Adeva
Patricia Daniels aka Adeva (born 1960) is certainly the singer who comes closest
to the house diva prototype. Trained in soul music and endowed with a strong,
warm voice, she also possesses an androgynous, glamorous physique perfectly
suited to this musical universe. Although American, Adeva's first success came
with the English label Cooltempo in 1988, with her version of Otis Redding's
"Respect ". In 1989, she released what remains her biggest hit: "I Thank You"
got the club world dancing. In 1991, " It Should've Been Me" was the number-one
dance hit in the USA, and in 1995, sh...
