Email: luvbizness@gmail.com
Website: www.tanjiaharris.com
Myspace:ww.myspace.com/tanjiaharris
Tanjia Antoinette Harris
(born October 1st in San Francisco, California) is singer, songwriter, and audio-engineer. I was the lead singer for the female trio Pure Essence and mentored by Emmy Award winning musician, Tony Saunders. The group and I were were featured on
Eleven-Five's 1995 hit album
“Fiendin’ 4 Tha Funk"(re-released in 2006).
"Fiendin' 4 Tha Funk" peaked at 73 on
Billboard's Top 100 R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart list.
The daughter of a French Canadian mother and a black father, I am also the sister of up and coming Singer/Songwriter
Shemeca Greer.
As a child, I sang tunes from the radio and my father’s album collection. In the third grade I was recognized by my school choir teacher as a standout soprano and was requested to sing with jazz saxophonist,
Richie Cole. I participated in my high school choir at Woodrow Wilson and then studied two years under Ms.
Lucy Kinchen, at Laney College in Oakland, CA.
With
The Supremes as an idol, I dreamed of becoming a recording artist. At age 18 I began dating San Francisco-pioneering rapper Cougnut and give gave me my first professional opportunity to perform a voice-over on the track
“Bang Bang” on the
I.M.P. Back In The Days CD. This album peaked at 100 on Billboard's Top 100 R&B/Hip-Hop albums chart list.
Currently, I am wrapping up the mastering of my first self-titled solo album due for release at the end of this year.
Discography
Studio Albums
While in the group
Pure Essense
(1995)
"Pimp Theme" (featured on
Eleven Five’s,
Fiendin’ for The Funk album)
While in the group
The Four Elements
(2000)
"Stepped In the Party" (featured on undergroup group
Boogie Shack’s,
Millenium Jewels album
As a solo artist
(1995)
"Fiendin’ For the Funk" (featured on
Eleven Five’s Fiendin’ for The Funk album)
(2000)
“Wasted" and
“You and I” (featured on underground group
Boogie Shack’s
Millenium Jewels album)
LINKS
Shemeca Greer www.myspace.com/shemecagreer
Lucy Kinchen http://www.lucykinchenchorale.org
Tony Saunders www.tonysaunders.com
Bruce Bolin www.puddingstonerecording.com
Eleven-Five www.myspace.com/11eleven5five
Boogie Shack/Big Tunes/BigDreams/Affiliated Musik www.myspace.com/bigtunesbigdreams
Ritchie Cole www.ritchiecole.com
Best of Broadway www.bestofbroadway.org
FMOB featuring Ritchie Rich, “We Came To Move Ya!”
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Last Updated: 17 OCT 2008
