Vernessa Mitchell Biography

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Vernessa Mitchell
Vernessa Mitchell is a R&B/Soul music/Gospel/House music artist from Pasadena, California. She is also the sister of Barbara Mitchell and was part of the late 1970s R&B vocal quartet High Inergy. She left the group in 1978 to pursue a gospel career after becoming a born-again Christian. Mitchell released two Gospel/CCM music album during the 1980s. This Is My Story was released in 1985 and Higher Ground followed in 1988.

Although she had success as a Gospel/CCM artist, Mitchell has also done well as a dance diva. Her uplifting house songs have charted seven times on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play with gospel/inspirational themed dance songs "Reap (What You Sow)" (#19/1996), "This Joy" (#5/1998), "Issues" (#12/2000), "Serious" (#37/2003), "Took My Life" (#2/2004; #1 Club Play track in 2004 year-end chart) and "Accept Me"(#1/2005). Mitchell's 2006 single, "Love Will Find A Way" peaked at #5 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.

Discography

Albums

  • This Is My Story 1985 Top Gospel Albums #19
  • Higher Ground 1988 Top Gospel Albums #32
  • On a Mission 1990 Benson
  • Destiny 1992 A&M
  • Let Your Presence Fall 1998 Priority Sound


Singles

  • "Reap (What You Sow)"
  • "This Joy"
  • "Serious"
  • "Took My Life"
  • "Accept Me"
  • "Trouble don't last always
  • "Love Will Find A Way"


See also

  • List of number-one dance hits
  • List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart


External links



American female singersRhythm and blues musiciansAmerican house musiciansAmerican soul singersAmerican gospel singers



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