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Ton'Jea
Background Vocalist Composer Recording Artist Songwriter Vocalist""TON'JEA""..... SINGER , SONGWRITER ,PRODUCER,COMPOSER, PERFORMER ,ACTRESS,TV HOST started singing at a very young age she of 3yrs old did her first recording at the age of 5 sing the soulful sound of Barbra Atkins loves makes a woman an yes I'm ready by Barbra Mason, Mr Big stuff by Jean knight Ton'Jea would form her 1st sing group in her wee yrs 6yrs old on the porch in patreo hill sf ca 25th st where she would do little concerts for all the neighbors earning change to go by penny candy Ton'Jea embraced her anointing in church at the age of 9 at El Bethal Baptist Church on Golden Gate st in the city of San Francisco ca for many yrs sanging in the choir there leading songs up until her family moved out of town over to the east side of the bay at this time she stayed in her music gearing towards to he r an b sounds soulful sanging around the house at children's church hilltop Richmond ca as she interred high school Ton'Jea joined her 1st professional group by the name of near future she was 16yrs old 1976-77 from there she went on to work with numerous Artist who are well known names today just a few Romy Geroso Vincent Lars the late Bonnie Boyer from ????Prince???? Danny Thomas from confunkshun ,Rosey Gaines , Levi seacer , Eric eq young Mark Daniels Richard brown ,Allen Webb, Bobby Ford , Myron Pipkin ,Tamara Pipkin , some at a very young age an some in between up until now if I have missed anyone please forgive me I do appreciate every one of you Sylvester Burks ,suga T, Ricardo scales Larry Jazz,Juan Escavedo, Soni Carrington,Les Franklin, Curtis Lemay , Richard Lindsey,Steve Panell, Joey Porter, Kimball Hooker, Renard Gallo from the legendary group ""Switch"" ,Niecylivingsingle ,Ice Dogg, Jaee Logan, Nathan Owens, Samantha Alexa's, so many artist from past an present an so many to names to Ton'Jea also sang early every 7am Tuesday mornings at KMEL radio station when they had bay are talent live on there she was in the Hilltop choir in Richmond ca for many yrs an later embraced a Gospel group by the named ""Timeless"" along with Lena Tyler an Reggie Williams they be performed for charity an local events even Marin City Hall Ton'Jea would later form a group to do seasonal holiday shows for the homeless in Marin county ca on the west side of the bay which included the Grand opening of Rocky Grand Park sharing the same stage as the group The Best intentions just as she has shared the stage with many artist even at an early age Ton'Jea has played all over the bay far an abroad from past to present she also took time to attend school earn credentials became a Nurse, neighborhood advocate, cosmetologist, photographer image developer, an raise a family which altered her life of course for a breaf time yet music be was an has always been Ton'Jea peace zone she's also opened up for groups such as confunkshun George Duke Dazz band ,Kurtis Blow, grandmaster flash ect Ton'Jea has even sang an recorded with a to a rock group called The servants having the pleasure of having a beautiful manager Yvette Hill an Marty Holmes as a booking agent which was major for near future we shared many platforms of entertainment performing for so many events even every NCO club whether local an far abroad she also had the pleasure of winning along with the Larry Jazz band best band bay area in 2018 NCEM awards , Ton'Jea presented Barry pope radio be personality with an image award in the early 70's in Sacramento ca Ton'Jea won best female entertainer of the yr 2019 BMA awards an has had the pleasure to performed for the Escavedo family at there home in her early yrs ago which was a true pleasure not to mention she's also the TV host for the Night Groove TV show with Drake Entertainment Ton'Jea has aswell partaken in the stageplay clown in the prayer closet also the *remake* ""of Risen in the sun"" stageplay by author an screen writer Lisa b an doing tributes of various artist such as Billie Holiday ,Natalie Cole, Chaka Khan there's so many names faces an places an things just to many to name an truthfully I have forgotten alot but by no means of disrespect just longivity an age ???????????? I'm sure alot of you can relate so please help me out if you know anything I'm the type that enjoys the moments not to much of a picture fan taking never have been I will take a few tho ???? I Love you all ""*TON'JEA*""
Ton'Jea
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