C&C Music Factory

The group did court controversy when The Weather Girls vocalist Martha Wash didn't appear in the video to "Gonna Make You Sweat". Odia Coates passed away in 1991 at the age of forty-nine of breast cancer. Robert Clivillés' subsequent mix mastery- notably his work with Mariah Carey- keeps C+C's legacy alive. They recorded several more duets that produced Top 10 & Top 20 hits such as 1974's "One Man Woman/One Woman Man" plus in 1975 "I Don't Like To Sleep Alone" and "There's Nothing Stronger Than Our Love." Coates went on to record on her own, meeting with modest success. The pair continued in a funkier vein on Anything Goes (1994), but ended when Cole died of meningitis in 1995. 1 on the Billboard charts in 1974. The connoisseurs applauded work with US trio Seduction, 'Things That Make You Go Hmmm...' gave house a sly slant and their storming 'Deeper Love' briefly revitalised Aretha Franklin's career. Coates is best remembered for her duet with Paul Anka called " (You're) Having My Baby" that went to No.

After releasing 1987's 'Do It Properly' (as 2 Puerto Ricans, A Black Man And A Dominican), they progressed from upfront Dance to nouveau Disco (epitomized by Whitney Houston's C+C-helmed 'I'm Every Woman'. From an early age, she sang in her church choir and eventually became a member of the Southern California State Youth Choir. Producers Robert Clivillés and David Cole brought house music to America's heartlands with the chart-topping title track of Gonna Make You Sweat (1990), their stylish visuals and production distinguishing them from predecessors like Technotronic's 'Pump Up The Jam'. The daughter of an evangelical minister, she was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi but as a young girl her family moved to Watts, California. Odia Coates (1942 - May 19, 1991) was an American singer.