Shayna Steele

Shayna Steele
Shayna performing in New York City
Background information
Birth name Shayna Donnell Steele
Also known as Shayna Steele and Shayna Cook
Born (1975-09-23) September 23, 1975
Sacramento, California
Genres Soul, blues and jazz
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter and stage actress
Instruments vocalist
Years active 1998-present
Labels Highyella Lowbrown Music
Associated acts Rihanna, Moby, Bette Midler, Natasha Bedingfield, Travis Sullivan's Bjorkestra
Website Official website

Shayna Steele (born September 23, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter and a Broadway stage actress.

Career

Steele's Broadway credits include Rent at the Nederlander Theatre, the revival of Jesus Christ Superstar at the Foxwoods Theatre (formerly the Ford Center for the Performing Arts), and the original Broadway cast of Hairspray, in which she played a member of the girl group The Dynamites. She went on to appear in Hairspray Live!, broadcast on December 7, 2016.

Steele sings background vocals for Bette Midler in "The Showgirl Must Go On" in Las Vegas.[1] She has also performed on several albums, including Moby's Hotel,[2] and Moby's single "Disco Lies", which reached #1 on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play list. In 2004, Steele released her first self-titled EP[3] and in 2009 released her first album, I'll Be Anything.[4] In 2011, Steele was hired to sing background vocals for Rihanna on her Australian tour of Last Girl on Earth.[5] She toured again with Rihanna on her North American and European "LOUD" tour starting on June 4, 2014, in Baltimore, Maryland,[6] as a background vocalist.

Personal life

Steele was born in Sacramento, California, United States, to parents Bobby Donnell Steele and Lorraine DeGrasse-Steele. Her father Bobby is a singer and played trumpet occasionally while also serving full time in the United States Air Force. Her mother worked full time as a civilian serving the United States Air Force. She has two half sisters, Janie Elizabeth Hallett (Reverse) and Judith Lorraine Hallett (Holley) and two half brothers, Bobby Donnell Steele, Jr. and Stephen Steele. Shayna married pianist David Edward Cook on October 21, 2006.

References

  1. ↑ "Bette Midler". Bette Midler. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Moby - Hotel CD". Cduniverse.com. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Shayna Steele : Shayna Steele". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "I'll Be Anything : Shayna Steele". Amazon.com. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Rihanna 'Last Girl On Earth' Australian Tour - Rihanna at Newcastle Entertainment Centre, Broadmeadow, Newcastle, NSW on 28 Feb 11". Liveguide. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Live - RihannaRihanna". Rihanna. Archived from the original on 5 June 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2015.


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