Ramona L. Brooks (January 8, 1951 â€" June 2, 2014) was an American
singer and actress. A member of Lady Flash, Barry Manilow's backup
group, she sang on his 1975 Album Tryin' to Get the Feeling. She also
performed on Lizzy Mercier Descloux's 1979 album Press Color.[citation
needed] Tom Spahn was her vocal coach. Her 1977 solo single
Skinnydippin hit 94 on what is now the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
chart, and I Don't Want You Back reached 55 on the U.S. Dance Club
Songs chart in 1981.[citation needed] On Broadway, she appeared with
Doug Henning in The Magic Show at the Cort Theater, and with Billy Dee
Williams in I Have a Dream, at the Ambassador Theater in 1976. Her
brief movie career included appearing as "Hooker #1" in the 1980 Frank
Sinatra vehicle The First Deadly Sin and as "Hooker #2" in 1983's
Vigilante.[citation needed] Her brother Paul Stubblefield was the
drummer for the 1970s Cleveland Jazz/Funk group Sounds of Unity and
Love, her cousin is Hammond organ player Ike Stubblefield.
singer and actress. A member of Lady Flash, Barry Manilow's backup
group, she sang on his 1975 Album Tryin' to Get the Feeling. She also
performed on Lizzy Mercier Descloux's 1979 album Press Color.[citation
needed] Tom Spahn was her vocal coach. Her 1977 solo single
Skinnydippin hit 94 on what is now the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
chart, and I Don't Want You Back reached 55 on the U.S. Dance Club
Songs chart in 1981.[citation needed] On Broadway, she appeared with
Doug Henning in The Magic Show at the Cort Theater, and with Billy Dee
Williams in I Have a Dream, at the Ambassador Theater in 1976. Her
brief movie career included appearing as "Hooker #1" in the 1980 Frank
Sinatra vehicle The First Deadly Sin and as "Hooker #2" in 1983's
Vigilante.[citation needed] Her brother Paul Stubblefield was the
drummer for the 1970s Cleveland Jazz/Funk group Sounds of Unity and
Love, her cousin is Hammond organ player Ike Stubblefield.
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