Siedah Garrett

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Siedah Garrett
Background information
Born	June 24, 1960
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Genre(s)	R&B
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Associated acts	Brand New Heavies
Website	siedah.com

Siedah Garrett (born June 24, 1960 in Los Angeles California) is an American, R&B singer and songwriter.

Her hits include "Don't Look Any Further" with Dennis Edwards (#72 pop, #2 R&B in 1984), "Do You Want It Right Now"? (#3 Hot Dance Music/Club Play and #63 R&B), and "K.I.S.S.I.N.G." (#97 in 1988). The latter song went to #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.

In 1987 Garrrett was involved in Michael Jackson's Bad album, singing a duet with Jackson on "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" and co-writing the #1 single "Man in the Mirror". Garrett also toured with Michael Jackson from 1992 to 1993 on his Dangerous World Tour, singing backing vocals and duetting with him for "I Just Can't Stop Loving You".

In 1996 she joined the Brand New Heavies. Siedah has since left the Brand New Heavies to concentrate on her songwriting. She also supported Madonna as a backing singer and dancer on The Re-Invention Tour in 2004. Garrett has also sung backing vocals for Madonna on some of her previous works including True Blue (1986), and Who's That Girl (1987).