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Vesta Williams

Top of the Pops Archive Also known as Mary Vesta Williams, Vesta
Contemporary R&B Pop Soul Quiet Storm Soul

TYPE

Person

BORN

18 Mar 1963

DIED

22 Sep 2011

LOCATION

United States

PRIMARY GENRE

Contemporary R&B

2

TOTAL APPEARANCES

ARTIST OVERVIEW

Mary Vesta Williams was an American singer-songwriter, who performed across genres such as soul, funk, R&B, Quiet storm, jazz soul and Urban Contemporary. Originally credited as Vesta Williams, she was simply known 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. Read more on Wikipedia.

Timeline


Performance Statistics

Repeat performances are not counted, unless stated otherwise.

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Music Video

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Archived - Video

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TOTP Appearances

Episode Performance archived performance image preview YouTube performance
12/02/1987 Once Bitten Twice Shy
Music Video
29/01/1987 Once Bitten Twice Shy
Mimed

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