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Alison Limerick

b. 1959

British singer

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Born 1959. Alison Limerick is a British singer.

Alison T. Limerick (born 1959, Stepney) is a British singer-songwriter who scored success in the 1990s with the club anthem "Where Love Lives", which was her solo debut and a No. 3 hit on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play in 1991.

Biography

Limerick attended the London School of Contemporary Dance and switched to a music career, first as a backing vocalist, in the 1980s. She sang on Grand Union Orchestra's 1986 world jazz album The Song of Many Tongues, written by Tony Haynes.

In 1989, she made a brief appearance as an African sorceress in Bob Rafelson's film, Mountains of the Moon. She has also contributed to This Mortal Coil, singing on two of its albums: Filigree & Shadow (1986) and Blood (1991).

She continues to record and perform live with Brooklyn Funk Essentials, for PAs, and with her own band. She can be heard singing soul and jazz, in various venues across Europe, and found being the Dance Diva in house music venues around the world performing her all-time classics like "Where Love Lives" and "Make It on My Own".

Discography Albums And Still I Rise (1992) UK No. 53 With a Twist (1994) Club Classics (1996) Spirit Rising (1998)

Singles

As featured artist "My Father", "Alone", and "Drugs" with This Mortal Coil from Filigree & Shadow (1986) "Andialu", "Nature's Way" with This Mortal Coil from Blood (1991) "Magic's Back (Theme from The Ghosts of Oxford Street)" with Malcolm McLaren (1991) UK No. 42 "Love Will Keep Us Together" with James Taylor Quartet (1995) UK No. 63 "Lead You to Heaven" with And If (2006) "In the Blood" with X-Press 2 (2012) "Bye Bye" with Lenny Fontana (2018)

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Alison Limerick?

British singer

When was Alison Limerick born?

Alison Limerick was born in 1959 in Stepney.

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Alison Limerick is a singer.

What nationality is Alison Limerick?

Alison Limerick is British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Alison Limerick

· Wikidata: Q4727124

· DBpedia: Alison Limerick

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