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Rozalla (born Rozalla Miller,
18 March 1964, in
Ndola,
Zambia) is a female
dance music performer from
Zimbabwe born to a
Zambian mother and an
English father. She is best known for her
1991 hit "
Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)".
Career
Rozalla first came on the scene in the
1980s in
Zimbabwe, the country she'd moved to from her birth country. Her
singles charted well in the area and an
English record producer took her to
London in
1988. Rozalla's career took off when "Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)" reached number 6 in the
UK Singles Chart in 1991. The
track soon crossed over to international charts and reached number 37 on the
Billboard Hot 100 the following year. Her debut album was named after her debut hit, and also included her
UK Top 20 hits "
Faith (In The Power Of Love)" and "
Are You Ready To Fly". She also worked with
Michael Jackson on his "Dangerous" tour, opening all of his performances.
Rozalla subsequently
recorded the
theme song to the
film,
Carlito's Way, "
I Love Music" which enjoyed UK Top 20/U.S. Hot 100 success in
1994. Further British hits followed in "Baby", "
This Time I Found Love" and "
You Never Love The Same Way Twice".
1995 saw the release of her second album
Look No Further.
In
1996 Rozalla released a
remix of
Everybody's Free, which entered the UK
Top 40. Her third
album Coming Home was released in
1998. The album had a
Stateside club hit with its lead single, "Don't Go Lose It Baby" which, however, failed to make an impact on the UK chart.
In
2002 she enjoyed a surprise German hit single with a remix of "Everybody's Free". She re-emerged in
2003 alongside Plastic Boy on the vocal
Trance hit single "Live Another Life" which peaked at #55 in the UK. In 2005 she released a new version of "You Never Love The Same Way Twice" and "Are You Ready To Fly" was
remixed by Northernbeat. Her track "All Or Nothing" was a sizable club hit in
2005.
Trivia
A choral version of "Everybody's Free" by
Quindon Tarver was featured in
Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film
William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet. Tarver's rendition was later used by Luhrmann for his single "
Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)". In April 2007 French DJ and producer
Bob Sinclar released a single called "Sound Of Freedom" which features samples from "Everybody's free".
In 2006, Rozalla covered the vintage Euro-pop hit by
ABBA, "
Dancing Queen" for a film called,
Full Circle. In February 2007 she sang on stage at The Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas with Toni Braxton, singing a few lines of "Another Sad Love Song", to a rapturous reception from the audience.
Recent times
In June 2007, Rozalla started work on a new album, her first for a number of years. It will feature less dance-oriented music, and more soul, jazz influenced tracks. Early reports from the studio are that the original and self-penned songs are extremely impressive
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Discography
Albums
- 1992 Everybody's Free
- 1993 Everybody's Free Style 1993 Remixed To Perfection
- 1995 Look No Further
- 1998 Coming Home
- 2003 Best Of
- 2004 Everybody's Free (Special Edition with DVD)
Singles
| Title |
U.K. Singles |
U.S. Hot 100 |
U.S. Dance |
YEAR |
| "Born To Luv Ya" |
- |
- |
- |
1990 |
| "Faith (In the Power Of Love)" |
#65 |
- |
- |
1991 |
| "Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)" |
#6 |
#37 |
#1 |
1991 |
| "Faith (In the Power Of Love)" (reissue) |
#11 |
- |
#4 |
1991 |
| "Are You Ready to Fly" |
#14 |
#106 |
#1 |
1992 |
| "Love Breakdown" |
#65 |
- |
- |
1992 |
| "In 4 Choons Later" |
#50 |
- |
- |
1992 |
| "Don't Play With Me" |
#50 |
- |
- |
1993 |
| "I Love Music" |
#18 |
#76 |
#1 |
1994 |
| "This Time I Found Love" |
#33 |
- |
- |
1994 |
| "You Never Love The Same Way Twice" |
#16 |
- |
#11 |
1994 |
| "Baby" |
#26 |
- |
- |
1995 |
| "Losing My Religion" |
- |
- |
- |
1995 |
| "Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)" (remix) |
#30 |
- |
#14 |
1996 |
| "Coming Home" |
#137 |
- |
- |
1997 |
| "Don't Go Lose It Baby" |
#134 |
- |
#23 |
1998 |
| "Friday Night" (with Phat 'N' Phunky) |
#79 |
- |
- |
1998 |
| "Everybody's Free" (with Richard 'Humpty' Vission) |
#102 |
- |
#18 |
2000 |
| "Everybody's Free" (with Aquagen) |
- |
- |
- |
2002 |
| "Live Another Life" (with Plastic Boy) |
#55 |
- |
- |
2003 |
| "You Never Love The Same Way Twice" (remix) |
- |
- |
- |
2005 |
| "Everybody's Free" (remix) (with DNF) |
#78 |
- |
- |
2005 |
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