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Jean Adebambo (1 July 1962 – 15 January 2009) was a British singer, best known for songs in the lovers rock genre. .....

Biography

Jean Adebambo was born in Islington, London, to a Montserratian mother and a Nigerian father. Her entry into the music business was by chance; she was invited to do a cover version of two records entitled "Again" and "Reunited" by Ital Records in the early 1980s, while she was studying to be a nurse.

She eventually met the Jamaican producer Leonard Chin, for whom she recorded the single "Paradise", and had a successful solo career, mainly recording for her own Ade J label. A string of hits followed such as the singles "Reaching For A Goal", "Hardships of Life" and "Pipe Dreams". Despite all the success, Adebambo quit the music industry and went back into the medical profession and became a health visitor in Bermondsey.

A successful lovers rock concert was held in 2008 at the Brixton Academy, where Adebambo was persuaded to perform and restart her music career; however, she was found dead on 15 January 2009, aged 46.

A tribute concert was held on at Hackney Empire on Sunday 15 March 2009, with the aim of raising funds to help raise her two daughters.

Discography

Albums

• Feelings (1983), Ade J
• Off Key Loving (1985), Ade J

Singles

• "Paradise" (1980), Santic
• "Reaching for a Goal" (1981), Third World
• "Say That You Love Me" (1981), Ade J
• "Pipe Dreams" (1982), Ade J
• "Hardships of Life" (1983), Ade J
• "Tell Me" (1983), Ade J
• "I Like It" (1984), Ade J
• "Never Before" (1984), Ade J
• "I've Made Up My Mind" (1986), Ade J
• "All the Way" (1987), Ade J
• "Pain" (1987), Now Generation
• "Never Gonna Give You Up" (1987), Pioneer International