Discography and Biography of Oleta Adams. Listen to all their hits.
Oleta Adams Songs

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Oleta Adams (born May 4, 1953 in Seattle, Washington) is an American soul, jazz, gospel singer and pianist best known for her Grammy nominated cover of Brenda Russell's "Get Here". The song reached the UK and US 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.

Below is a list of Oleta Adams songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Mercury 878476 7
chart position: RandB #8, US #5, UK #4, US AC #3
written by: Brenda Russell
album: Circle of One
comments: [ballad]
Oleta Adams Get Here
1990 Mercury
2 record label: Fontana 875 018
chart position: RandB #9, UK #52, US AC #21
written by: Roland Orzabal and Nicky Holland
album: Circle of One
Oleta Adams Rhythm of Life
1990 Fontana
3 record label: Fontana 9
chart position: RandB #60, UK #22
written by: Kathy Wakefield, Oleta Adams and Vassal Benford
album: Moving On
Oleta Adams Never Knew Love
1995 Fontana
4 record label: Fontana 1
chart position: UK #33
written by: Elton John and Bernie Taupin
album: Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin
Oleta Adams Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
1991 Fontana
5 record label: Fontana 6
chart position: RandB #97, UK #42
written by: Allen Rich and Jud Friedman
album: Evolution
comments: [ballad]
Oleta Adams I Just Had to Hear Your Voice
1993 Fontana
6 record label: Fontana 4
chart position: UK #49
written by: Oleta Adams
album: Circle of One
comments: [ballad]
Oleta Adams You've Got to Give Me Room
1991 Fontana
7 record label: Mercury 852 665 2
chart position: UK #51
written by: Allan Rich and Brenda Russell
album: Moving On
comments: [ballad]
Oleta Adams We Will Meet Again
1996 Mercury
8 record label: Fontana 2
chart position: UK #95
written by: Oleta Adams
album: Circle of One
Oleta Adams Circle of One
1990 Fontana




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