Celi Bee

Celi Bee (born Celida Ines Camacho, New York City) is an American disco musician.

Career Bee is a New York-born singer of Puerto Rican parents. Born in New York, she initially relocated back to Puerto Rico with her parents. There she met Pepe Luis Soto in Puerto Rico in the 1960s and they began making music together. In 1972, she won a festival called Festival De La Voz y La Cancion, with the song, "Yo Quiero Un Pincel. She was initially popular in Spain, and Puerto Rico where her single, "Half A Love", became successful.

In 1977 she signed a recording contract with TK Records, whilst Soto wrote a song called "Superman". The song, credited to Celi Bee and the Buzzy Bunch, became a hit, reaching #3 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play Singles chart, #41 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #86 on the R&B chart. The album, Celi Bee and the Buzzy Bunch, an extended six track set, reached #39 on the R&B listing and #169 on the main Billboard 200 album chart. and "Coming Up Strong". The album sleeve featured Bee alone without the Buzzy Bunch. Ullanda McCullough sang as a backing vocalist, and the strings were arranged by Irving Spice. Her follow-up album, Fly Me on the Wings of Love 's title track peaked at #16 on the US Dance chart. The album also featured "Boomerang" and "For the Love of My Man", the former written by Bee. Her final album was Blow My Mind (1980), whose title track reached #29 in the US Dance chart. Around this time, Soto and Bee divorced.

Like so many disco artists, the popularity of Celi Bee waned in the 1980s. However she did continue to record with sporadic singles like "I'm Free" (1983) and an album Como Agua y Arena (1986). The disco albums she released have all been re-released on CD, firstly by Hot Productions and, more recently, on Disconnected.

In February 2007, her greatest hits compilation album was issued by Disconnected.

Discography Albums YearAlbumChart positions US USR&B AUS 1977 Celi Bee & The Buzzy Bunch 39 169 - 1978 Alternating Currents - - - Fly Me On The Wings Of Love - - 93 1979 Blow My Mind - - - 1986 Como Agua Y Arena - - -

Charted Singles Year Title Chart positions US USDance 1977 "Superman" 41 3 86 92 -1978 "Macho (A Real, Real One)" - 23 - - - "Hold Your Horses, Babe" - - - - 721979 "Blow My Mind" - 29 - - - "Fly Me on the Wings of Love" - 16 - - - 1983 "I'm Free" - 66 - - - 1987 "I Can't Let Go" - 16 - - -