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| Born | January 15, 1967 (age 54) New York City |
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| Years active | 1984–present |
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| Associated acts | Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam |
Lisa Velez (born January 15, 1967),[1] better known by her stage name Lisa Lisa, is an American singer and actress. She rose to fame in the 1980s as one-third of the band Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam.
Early life[edit]
According to Spin magazine, Velez was born in 1967 in Hell's Kitchen in New York City as the youngest of ten to a religious mother, who supported the family by babysitting, and an absentee father. Of Puerto Rican descent, Velez learned to speak Spanish at home and English in school. She sang in her church choir, at the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, along with her six sisters, and was an A student at Julia Richman High School in Manhattan. In school she was also part of a traveling singing group that sang Motown hits and songs from old Broadway musicals.[2]
Career[edit]
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam was founded when Velez successfully auditioned for the Brooklyn production team Full Force. She met drummer Mike Hughes at Funhouse, a Manhattan underageclub that she frequented to be discovered. She described the atmosphere as, 'a young place, no liquor served in that place at all, so I kinda liked it. I used to dance a lot, but I was always aware of where I was turning, so I would watch and find out who's who, where's where.' Hughes spotted her, finding her attractive and asked her to audition for the production team. She took the subway to a house in Brooklyn, her first trip to the borough, without her protective older brother, who was to later become her bodyguard.[2]
With Hughes and Alex 'Spanador' Moseley, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam recorded their debut single, 'I Wonder If I Take You Home', soon after forming in 1985, releasing it as an independent single. The group quickly signed to Columbia Records, which re-released the single, and it climbed into the R&Btop ten in the US and the top 20 in the UK. The group amassed a number of hit songs throughout the 1980s.
Velez said of her moniker 'I guess they had the type of idea like, okay, [the U.T.F.O. hit] 'Roxanne, Roxanne' worked, why not Lisa Lisa? I thought it was cute because I knew it would cause controversy, talk.' About getting paid, Velez expressed 'I don't think about the money. I'm not doing this for the money. I was pulling in 600 to 700 a week when I was working at Benetton, so it doesn't mean shit to me. I'm just doing this 'cause I want to sing.'[2] By the end of the '80s, however, the group's success had begun to decline. Their fourth and final album, Straight Outta Hell's Kitchen, was less of a commercial success, though it did include a hit with 'Let the Beat Hit 'Em', which reached the top 40 on the US pop chart and was a hit on both the R&B and club charts. The group disbanded in 1991, and Velez pursued both solo singing and acting careers, and Moseley and Hughes went on to do other projects.
Lisa Vanderpump
Lisa Lisa released a solo album called LL77 in 1994,[3] which included the moderate club hit 'When I Fell in Love' (which was remixed by Junior Vasquez) and the notable single 'Skip to My Lu', which hit No. 38 on the R&B chart. She resurfaced circa 2001 on the Nickelodeon series Taina, in which she played the title character's mother. On June 24, 2008, Lisa Lisa presented an award at the BET Awards, sparking interest that she may be plotting a comeback. In 2009, she released Life 'n Love, a full-length album of new material on Mass Appeal Entertainment featuring the single 'Can't Wait' with guest rapperPitbull. The album also features a cover version of the song 'Stand' which was originally performed by Taylor Dayne on her 1998 album Naked without You. In March 2014, she appeared with Stevie B., TKA, Sa-Fire, and others at the eighth annual Forever Freestyle showcase at the Lehman College Center for the Performing Arts in the Bronx.[4]
In June 2019 Lisa Lisa signed with Snoop Dogg's Army, part of the Snoop Dogg Entertainment Company.[5]
Discography[edit]
Studio albums[edit]
| Title | Album details |
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| LL77 |
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| Life 'n Love |
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Singles[edit]
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
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| US [6] | US R&B [6] | US Dance [6] | CA [7] | NL [8] | UK [9] | |||||||||
| 'Skip to My Lu' | 1993 | 105 | 38 | — | 16 | 42 | 34 | LL77 | ||||||
| 'When I Fell in Love' | 1994 | — | 96 | 28 | — | — | — | |||||||
| 'Can't Wait' (feat. Pitbull) | 2009 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Life 'n Love | ||||||
| '—' denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Filmography[edit]
Television[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2001–02 | Taina | Gloria Elana Morales | Main role |
| 2003 | Law & Order | Lucy Mireles | Episode: 'Smoke' |
Personal life[edit]
She bid against Michael Jackson for the remains of Joseph Merrick, saying she wanted the public to be able to access them.[2]
Velez married Antonimar Mello in 2005.[10]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Lisa Ling
- ^LLC, SPIN Media (January 1988). SPIN. SPIN Media LLC.
- ^ abcdLeland, John (January 1988). 'Angel Heart: The Making of Lisa Lisa'. SPIN. SPIN Media LLC.
- ^Erlwine, Stephen Thomas. 'Artist Biography: Lisa Lisa'. AllMusic.
- ^Test, Irene (March 31, 2014). 'On the Cusp of a Comeback: A Return for Freestyle Music'. crossfadr.com.
- ^https://www.instagram.com/p/Byqvy2Gn4wa/
- ^ abc'US Charts > Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam'. Billboard. Retrieved June 18, 2012.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'Billboard, April 16, 1994, p. 54'. Billboard. April 16, 1994. Retrieved June 23, 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'NL Charts > Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam'. MegaCharts. Retrieved June 18, 2012.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^'UK Charts > Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam'. Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 18, 2012.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ^Mongelli, Lorena. 'Artist Biography: Lisa Lisa'. NewYorkPost.
External links[edit]
- Lisa Lisa at IMDb
Lisa may refer to:
People[edit]
People with the mononym[edit]
- Lisa (French musician) (born 1997), French singer and actress
- Lisa (Japanese musician, born 1974), stylized 'LISA', Japanese singer and producer
- Lisa Komine (born 1978), Japanese singer formerly known as Lisa, stylized 'lisa'
- LiSA (Japanese musician, born 1987), Japanese singer
- Lisa (rapper) (born 1997), Thai rapper, member of K-pop group Blackpink
- Lisa Lisa (born 1967), American actress and lead singer of the Cult Jam
People with the name[edit]
- Lisa (given name), a feminine given name
- Lisa (surname), a list of notable people with the surname
Places[edit]
Romania[edit]
- Lisa, a village in Schitu, Olt
United States[edit]
- Fort Lisa (Nebraska) (1812–1823), a trading post in the US
- Fort Lisa (North Dakota) (1809-1812), a trading post in the US
Elsewhere[edit]
- Lisa, Ivanjica, a municipality in Serbia
- Lisa, a village in Ifo, Ogun, Nigeria
- La Lisa, a municipality of Havana, Cuba
Arts, entertainment and media[edit]
Films[edit]
- Lisa (1962 film) or The Inspector, a drama starring Stephen Boyd and Dolores Hart
- Lisa (1978 film), an Indian Malayalam-language film
- Lisa (1990 film), a crime thriller film starring Staci Keanan and Cheryl Ladd
- Lisa (2001 film), a French romantic war film starring Marion Cotillard
Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media[edit]
- 'Lisa', a 1960 single by Jeanne Black
- Lisa: The Painful RPG, a post-apocalyptic role-playing video game
- Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, an American band
- 'Lisa', a main lyric theme by Franz Waxman from the Rear Window film
Organizations[edit]
- LISA Academy (Little Scholars of Arkansas), a public charter high school in Little Rock, Arkansas
- Localization Industry Standards Association, from 1990 to 2011 a Swiss-based trade body concerning the translation of computer software
- Louisiana Independent School Association, a defunct athletic association of segregation academies
Science and technology[edit]
Computing[edit]
- Lisa (computer chip), graphics assistance chip in the Amiga computer in 1992
- LISA (organization), the USENIX special interest group for system administrators
- Large Installation System Administration Conference, the annual system administration conference
- Apple Lisa computer, the precursor to the Apple Macintosh
- Library and Information Science Abstracts, an abstracting and indexing tool designed for library professionals
- Lisa assembler, a 6502 assembler for Apple II
- LISA+, a traffic engineering software package for microsimulation
- Lisp-based Intelligent Software Agents, a production-rule system implemented in the Common Lisp Object System (CLOS)
Other uses in science and technology[edit]
- Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, previously called eLISA (Evolved Laser Interferometer Space Antenna), a planned European-American Space Agency space mission designed to measure gravitational waves
- LISA Pathfinder, a technology demonstrator for eLISA
- Local indicators of spatial association, statistics that evaluate the existence of clusters in the spatial arrangement of a given variable
- Tropical Storm Lisa (disambiguation), various hurricanes, cyclones and a tropical storm
Other uses[edit]
- Lisa (mythology), a creator deity in Dahomeyan religion
- Liaison Interne Satellite Aérogare, one of the two shuttle rail lines of CDGVAL at Charles de Gaulle International Airport
- Lifetime ISA, a UK savings and investment product
See also[edit]
- Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, an American band