![]() ![]() Yet, it's hard when you have stiff competition in already in place and you're the newbie in town.įischer first impeded on the scene in 1983 under the name Xena (no "Warrior Princess" here) and had small success in the club circuit with two Freestyle records produced by the men who allowed Shannon to "Let The Music Play", with one cut ("Only Love (Shadows)") finding it's way into the 1984 cult dance movie Beat Street. There was a lot of sanging going on in the '90s as you had the likes of Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Phyllis Hyman, Chaka Khan, Celine Dion, Anita Baker, Taylor Dayne, Miki Howard, Karyn White - must I go on? So it made sense for Lisa Fischer to come into the mix and add a little bit of her zest to the glittering pot. There's a big difference in the words, and note the "a" which is supposed to emphasized. Though the term diva has stereotypical connotations, one thing is for sure, if you're a diva - you gotta know how to sang. As a '90's child, seeing such talent provoked me to believe in the word diva. With every radio dial click you would hear whistle registers, vocal runs, and notes stretched to lengths that made you take out a stopwatch. ![]() With every head turn you'd see someone throwing their hands up in singing abandon with dramatic microphone clutches and fashionable cocktail dresses clinging to all the right curves. It seemed the '90s operated on girl power as female vocalists of all walks of life dominated the music scene, and if you didn't know all the wonder women involved you at least heard them. ![]()
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