Siedah Garrett

Siedah Garrett (born June 24, 1960, Los Angeles, California) is an American songwriter and retired singer. She appeared as a contestant on Password Plus in 1980. Her hits include "Don't Look Any Further" with Dennis Edwards (#72 pop, #2 R&B; in 1984); "Do You Want It Right Now?" in 1985 from the Fast Forward soundtrack (#3 Hot Dance Music/Club Play and #63 R&B;), which was covered by Taylor Dayne in 1988 and later covered by Armand Van Helden in ... more

Siedah Garrett (born June 24, 1960, Los Angeles, California) is an American songwriter and retired singer. She appeared as a contestant on Password Plus in 1980. Her hits include "Don't Look Any Further" with Dennis Edwards (#72 pop, #2 R&B; in 1984); "Do You Want It Right Now?" in 1985 from the Fast Forward soundtrack (#3 Hot Dance Music/Club Play and #63 R&B;), which was covered by Taylor Dayne in 1988 and later covered by Armand Van Helden in 2007 under the title "I Want Your Soul"; "Everchanging Times" from the movie Baby Boom (#30 on the Adult Contemporary chart in 1987), 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 Garrett 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". The association with Jackson enabled her to sing on several Quincy Jones albums of the 1980s and 1990s. Garrett also toured with Michael... less