Geraldine Hunt
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| Geraldine Hunt | |
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| Birth name | Geraldine Milligan |
| Born | February 10, 1945 St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Genre(s) | R&B, Jazz, Disco |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, record producer |
| Years active | 1962-Present |
| Website | www.geraldinehunt.com |
Geraldine Hunt (born February 10, 1945, St. Louis, Missouri was raised in Chicago, Illinois. She is an American R&B singer who had several hits in the early 1980s, including a #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart: "Can't Fake the Feeling" spent seven weeks at the top in 1980.
Hunt is the mother of three children; Rosalind Hunt of the musical group Chéri, singer Freddie James and Jeanne.
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[edit] Life and career
Hunt's parents are Rosie Lee Vickers and Frank Milligan. Her father was a one-man band, and her grandmother, Louella Reed was a singer on the Chitlin Circuit. In 1947 her family relocated to Chicago. While growing up on Chicago's south side Hunt discovered her musical talent. Living in that part of Chicago was not easy; recalls Geraldine. "On the weekends, we had to sleep on the floor, gangs were shooting through the house; I had been beaten up at gunpoint once, It was rough. We were living below middle class."[1]
Despite the bleak living conditions of her childhood, there were bright spots also. A notable time in her life was her years at Hyde Park High School. Her classmate and best friend at school was the late American soul singer-songwriter Minnie Riperton. Besides Hunt and Riperton, the school also produced a girl group called Coffee who recorded the 1980 hit "Casanova".[2]
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- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
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