Jean Adebambo


Jean Adebambo was a British singer, best known for songs in the lovers rock genre. It is believed she died by suicide.

Biography

Jean Adebambo was born in Islington, London, to a Montserratian mother and a Nigerian father. Her entry into the music business was by chance; she was invited to do a cover version of two records entitled "Again" and "Reunited" by Ital Records in the early 1980s, while she was studying to be a nurse.
She eventually met the Jamaican producer Leonard Chin, for whom she recorded the single "Paradise", and had a successful solo career, mainly recording for her own Ade J label. A string of hits followed such as the singles "Reaching For A Goal", "Hardships of Life" and "Pipe Dreams". Despite all the success, Adebambo quit the music industry and went back into the medical profession and became a health visitor in Bermondsey.
A successful lovers rock concert was held in 2008 at the Brixton Academy, where Adebambo was persuaded to perform and restart her music career; however, she was found dead at home in Leytonstone on 15 January 2009, aged 46.
A tribute concert was held on at Hackney Empire on Sunday 15 March 2009, with the aim of raising funds to help raise her two daughters.

Discography

Albums

  • Feelings, Ade J
  • Off Key Loving, Ade J

    Singles

  • "Paradise", Santic
  • "Reaching for a Goal", Third World
  • "Say That You Love Me", Ade J
  • "Pipe Dreams", Ade J
  • "Hardships of Life", Ade J
  • "Tell Me", Ade J
  • "I Like It", Ade J
  • "Never Before", Ade J
  • "I've Made Up My Mind", Ade J
  • "All the Way", Ade J
  • "Pain", Now Generation
  • "Never Gonna Give You Up", Pioneer International