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Linda Clifford (born on August 20th, 1944 in New York , New York ) is an American R&B , Disco and House Music singer and actress who scored many hits in the 70s, 80s, 90s into the new millenium. EARLY CAREER Clifford is also a former Miss New York State, and fronted a Jazz Music trio before switching to R&B. After winning her title, Clifford started working as an actress, receiving minor roles in major films like '' The Boston Strangler '' with Tony Curtis and Henry Ford , '' Coogan's Bluff '' with Clint Eastwood and '' Sweet Charity '' with Shirley MacLaine . MUSIC CAREER Unsatisfied with her roles, Clifford decided to concentrate on her singing career, and performed in night clubs with the 'Jericho Jazz Singers', before forming her own group ''''Linda & The Trade Winds''''. In 1973 she was signed to Paramount Records and her first single, ''(It's Gonna Be) A Long Long Winter'' became a minor hit on the R&B charts in the winter of 74'. By the mid-70's Curtis Mayfield signed Clifford to his Curtom Records label. The first single off her self-titled album was ''From Now On'' which again became a minor hit on the R&B charts. Her follow-up album, ''If My Friends Could See Me Now'' produced two of Clifford's biggest hit, putting her on the music map. The first, Runaway Love became a huge R&B hit peaking at #3 for two strong weeks. The second, the title track, became a smash hit on the Disco chart peaking at #1 for five impressive weeks. The following year she released her third album, 1979 's ''Let Me Be Your Woman''. It yielded the Disco version of Simon & Garfunkel 's hit Bridge Over Troubled Water . It became her first top 40 Pop hit. The album was also available in a two-album form with extended versions. It was followed by "Here's My Love" (1979) and a duet with Curtis Mayfield, "Between You and Me, Baby" (summer 1979). Eventually, Mayfield and Clifford released an albums of duets in 1980, "The Right Combination". In 1980, Clifford was asked to produce a single for the upcoming movie Fame . The result was the top 40 smash ''Red Light''. It became her second number-one Disco hit. Her next and final album with RSO , ''I'm Yours'', was produced by soul legend Isaac Hayes and gave her third #1 Disco hit ''Shoot Your Best Shot'' which stood it's ground at number-one on the U.S. Dance Charts for 4 weeks. In 1981 , Clifford signed to Capitol Records and released the hard edge dance single ''Don't Come Crying To Me''. It peaked at number-one for three consecutive weeks on the Disco charts. Despite the success of the single, the album ''I'll Keep On Loving You'' sold poorly, and her contract was not renewed. Clifford was signed to local label ''Red Label Records'' and released ''Sneakin' Out'' in 1984 . The release yielded a couple of minor dance and R&B hits, including the title track. ''My Heart's On Fire'', in 1985 would be Cliffords's last full length album. It featured the top ten Dance hit ''The Heat In Me''. Clifford has subsequently recorded or re-recorded single tracks; she recorded "Whatcha Gonna Do" in 1995 and re-recorded "If My Friends Could See Me Now" in 1996. She also released "Wanna Give It Up" with Ralphi Rosario (#16 dance in 1999), "Philly Groove" with Romain & Krivit (2000), "Changin'" (#17 dance), "Ride the Storm" with Akabu (2001), "Going Back to My Roots", "Sunshine", "I Hear The Music" with Ralphi Rosario (2002) and "Spinnin'" with Prospect Park/Joey Negro (2003). OTHER PROJECTS After her initial record contract was not renewed, Clifford began to write jingles for such products as Tropicana , Maybelline , McDonald's , Miller Lite , ''Michelob Lite'', Oldsmobile and Pontiac . She also provided the theme songs for The Phil Donahue Show and the cop-drama Chicago Story and became a host to one of the first home-shopping TV shows ''Home Shop Chicago''. She also continued to perform in local clubs and special events. #1 Hot Dance Music/Club Play Hits
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