Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On - Music

Born Flora Yvonne Coleman In Richmond Virginia Fair Got Her Start As A Latter-Day Member Of The Re-Formulated Chantels And The James Brown Revue. Whilst Performing With Brown She Recorded The Song "I Found You " Which He Later Re-Worked Into His Own Signature Hit "I Got You I Feel Good ." Signed To Motown Records In The Early 1970s As A Result Of Her Work With Chuck Jackson She Appeared In A Minor Role As A Chanteuse In The Film Lady Sings The Blues. Fair Then Joined Up With Producer Norman Whitfield For A Series Of Singles "Love Ain't No Toy " "Walk Out The Door If You Wanna " And Her Cover Version Of "Funky Music Sho' 'Nuff Turns Me On." Her Remake Of The Kim Weston/Gladys Knight Semi-Standard "It Should Have Been Me" Dented The Lower End Of The Billboard Hot 100 Chart In 1976. The Track Also Reached Number 5 In The UK Singles Chart In February 1976 Her Only UK Hit Record. In Addititon The Song Featured In A Special Episode Of BBC TV Programme The Vicar Of Dibley Entitled "The Handsome Stranger" And Broadcast On 25 December 2006. She Was Married To Sammy Strain Of Little Anthony & The Imperials. Fair Died At The Age Of 51 In Las Vegas Nevada On March 6 1994 And Was Interred At The Davis Memorial Park Las Vegas. read less