Francella Ruby Turner, MBE is a British Jamaican R&B and soul singer, songwriter, and actress. She achieved the rare feat, for a British singer, of reaching #1 on the US R&b chart. She was awarded an MBE in the 2016 Birthday Honours for her services to music and the arts.
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Francella Ruby Turner, MBE is a British Jamaican R&B and soul singer, songwriter, and actress. She achieved the rare feat, for a British singer, of reaching #1 on the US R&b chart, with \”It’s Gonna Be Alright\” in February 1990. She is also known for her work as a session backing vocalist, artists she has worked with include Bryan Ferry, UB40, Steel Pulse, Steve Winwood, Jools Holland, and Mick Jagger. She has written songs that have been covered by artists including Lulu, Yazz and Maxi Priest. Turner has also appeared as an actress on stage, film and television.
She was awarded an MBE in the 2016 Birthday Honours for her services to music and the arts. She appeared in a successful run in a musical production of Simply Heavenly, which was nominated for ‘Outstanding Musical’ at the Laurence Olivier Awards in 2005. In 2006 she made an appearance in Little Abroad, where she played the Sheriff of Abroad in the production of Frederick Reggae’s The Abroad. She sang the National Anthem for Queen Elizabeth II at the opening of the Millennium Dome, in London, on New Year’s Eve 1999.
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