Biography
Fonda Rae emerged toward the close of the 1970s, lending her flirty, sweet, yet tough vocals to several lasting post-disco club singles. A native New Yorker, she first appeared on the self-titled album by Don Armando's 2nd Ave. Rhumba Band, an August Darnell project that spotlighted her across the full set, among them both sides of the "I'm an Indian, Too"/"Deputy of Love" single. Further exposure followed with a feature on Kid Creole's Off the Coast of Me; she also fronted Fantasy's "You're Too Late" and soon supplied vocals for multiple studio efforts, such as Patrick Adams' Rainbow Brown ("I'm the One") and Wish ("Touch Me," later covered by Cathy Dennis). In the same stretch she issued occasional solo 12"s, among them the boogie classic "Over Like a Fat Rat," recorded with Leroy Burgess, and "Heobah," which she co-wrote and co-produced. Background session work and featured appearances kept her busy through the close of the 1980s. Entering the 1990s, she was sought chiefly for lead vocals on house records. Solo and co-billed releases surfaced from time to time, most notably singles on François Kevorkian's Wave Music label and the revered U.K. imprint Nuphonic, the latter through a collaboration with Adam Goldstone. Fonda remained active well into the late 2010s.
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