Tramaine Hawkins, real name Tramaine Davis, is an American singer who started her artistic career, while still a student, in a Gospel Choir called The Heavenly. Choir which recorded an album called "I love the Lord" in 1966 and a Single called "He’s alright".
We find her in the early 1970s in another group called Honey Cone, which will have its heyday with the Single "Want ads" in 1971.
The real solo career began at the end of the 1970s with the release of the album "Tramaine", an album of modest success.
But she will have to wait 4 more years and the year 1983 to finally see her efforts partially rewarded with the release of the album "Determined", an album with certain success but which will be classified only in the Gospel category.
The consecration, the real one, arrives with the album "The search is over", album which will produce the biggest hits of all his discography with titles like "Child of the king", "In the morning time" but also, and above all, with the enormous “Fall down (Spirit of love)” which will remain the best ranked of all.
New album "Freedom" a year later in 1987, album with less success but success all the same. Album that will mainly produce the big caliber Single "The rock".
A great adventure that will see the release of other albums and other Singles thereafter, but these will only be classified in minor Gospel Charts type.
To discover or rediscover...
Discography (among others ...) :
60s Decade :
He’s allright 1966
70s Decade :
Look at me 1979
Lord I try 1979
I'll be with him 1979
80s Decade :
Waymaker 1983
Giving and living 1983
Rescue me 1983
Fall down (Spirit of love) 1986
Child of the king 1986
In the morning time 1986
The rock 1987
Freedom 1987
We're all in the same boat 1988
Whenever you call 1988
He loves me 1988
90s Decade :
Do not pass me by 1992
Who's gonna carry you 1994
Stand your ground 1994
Aim you arrow high 1994
I found the answer 1995
2000s Decade :
I'll see you again 2001
All is not lost 2001
I'll wear a crown 2001
By his strenght 2001
I'll never lost my praise 2007
2010s Decade :
My pass 2014
Tracks :
1966 ... the very beginnings. It is clear that we have to start well one day but who would imagine at this stage what awaits her behind. Not many people ...
1979...we will have to wait 13 years to see her finally produce her first solo titles. And my goodness, the result is far from being without interest, that’s clear...
1979...even if the lyrics are very oriented, the style and sound fit perfectly with their time in any case...
1979...a first opus that necessarily bodes well for the rest of the events. While waiting for a sequel which looks very promising...
1983...the beginning of the 80s which saw her gain inexorable power and we suspect that at some point she would produce THE title that would change everything...
1983...there is real talent in this singer and we cannot believe for a single second that she is not rewarded for her efforts...
1983...in any case she does everything necessary for something big to happen. Maybe next time will be the right one...
1986...here she is again 3 years later and the musical evolution is even more notable, to say the least ! Especially when we see the quality of the enormous Dance track that she delivers here, a track which will remain as the biggest success of her entire discography, no less. HU-GE !
1986 ... the rest will seem a little pale next to the enormous steamroller delivered previously. Can and must do better !
1986 ... luckily, she recovered quickly and found the path to success with obvious ease. The exit from the road was narrowly avoided ...
1987 ... even if she will never reach the top of the Charts, she does not have to be ashamed of what she offers, far from it. Quite simply a good job !
1987 ... it still happens to her to get 'through'. This will be the case with this title which will go somewhat unnoticed ...
1988...a quiet end of the decade which saw her return to her comfort zone. Nothing extraordinary but good work and it's not nothing as they say...
1988...we're not going to lie, the best years are now behind her but what she continues to offer is far from unworthy, that's clear...
1988...we will be largely satisfied with it in any case. As long as inspiration remains at a high level, why shy away from pleasure...
1992 ... then she disappears in a surprising way for almost 4 years, at least from the pop scene. It is M.C. Hammer who will bring her up to date. But this will indeed be the last time she will experience major success in the classic Charts ...
1994...here she comes again whatever happens with the firm intention of continuing the adventure as much as possible. And in principle she is absolutely right...
1994...especially since she still has things to offer and especially to sing. In addition, titles of more than certain quality...
1994...nothing and no one is able to shake his Faith. Whether it is his Faith in God or his Faith in the future, whether private or musical...
1995 ... a continuation of career which will be done primarily around Gospel. A perfectly assumed choice but which will inevitably put an end to her so-called 'general public' career ...
2001...whatever the adventure continues and it's not the basic fans who are going to complain, far from it. Fans who always ask for more and more...
2001...and since she has a fairly substantial base of fans, she says to herself that it would be a shame to stop there...
2001...and frankly, who would blame her ? Any musical adventure is worth pursuing as long as it finds an audience that resonates with it...
2001...certainly the public is shrinking from year to year but there are still enough to say that it is still worth believing in a little...
2007...we will therefore accompany her as far as possible even if her musical orientation is, to say the least, particularly selective...
2014...we'll lose sight of her for almost 7 years but here she is back in shock and charming duo mode. Let's hope this return is not the last...
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