Carol Jiani - Should Have Been Me album flac

Carol Jiani (born Uchenna Carol Ikejiani) is a Nigerian singer based in England, best known for her early 1981s hit "Hit 'N Run Lover". Uchenna Carol Ikejiani was born in Nigeria to an Igbo family. In autumn 1978, she auditioned to appear on Joe La Greca's album Montreal. In early 1978, Jiani recorded two tracks for the project, "If You Believe in Me" and "Higher and Higher".

It Should Have Been Me. 1990. Carol Jiani biography. Disco and hi-NRG diva Uchenna Ikejiani was born in Nigeria to an Igbo family. She moved from Nigeria to Montreal, Canada in the mid-1970s to study at Concordia University. In autumn 1977 she auditioned to appear on Joe La Greca's album Montreal. In early 1978 she recorded two tracks for the project, If You Believe In Me and Higher And Higher. Levine and Jiani went on to produce a full album for Hot Records, The Best of Carol Jiani, featuring a re-recording of Hit N' Run Lover as well as brand new material. In 1994 she released the very nice eurodance single I Didn't Know. It was written by French team Beat Paul, Franklin Fischer and Rémy "Fab" Philly.

London-based daytime talk-show host Carol Jiani invites a guest panel to discuss a topic, in front of . .

Thus Carol Jiani was born sometime around 1979-1980. During 1979 Joe and Carol worked on several formulas trying to perfect disco magic. During 1980 Carol and Joe recorded a pair of tunes written by Sandy Wilbur. Hit And Run Lover" and "All The People Of The World. The latter, a downtempo wailer has since become a late-night sleaze classic while the former has gone down in disco history as one of the most played and re-released songs ever. Hit And Run Lover" has been re-recorded by Jiani no fewer than a dozen times and has become her trademark song. The delivery is a nice easy going beat with Carol giving it a full out reading.

Carol Jiani was an outrageous, larger than life, African singer, who moved to Montreal and had a huge hit with "Hit And Run Lover". For those who love facts, her real name is Uchena Ikejiani. She then moved to England and signed to Record Shack to record "Vanity". Then came the song, "Turning My Back And Walking Away", which was to have been her second single for MCA, and was indeed recorded for them. But my old friend there, Dave Ambrose, left the company and Carol was dropped, and rather than be forced to release this single, they gave it back to us, so I rushed it out on the Nightmare Records label. After that, we ended up doing a whole album, "The Best Of Carol Jiani" for Hot Records in Miami, and we re-recorded "Hit And Run Lover" as well as a great version of the Dells' old soul classic, "Make Sure You Have.

The BBC artist page for Carol Jiani. Find the best clips, watch programmes, catch up on the news, and read the latest Carol Jiani interviews. Carol Jiani (born Uchenna Carol Ikejiani) is a Nigerian singer based in England, best known for her early 1981s hit "Hit 'N Run Lover". Find out more about our use of this data.