Kate Markowitz (born in Los Angeles, California) is an American singer-songwriter. Markowitz is perhaps best known as a back-up vocalist who has recorded and performed with a number of singers, most notably James Taylor but also Willy DeVille, Shawn Colvin, Don Henley, Billy Joel, k.d. lang, Lyle Lovett, Graham Nash, Randy Newman, and Warren Zevon. 1990s European success Markowitz had a platinum-selling single in Germany in the 1990s. The single began as a Bacardi Rum jingle that she recorded for the European market. The jingle was so popular that she was asked to transform it into a song about "summer love" rather than rum. She co-wrote the lyrics and recorded it (with Arnold McCuller and Valerie Carter on backing vocals) under the pseudonym Kate Yanai. Called "Summer Dreaming (The Bacardi Song)," it went to Number 1 within two weeks in Germany, where it stayed for seven weeks, selling well over 500,000 copies. 2000s activities

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