Noelle Scaggs
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Scaggs singing with Fitz and the Tantrums at Firefly Music Festival 2012
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Noelle Scaggs |
| Born |
October 8, 1979 Denver, Colorado |
| Origin | South Pasadena, California |
| Genres | Pop, soul, R&B |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, piano, percussion |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Labels | Elektra |
| Associated acts | Fitz and The Tantrums, Black Eyed Peas, Dilated Peoples |
| Website | www |
Noelle Scaggs (born October 8, 1979) is an American musician and singer-songwriter from Los Angeles. For ten years she served as front-woman for soul band The Rebirth, and has also collaborated as a composer or vocalist with artists such as The Black Eyed Peas, Dilated Peoples, Quantic, Mayer Hawthorne, Defari, and Damian Marley.
In 2008 she became a co-lead singer of the indie pop and neo-soul band Fitz and The Tantrums, and is featured on their 2010 album Pickin' Up the Pieces, which hit No. 1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. She has toured extensively with the band and performed on shows such as Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Conan, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
She has been critically acclaimed for her "powerhouse vocals" and charismatic on-stage presence.
Scaggs' was born on October 8, 1979 in Denver, Colorado. Her father was a DJ and Scaggs was exposed to his vinyl collection at a young age, including Parliament, Teena Marie, The Pointer Sisters, and The Temptations. She also listened to her parents play artists such as Marvin Gaye and The Temptations during house parties, and was influenced as a young singer by the music of Tina Turner.
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