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Oleta Adams
Actor
Born May 4, 1953 (69 years)
Oleta Adams (born May 4, 1953) is an American singer and pianist. Adams found limited success during the early 1980s, before gaining fame via her contributions to Tears for Fears's international chart-topping album The Seeds of Love (1989). 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 US. Adams has been nominated for four total Grammy Awards, as well as two Soul Train Music Awards.
Filmography
| 2020 | |
| 2017 | 2nd Annual Black Music Honors · as Self - Honoree |
| 2013 | The Real Daytime (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | 2002 Trumpet Awards · as Self |
| 1999 | Loose Women (TV Series) · as Self - Performer |
| 1997 | Classic Albums (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | Die Harald Schmidt Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | The 8th Annual Soul Train Music Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1992 | Tears for Fears: Tears Roll Down - Greatest Hits '82-'92 · as Self (segment "Woman in Chains") |
| 1992 | The Big Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | Later... with Jools Holland (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | The 5th Annual Soul Train Music Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1990 | Tears For Fears - Going To California · as Self - Piano / Vocals |
| 1989 | The Joan Rivers Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1988 | Flitterabend (TV Series) · as Self - Singer |
| 1987 | Going Live! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Guest |
| 1986 | ZDF-Fernsehgarten (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1964 | Top of the Pops (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self |