Denise Pearson

Denise Pearson
Born	13 June 1968 (1968-06-13) (age 43)
Occupation	singer, songwriter

Denise Pearson (born Denise Lisa Maria Pearson, 13 June 1968, Romford, Essex) is an English singer-songwriter. She is best known for being the lead vocalist with the British pop/R&B group Five Star, which comprised herself and her four siblings. The group was created and managed by their father, Buster Pearson, in 1983. The group officially disbanded in 2001, though partial reunions have occurred since. She is sometimes credited as Deniece Pearson.

Career with Five Star

As well as being lead singer, Pearson was also the most prolific composer of the group. Five Star tracks written by her include "Stay Out of My Life" (1986) (Five Star's only self composed top ten hit single), "Hard Race" (1987), "There's a Brand New World" (1988) and "What About Me Baby" (1990); ballads such as "Live Giving Love" (1987), "Let Me Be Yours" (1988), "Feel Much Better" (1990), "Funktafied" (2001), "Don't Let Me Be the Lonely One" (2001) and "Tell Me What You Want" (2001); and the uptempo "I'm Still Waiting" (1990), "Tienes Mi Amour" (1990), "The Love You Bring To Me" (1991), "Going With the Moment" (1994) and "Show Me" (1994).

In 1986, Five Star received a Grammy Award nomination in the "Best Rhythm and Blues Instrumental Performance" category^[1] for Pearson's composition, "First Avenue", which was the B-Side of Five Star's first hit single "All Fall Down".

After Five Star

Projects outside of Five Star included a 1997 recording of "This Pain", a duet with former Bros singer Matt Goss. Pearson was featured singing backing vocals for Tamia in 2001 for the song "Stranger in My House" (as heard on the WB series For Your Love).

In 2005, Pearson and singer-song writer Ryan Tedder of the group OneRepublic wrote a song together that Pearson sings entitled "Over You" which can be heard on her Myspace page. They also worked together on a new version of Five Star's 1986 hit single "System Addict".

In 2007, Pearson announced she was working on solo material. In May 2008, she recorded a promotional video for one of her tracks.^{[citation needed]} Alongside brother Stedman, and a team of trained backing singers and dancers, Denise played several dates as Five Star to celebrate the group's 25th anniversary.

In 2009, Pearson made her West End Theatre debut in the show Thriller – Live, a musical based on the music of Michael Jackson.^[2] In 2009, City Life magazine described her as "uncannily pitch perfect as a female answer to MJ [Michael Jackson]".^[3]

In 2011, Pearson appeared as one of the lead singers in the new West End show Respect La Diva which ran at the Garrick Theatre.

Personal life

After moving to California in the United States with her family in the early 1990s, Pearson married a racing driver, becoming Denise Saneinia. Despite divorcing in the late 1990s, she has kept this name for her subsequent songwriting credits,^[4] but still performs under the name Denise Pearson. In 1994 she gave birth to a son, Karan Saneinia Jr, followed by a daughter, Hassa Alexis Saneinia, a year later. Pearson moved back to the UK with her children in 2005.

References

1. ^ www.rockonthenet.com
2. ^ "Five Star singer joins Thriller". BBC News. 2008-12-10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7773917.stm. Retrieved 2008-12-01. 
3. ^ Katie Fitzpatrick (Thu, 26 November 2009). "Thriller Live, MEN Arena, November 25, 2009 (review)". City Life Magazine. http://www.citylife.co.uk/news_and_reviews/reviews/10017415_thrilling_tribute_to_michael_jackson_rocks_arena. 
4. ^ www.ascap.com

External links

• Denise Pearson Official Myspace page
• Official Denise Profile Page @ Hyves.nl
• Denise Pearson at the Internet Movie Database

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