Lynda Cheryl Smith (born March 11, 1957), better known by her stage name Cheryl Lynn is a disco, R&B; and soul singer best known for her 1978 disco classic, "Got to Be Real".
Lynn's singing career began when she was a young girl in her church choir. However, her professional singing career started in 1976 when she landed a job as a backing singer in the national touring company of The Wiz. Eventually she would land the role of Evillene, the Wicke...
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Lynda Cheryl Smith (born March 11, 1957), better known by her stage name Cheryl Lynn is a disco, R&B; and soul singer best known for her 1978 disco classic, "Got to Be Real".
Lynn's singing career began when she was a young girl in her church choir. However, her professional singing career started in 1976 when she landed a job as a backing singer in the national touring company of The Wiz. Eventually she would land the role of Evillene, the Wicked Witch of the West, during the six month national tour run.
Prior to her appearance on The Wiz, Cheryl taped an episode of the Gong Show in the early part of 1976. She went on to win the competition while singing Joe Cocker's "You Are So Beautiful". Lynn later told Dick Clark during her appearance on American Bandstand that after the episode aired, in the fall of 1976, record industry executives were calling about her soon after the win.
Discovered on the "Gong Show" by producer Bob Johnston. Cheryl Lynn was signed to Columbia after Ahmed...
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