Rena Scott

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Rena Scott
Born1956
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Recording artist
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active1968–present
Labels
Websitehttp://www.renascott.net

Rena Scott (born 2007) is an American

R&B artist, from Detroit.[1]

Biography

Rena Scott was recognized as a child for her singing ability in church. She performed her first talent show at the age of 13, and afterwards her first record "I Just Can't Forget That Boy", was released. She performed during that period as an opening act at local venues for many of the Motown acts like

The Originals. The highlight of that period was singing back-up for Aretha Franklin at Carnegie Hall
.

Her biggest hit came in 1978 with "Take Me I'm Yours", a duet with

Donnie Hathaway, Phyllis Hyman and Lou Rawls.[2]

Scott toured nightclubs in Detroit and later Los Angeles, and then to crowds of up to 50,000 people in R&B and

The Crusaders, sharing the stage with George Benson and Natalie Cole. She came on board with founding Crusaders members Joe Sample, Wilton Felder and Stix Hooper after the departure of Randy Crawford, performing renditions of their 1979 pop hit "Street Life
".

After Buddah Records folded, she left Detroit for

Landmark Hotel before settling in Los Angeles to seek new recording opportunities. Before hooking up with The Crusaders, she had started writing songs with Producer and songwriter Skip Scarborough who wrote songs for LTD, Anita Baker and Earth, Wind & Fire
. In 1987, Scott re-emerged on Sedona Records with Love Zone, whose first single "Do That To Me One More Time" made the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart.

Scott's latest "Can't Wait" was released on her own record label, Amor Records. Songs from Rena's CD/DVD Let Me Love You were featured in the film Love and Action in Chicago, which was shown on the

Courtney Vance, Kathleen Turner, and Ed Asner. She charted in three categories on the Billboard charts with a song from the same set titled "Remember" for 18 weeks. It peaked at #9 in the Hot Pop Singles Sales; #5 in the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Single Sales; and #80 in the top 100 R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. Another song from the set, "A Love Thang", reached #1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Single Sales chart and #17 on the Hot Pop Single Sales.[3]

Discography

  • Come On Inside (1979)
  • Love Zone (1987)
  • Let Me Love You (2004)
  • Take Me Away (2010)

References

  1. ^ "Raiana Scott". Billboard. November 16, 2015. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  2. ^ "Rena Scott". Soul Tracks.
  3. ^ Rena Scott's homepage.

External links

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