La Bouche went on to become one of the biggest Eurodance groups of the 1990s, with a string of hits, worldwide. Farian took her under his wing, teaming her with rapper Lane McCray in the duo La Bouche, which is French for "The Mouth". It was her recording of the song "Sweet Dreams" that caught the attention of producer Frank Farian, the mastermind of the infamous 1980s duo Milli Vanilli. Thornton tried it and soon found work in studios recording demos. Thornton provided guest vocals for a lot of dance projects on their single releases, such as Orange Blue's "If You Wanna Be (My Only)", Comic's "I Surrender to Your Love", 100%'s "Power of the Light", Trance-Vision's "Take Me 2 Heaven 2 Nite" or Men Behind's "Feel the life" and "How Can I."ġ994–1999: La Bouche and "Sweet Dreams" However, Bob Chisolm told her that on a bad night in Germany she would make $150. She had been singing in a Macon, Ga., band, Danger Zone, pulling down $50 on a good night.
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Her uncle, Bob Chisolm, a singer and piano player, encouraged her to give the German nightclub circuit a try. Army husband and Thornton had dual citizenship in Germany and the United States. She had long dreamed of a career in music and in February 1991, Thornton went to Germany. Throughout that period she frequented a club called The Peacock Lounge, getting up and doing jam sessions when the live band invited people up to sing. Later on she financed her college studies with appearances in talent shows and smaller band concerts.
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Inspired by singers whom she idolized and grew up listening to such as Aretha Franklin and Roberta Flack Thornton would mimic the female vocalists she watched on television and/or heard on radio. Thornton was born in Charleston, South Carolina and began studying voice from the age of six, as well as learning to play the piano and the clarinet.