About Alma Faye Brooks
Alma Faye Brooks was a singer.
Alma Faye Brooks is an American-born Canadian disco singer. She is most noted as a two-time Juno Award nominee for Best New Female Vocalist, receiving nods at the Juno Awards of 1978 and the Juno Awards of 1980.
Born in Tyler, Texas, she moved to Montreal, Quebec, at age 12 with her family. Living in the Little Burgundy neighbourhood, she sang at the Union United Church, and had a musical theatre role in a production of Hair.
In 1977 she released her debut single "Stop, I Don't Need No Sympathy", a cover of a song previously performed by Lynn Roman.
In 1979 she released the album Doin' It, Following the death of disco icon Donna Summer in 2012, she began performing Donna Summer songs with La Gioventu in tribute.
Her song "Thank You", from Doin' It, was used in the soundtrack to the 2023 film Solo.
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