Jaki Graham (born 15 September 1956, Birmingham, England) is an English singer. Her biggest international success was reaching number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1994, with her cover version of Chaka Khan's hit, "Ain't Nobody".
Graham originally sang in a band called Ferrari, and then went on to the band Medium Wave, before becoming a backing vocalist for UB40. She appeared on their version of Jimmy Cliff's "Many Rivers to C...
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Jaki Graham (born 15 September 1956, Birmingham, England) is an English singer. Her biggest international success was reaching number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1994, with her cover version of Chaka Khan's hit, "Ain't Nobody".
Graham originally sang in a band called Ferrari, and then went on to the band Medium Wave, before becoming a backing vocalist for UB40. She appeared on their version of Jimmy Cliff's "Many Rivers to Cross" as well as UB40's own "Sing Our Own Song" (1986).
She went on to achieve notable solo chart success, including two singles in which she duetted with the former Linx member, and future Fame Academy vocal coach, David Grant.
Amongst her UK chart entries were Top 10 placings for "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" (#5), "Round and Around" (#9) and "Set Me Free" (#7). She also hit the Top 20 with her second Grant duet, "Mated" (#20), "Step Right Up" (#15) and "Breaking Away" (#16).
In 1990 she provided backing vocals on Kim Wilde's, "I Can't...
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