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label	Vesta Williams
sameAs	Vesta Williams Vesta Williams
name	Vesta Williams
gender	Female
dbo:genre	jazz pop music dbr:Contemporary_R&B dbr:Soul_music dbr:Adult_contemporary%20music
Subject	African-American musicians A&M Records artists American soul singers 1957 births 2011 deaths Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) Actresses from Ohio African-American actresses American film actresses Singers from Ohio Singers with a four-octave vocal range People from Coshocton, Ohio
abstract	b. December 1, 1957, Coshocton, Ohio, U.S.A.d. September 22, 2011, Los Angeles, U.S.A.R&B Singer who had 7 top 20 singles on the US R&B Billboard Charts.
dbo:abstract	Mary Vesta Williams (December 1, 1957 – September 22, 2011) was an American recording artist and songwriter, who performed across genres such as pop, jazz, adult contemporary and R&B. Originally credited as Vesta Williams, she was sometimes simply billed as Vesta beginning in the 1990s. She was known for her four-octave vocal range. She once sang The Star Spangled Banner for the Los Angeles Lakers game opener using all four of those octaves. Although Williams never had any albums certified gold nor any Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, she scored six Top 10 hits on the United States Billboard R&B chart from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s which included %22Once Bitten, Twice Shy%22, %22Sweet Sweet Love%22, %22Special%22, and her 1989 hit and signature song, %22Congratulations%22.
schema:alternateName	Williams Gary Taylor Vesta
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homepage	http://vestawilliams.com
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universally unique identifier	56d9907bcc2ddd0c0f6be716
wikipedia	wikipedia-en:Vesta_Williams
schema:birthDate	1963-03-18
schema:deathDate	2011-09-22
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wsb:discogs_id	12142
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wsb:name_without_accent	Vesta Williams
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wsb:wikia_page	Vesta_Williams
wsb:wikidata_page	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q915447
is mo:performer of	Other Songs Congratulations Once Bitten Twice Shy

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