Discography and Biography of Sharon Redd. Listen to all their hits.
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Sharon Redd (October 19, 1945 - May 1, 1992) was a R&B/disco singer from New York. She was the half sister of R&B singer Pennye Ford. She began her recording career in 1967 for the Veep label with the Hank Williams song "Half As Much". Redd's vocals made her presence very quickly known to R&B radio stations, but it wasn't until 1979 that Redd's singing reached a wider audience via the disco hit "Love Insurance," released on RCA/Panorama Records under the name Front Page, her own vocals going uncredited. She soon signed a recording contract with Prelude Records, and Redd became the label's most successful artist. Her first album, 1980's self-titled Sharon Redd featured her biggest hit, "Can You Handle It", which reached #31 in the UK pop chart, and #5 in the US dance chart in 1981. This was closely followed by two more albums - Redd Hott (1982) and Love How You Feel (1983). Redd enjoyed a UK top 20 hit in 1982 with "Never Give You Up", and placed several songs on the US dance chart, including "Beat the Street," "In the Name of Love," and "Love How You Feel." After these releases, Sharon Redd returned to her successful career as a background vocalist, most notably with the group Soiree, which also included among its members Luther Vandross and Jocelyn Brown.

Below is a list of Sharon Redd 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: Prelude 8024
chart position: US dance #5, RandB #57, UK #31
written by: Willie Lester & Rodney Brown
album: Sharon Redd
comments: [disco funk boogie]
Sharon Redd Can You Handle It
1981 Prelude
2 record label: Prelude 13 2755 (UK)
chart position: UK #20
written by: Darryl Payne and Eric Matthew
album: Redd Hott
comments: [disco funk boogie]
Sharon Redd Never Give You Up
1982 Prelude
3 record label: RCA 11677
chart position: US dance #5
written by: Steve Plotnicki, Eddie Rubin
comments: [disco]
Front Page featuring Sharon Redd Love Insurance
1979 RCA
4 record label: Prelude 8064
chart position: UK #31
written by: Ricky Williams and Sharon Redd
album: Redd Hott
comments: [disco dance]
Sharon Redd In the Name of Love
1983 Prelude
5 record label: Prelude 8078
chart position: UK #39, US Dance #16
written by: Eric Matthew
album: Love How You Feel
comments: [disco dance]
Sharon Redd Love How You Feel
1983 Prelude
6 record label: Prelude 4127 (UK)
chart position: UK #83
written by: Eric Matthew, Scott Nesbitt and Sharon Redd
album: Love How You Feel
comments: [disco, dance]
Sharon Redd You're a Winner
1984 Prelude
7 record label: Prelude Records 3197 (UK)
chart position: UK #91
written by: Eric Matthew, Gene Redd and Ruth Carson
album: Redd Hott
comments: [beat ballad]
Sharon Redd Takin' a Chance on Love
1983 Prelude Records
8 record label: Prelude 8058
chart position: RandB #41
album: Redd Hott
Sharon Redd Beat the Street
1982 Prelude
9 record label: Rams Horn Records 3343
chart position: US Dance #33
written by: Eric Matthew, Scott Nesbitt and Sharon Redd
Sharon Redd Liar on the Wire
1983 Rams Horn Records
-- record label: Epic 1210 (UK)
written by: A. Willis, D. Laskey, S. Redd
album: Sharon Redd
Sharon Redd Love Is Gonna Get Ya
1981 Epic
-- record label: Veep 1263
written by: C. Williams
Sharon Redd Half As Much
1967 Veep
-- record label: Prelude 611
written by: W. Lester, R. Brown
album: Sharon Redd
Sharon Redd You Got My Love
1981 Prelude




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