Crystal Waters

b. New Jersey, USA.

Waters' enjoys one of the more colourful backgrounds among dance music's modern female exponents. She majored in Computer Science at Howard University. Her father was jazz musician Junior Waters, and her great-aunt Ethel Waters. Indeed everyone in her family played an instrument, though some of her own initial forays were as the youngest member of the American Poets Society. Her entry into the music scene could hardly have been more dramatic. "Gypsy Woman (La Da Dee)" was the song that did it for her with the production know-how of the Basement Boys, it became the summer anthem of 1991 in many clubs throughout Britain and Europe. At the time she was still employed as a computer technician issuing the FBI with warrants at the Washington DC parole board. The song eventually rose to number 3 in the UK charts, and brought her success over in America too, though her first album received mixed reviews. She returned in 1994 with "100% Pure Love", a first recording in over three years, and a second album. This time her songwriting was significantly stronger, representing a more satisfying, less rushed collection.

Discography:

Discography:

20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection... 2001
Crystal Waters 1997
Storyteller 1994
Makin' Happy [EP] 1991
Surprise 1991
Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless) [EP] 1991