11/8/2023 0 Comments Miki howard and eddie phelpsIn 1979 aged 18, Miki became the band’s vocalist, and their sixth album (first with Miki) “After the Rain” was released in 1980 neither this nor their following albums “Portraits” and “All Aboard” were successful, so in 1985, Miki felt that she was ready for a solo career, and so left Side Effect. Miki was 16 when she entered a teen pageant, and was after the show introduced to American singer Augie Johnson, who was the frontman of the disco and jazz-funk band Side Effect. ![]() She matriculated from a local high school in 1979, then didn’t attend college. She spent a lot of time during her teenage years at the night club Maverick’s Flat, at which she fell in love with bands Earth, Wind & Fire, Chaka Khan, and Rufus it was then that Miki decided she would become a professional singer. Miki was nine when she moved to Los Angeles, California with her family, where she then had an opportunity to meet famous singers Billie Holiday, Billy Preston and Shirley Caesar, amongst many others. She grew up surrounded by celebrities, and her mother had taken her to the homes of many famous singers, including Mavis Staples and Aretha Franklin. Josephine was 41 when she died in 1978, and Clay was 82 when he passed away in 2018 both Miki’s sisters have also died. Miki and her two sisters were raised in Chicago by their father Clay Graham and mother Josephine Howard Clay was a gospel singer and member of the group The Pilgrim Jubilees, and Josephine was also a gospel singer, and member of The Caravans. ![]() She was highly popular in the mid-‘80s and the first half of the ‘90s, mostly for her hit songs “Baby, Be Mine”, “Love Under New Management”, and “Come Share My Love”, all of which topped the US Billboard Top R&B Singles chart. American actress and singer Alicia Michelle ‘Miki’ Howard was born in Chicago, Illinois USA, on 30 September 1960, so her zodiac sign’s Libra.
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