dear!

    December 2011
  • Luddddi

    10 years today...

    November 2011
  • Wiegenzombie

    I can't believe that 10 years have passed since she has gone.... :(

    November 2011
  • Meteora090

    ten years :,(

    November 2011
  • coanta

    R.I.P.! Melanie:-(

    August 2011
  • NenaUndBlumchen

    R.I.P. Melanie Thornton. =( We still miss you,but your music lives on.

    July 2011
  • doomi878

    R.I.P...

    July 2011
  • Miss-Martini

    R.I.P. Mel! We LOVE YOU!

    February 2011
  • PrimeElement

    R.I.P.

    December 2010
  • heldenzeit-

    I will never understand Coca Cola for dropping this as their Christmas-Song.. It's the most beautiful Christmas-Song ever!

    December 2010
  • TschanFarang

    ..only talking about missing and sadness?? You don´t have to,she´s so near...you can hear her Song- she´s alive in a special kind of way..just like a wonderful dream

    December 2010
  • Wiegenzombie

    9 years since she left...... :'(

    November 2010
  • LillyMarie

    I miss her ♥

    November 2010
  • oliweczka5

    Melanie mare despre tine Thornton're nu se uita niciodata melodiile sunt minunate si esti frumoasa

    October 2010
  • CHRi5_

    Wir werden dich nie vergessen. :'(

    May 2010
  • LishBerry

    Wonderful Dream (:

    January 2010
  • ThatJohny

    wonderful dream is epic.

    December 2009
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