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Winner!
Outstanding Urban/Funk Vocalist
2005 Detroit Music Awards |
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VALERIE BARRYMORE |
| A music award winner for Best Vocalist has something to say. Valerie has a brand new single entitled: "LET LOVE TAKE OVER YOU". This single is creating a buzz all across the nation. |
Valerie Barrymore was born and raised in Detroit. She attended Michigan Christian College, where she was chosen as a lead vocalist for the school's annual program, 'Celebration in Song'. After college she toured Italy, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada, the eastern United States and the Southern United States. In Japan she appeared at Club PePelomoco and Club ViVi. In the early 1990's Valerie came back to Detroit and did some recording with one of Detroit's Techno Geniuses, Mr. Blake Baxter, soon after she started working with The Steve Somers Band. She fronts the band and impresses audiences with her dynamic stage presence and high-energy. Also a talented writer, she penned the tracks 'Desire", "Love Me Now' and several others. In 1999, she formed Foundation of Funk and started Barrymore Publishing and B. Rox Records. She has been nominated for several Detroit Music Awards including Best R&B & Funk vocalist and in 2005, she won the award!
Valerie has appeared on the very same stage with some of the top of the line entertainers; she appeared at the Afro-American Festival w/ Betty Levette, the Michigan State Fair w/ The Ojays, the Royal Oak Theater w/ Morris Day and the Time and the Common Ground Festival w/ Ms Gladys Knight.
Valeries popularity is growing extremely fast with her work with MotorCity Women (formerly known as The Detroit Women).
Valerie has had international airplay with her song 'I Believe' and believes some of the same success will come with her new single, "Let Love Take Over You".
Valerie is putting the finishing touches on her latest CD, "LOVE". |
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