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Oleta Adams (Oleta Angela Adams) was born on 4 May, 1953 in Seattle, Washington, U.S., is an American singer and pianist (born 1953). Discover Oleta Adams's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 70 years old?

Popular As Oleta Angela Adams
Occupation Singer · songwriter · pianist
Age 70 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 4 May, 1953
Birthday 4 May
Birthplace Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Her husband is John Cushon (m. 1994)

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Oleta Adams Net Worth

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1953

Oleta Angela Adams (born May 4, 1953) is an American singer, pianist, and songwriter.

1970

In the 1970s, she moved to Los Angeles, California, where she recorded a demo tape.

However, many music executives were exclusively interested in disco music rather than Adams' preferred style.

On the advice of her singing coach, Lee Farrell, Adams moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where she did a variety of local gigs.

1980

She found limited success during the early 1980s, before gaining fame via her contributions to Tears for Fears' international chart-topping album The Seeds of Love (1989).

She started her career in the early 1980s with two self-financed albums, which had limited success.

They met in 1980 while working on a demo tape for Adams.

1984

Oleta Adams sang the National Anthem prior to Game Two of the 1984 American League Championship Series.

1985

In June 1985, while performing at the Peppercorn Duck Club in the Hyatt Hotel in Kansas City, Adams was heard by Ian Stanley (keyboardist of the English band Tears for Fears) while they were on a two-night stopover in Kansas City midway through their "Big Chair Tour".

The next night Stanley, Curt Smith and Roland Orzabal had dinner at the club where Adams was again performing, and they collectively decided that they would approach her with an offer for her to work on their next album, The Seeds of Love.

Adams accepted the offer, and two years later Orzabal and Smith got in contact with her again to invite her to join the band as a singer and pianist.

1989

In 1989, the album was released and the single "Woman in Chains", sung as a duet by Adams and Orzabal and with Phil Collins on drums, became her first hit.

1990

Adams embarked on a world tour with Tears for Fears in 1990, performing by herself as the supporting artist at the start of each show, and remaining onstage throughout the Tears for Fears set where she would provide piano and vocals.

Following her work with Tears for Fears, Adams was offered a recording contract by their label, Fontana Records, and restarted her solo career in 1990.

After meeting a number of producers, she worked with Roland Orzabal, who co-produced her new album, Circle of One.

1991

Her albums Circle of One (1991) and Evolution (1993) were top 10 hits in the UK; the former yielded a Grammy-nominated cover of Brenda Russell's "Get Here", which was a top 5 hit in both the UK and the U.S. Adams has been nominated for four Grammy Awards, as well as two Soul Train Music Awards.

Oleta Angela Adams was born the daughter of a preacher and was raised listening to gospel music.

In her youth, her family moved to Yakima, Washington, which is sometimes shown as her place of birth.

She got her musical start in the church.

Before gaining her opportunity to perform, Adams faced a great deal of rejection.

The album received acclaim, and eventually peaked at No. 1 in the UK Albums Chart in 1991, after she scored her biggest hit to date with a Grammy-nominated cover of Brenda Russell's "Get Here".

The song reached the UK and U.S. top 5 and became popular during the 1991 Gulf War conflict, as families of deployed troops in the region embraced the tune as a theme song.

1991 also saw Adams sign to independent music publisher Fairwood Music, and contribute to the Elton John/Bernie Taupin tribute album Two Rooms, on which appeared her version of John's 1974 hit "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me".

Adams' version became another top 40 hit in the UK.

1993

Her next album, Evolution (1993), was also a commercial success, making the UK top 10.

It also featured her self-penned adult contemporary single "Window of Hope".

1994

In 1994, Adams married drummer John Cushon at a United Methodist church in Kansas City, where they both taught Sunday School.

Adams stated that she never had a passion to get married but on January 17, 1994 she and Cushon were involved in the Los Angeles earthquake.

Adams referred to this as a sign from God that she was ready to get married.

1995

Her 1995 release, Moving On, saw Adams move more in the direction of R&B.

She reunited with Orzabal for the duet "Me and My Big Ideas", on the Tears for Fears album, Raoul and the Kings of Spain, the same year.

1997

Two years later, she released the Christian themed album Come Walk with Me, where she received a nomination for a Grammy Award for "Holy Is the Lamb" in 1997.

1998

In 1998, she toured as a guest vocalist on Phil Collins's Big Band Jazz Tour.

2001

In 2001, Adams released her sixth album, All the Love, a return to an R&B/Adult contemporary sound.

2004

The album was re-released in 2004 in Germany with a different title I Can't Live a Day without You.

In 2004, Adams reunited with Tears for Fears once again as she made a surprise guest appearance onstage at their Kansas City concert, performing "Woman in Chains".

2006

On October 3, 2006, Adams released her first Christmas album, entitled Christmas Time with Oleta.

2009

On April 21, 2009, Adams released her eighth album entitled Let's Stay Here.

2017

On February 10, 2017, Adams released her ninth album, her first album in eight years, entitled Third Set.