Donna Allen

Donna Allen
Origin	Key West, Florida, United States
Genres	R&B, New jack swing, Dance pop
Associated acts	Will to Power
Website	donnaallen.com

Donna Allen is an American dance pop singer, born in Key West, Florida, and raised in Tampa. At one point a cheerleader for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, she got her start performing in the bands Hi-Octane and Trama before launching a solo career.^[1] She also sang backup on tour for Gloria Estefan for nine years. Her first disc was the Lou Pace-produced 1986 album, Perfect Timing, and over the next few years she launched several hits on the US Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play chart. She had two Top 10 hits in the UK Singles Chart with "Serious" (1987, #8) and "Joy and Pain" (1989, #10).^[2] 1995's "Real", her last US chart hit, was taken from the soundtrack to the Sylvester Stallone film The Specialist. The UK dance act Strike used her chorus hook line from "Serious", as the basis for their club hit, "U Sure Do", that same year. In 2009, "He is the Joy" appeared on the Precious soundtrack.

Discography

Albums

Year	Title	Label	US R&B Chart[3]	US Top 200[3]
1986	Perfect Timing	21 Records	33	133
1988	Heaven on Earth	Oceana Records	28	-

Singles

Year	Title	Chart Positions[4]
		US Billboard Hot 100	US R&B	US Hot Dance/Club Play	US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	UK Singles Chart[2]
1986	"Serious"	21	5	-	17	8
1987	"Satisfied"	-	14	33	-	-
1987	"Sweet Somebody"	-	55	48	-	-
1988	"Heaven on Earth"	-	19	-	-	-
1989	"Can We Talk?"	-	43	-	-	-
1989	"Joy and Pain"	-	3	-	25	10
1995	"Real"	-	-	23	-	34
1997	"Saturday" (East 57th Street featuring Donna Allen)	-	-	-	-	29
1999	"He Is the Joy"	-	-	-	-	-
2010	"He's Got the Power"	-	-	-	-	-

References

1. ^ Biography, Allmusic.com
2. ^ ^{a b} Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 20. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Billboard, Allmusic.com
4. ^ Billboard Singles. Allmusic.com.

External links

• Official Website

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