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Noelle Scaggs is a singer-songwriter from Los Angeles.〔 For ten years she served as front-woman for soul band The Rebirth, and has also collaborated as a composer or vocalist with artists such as The Black Eyed Peas, Dilated Peoples, Quantic, Mayer Hawthorne, Defari, and Damian Marley. In 2008 she became a co-lead singer and songwriter for soul band Fitz and The Tantrums, and is featured on their 2010 album ''Pickin' Up the Pieces'', which hit No. 1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.〔 She has toured extensively with the band and performed on shows such as ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', ''Conan'', and ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno''. She has been critically acclaimed for her "powerhouse vocals"〔 and charismatic on-stage presence.〔〔 ==Early life== Scaggs' was born on October 8, 1979 in Denver, Colorado. Her father was a DJ and Scaggs was exposed to his vinyl collection at a young age, including Parliament, Teena Marie, The Pointer Sisters, and The Temptations.〔 She also listened to her parents play artists such as Marvin Gaye and The Temptations during house parties,〔 and was influenced as a young singer by the music of Tina Turner.〔 Early on Scaggs would perform for friends and family, and around 9 years of age became more seriously interested in singing.〔 In elementary school she began practicing daily and signed herself up for all available talent shows. According to Scaggs, "I was one of those kids who had friends but got picked on a lot...I felt like I needed an outlet. For me, that outlet was music."〔 Except for a year of vocal training in high school she was self-taught,〔 and only considered becoming a professional musician while close to graduating from South Pasadena High School.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Noelle Scaggs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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