Camille (vocalist)
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Camille in 2015
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| Birth name | Camille Marie Filfiley |
| Born |
December 31, 1949 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Dance, R&B |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Labels | Camilleon, Martru, 4th & B'way |
| Associated acts | Deodato, K7, TKA |
| Website | www |
Camille Filfiley, known professionally as Camille, is an American singer best known for her recordings with Eumir Deodato and her prominence in the early 1990s freestyle music and dance music genres.
Camille began singing at the age of seven, and by age 11 was performing professionally in New York City with appearances at notable Manhattan clubs like The Improv and Catch A Rising Star. She achieved her first radio success in 1985 after getting hired by recording artist and hit producer Eumir Deodato. Camille was the featured vocalist on Deodato's album Motion, singing on the hits "S.O.S., Fire In The Sky" and "Are You For Real" (each credited on the album as Deodato featuring Camille). The songs reached #6 and #17 respectively on the Billboard Hot Dance Chart and stayed on the chart for a combined 26 weeks. "S.O.S., Fire In The Sky" was also an international hit, reaching the top of the charts in the Netherlands and France. Camille performed live dates for the next two years in support of the Deodato album. It was during this time that she became established in New York's "Garage music" scene, which originated in the historic Paradise Garage dance club and was popularized by DJs Larry Levan and Tony Humphries.
In the 1990s she followed with several solo releases for the record labels 4th & B'way Records and Martru Records (all credited as Camille), and was the lead singer for Rhythm Method on the label ZYX Music (credited as Rhythm Method featuring Camille). Camille also picked up numerous album credits as background or featured vocalist for many top Freestyle music artists, including The Cover Girls, TKA, Concept of One, Tony Moran, Latin Rascals, Angel Civiles and others. The TKA session was a cover of Deodato's "Are You For Real" for their album Louder Than Love (credited on the album as TKA featuring Camille). In the process she met TKA member Louis Sharpe, who used the stage name Kayel with TKA and later K7 as a solo artist. This led to Camille singing on K7's hip-hop hit "Come Baby Come" in 1993 (credited as Camille Shea, her married name). The song reached #18 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart and #3 on the UK Singles Chart, and was RIAA certified gold. It has since been released on more than 40 compilation or soundtrack albums, most notably Jock Jams, Volume 1 on Tommy Boy Records which was RIAA certified double platinum. The song was also prominently featured in the 2006 Touchstone Pictures movie Stick It starring Jeff Bridges. On the recording session for "Come Baby Come", Camille improvised a vocal scat, which was used as a repeating hook throughout the song. Although Camille came up with the line, she did not receive any writing credit for the song.
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