Billie Myers

Billie Myers’ mother is English, and her father is Jamaican. British record companies had been hesitant to commit to her; Myers recollected one incident in which she was told that British record companies were apprehensive of signing female singer-songwriters. Before her recording debut, Myers was a nurse and insurance agent . Her career in music began after she was approached in a nightclub by record producer Peter Q. Harris, who asked if Myers could sing as well as she could dance.

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