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Zeitia Massiah biographyZeitia (real name Zeeteah) Silveta Massiah was born on December 24th on the island of Barbados. She grew up in London where she started her singing career. In the 80's she recorded her first singles with an independent record company. One of her first records was a cover of The Jackson 5's We Got A Good Thing Going in a reggae style. She also portrayed Chiffon in London's prestigious Comedy Theatre in the musical "Little Shop Of Horrors." Shortly after that she worked as an "additional vocalist" for the first time. Together with Kim Wilde she went on the European leg of Michael Jackson's legendary "BAD" tour and performed in some of the biggest European arenas and stadiums, singing in front of 80,000 people She did backing vocals for non eurodance artists like The Thrashing Doves (1989), One Nation (1989), Johnny Hallyday (1992-1993), ABC, Richard O'Brien (in 1996), Barry Adamson (background vocals on Oedipus Schmoedipus in 1996), Right Said Fred (background vocals on Smashing in 1996) and some Japanese projects such as Eikichi Yazawa. In the early 90s, she was featured as a female vocalist for many projects such as Arizona (Slide On The Rhythm released in 1993 and which went #1 on the American Billboard Charts, I Specialize In Love, Let Me Show You released in 1994). Zeitia also took part to Media Records projects such as Anticappella and Sharada House Gang (Keep It Up). She appeared on Fargetta's singles Mr Moon, Midnight and Beat Of Green. She also did backing vocals on Cappella's Do You Run Away Now, and probably many other Media Records tracks. She keeps excellent memories of that time. She was featured on Minnesota song I Feel Love. She appeared as background vocalist on Haddaway's single Rock My Heart. She also did vocals on JK's Sweet Lady Night. Then she started her solo carreer : she released her first solo single in 1994, entitled This Is The Place, written by Jackie Rawe & Dave James. It was followed by Sexual Prime. Her song A Little Love was nominated for the British pre-selection for the Eurovision contest in 1996 (the same year as Gina G with Ooh Ah Just A Little Bit) but did not win. Then came Wishing On A Star in 1997. She has been living in Cologne, Germany since 2001. She works as a full-time singer, doing many live performances every year, mainly for fancy corporate gala/dinner events for renowned companies (Coca Cola, Porsche...). She regularly tours with her own "James Bond Show," which is a 45-minute-program consisting of various James Bond theme songs. 2008 : Zeeteah is a member of the gala dinner show Fantissima in Phantasialand, a leisure park in Brühl (Germany) 2001 : Zeeteah moved back to London. She is now member of a new band, with a new sound : soul jazz. Background vocals done by Zeitia Massiah ABC - Abracadabra (1991) Thanks to Klems, Alexander Pavlov from Syktyvkar and Zeeteah herself The biography was last updated Tue, June 11th 2013 Did you like this article ? Tell your friends
Latest Zeitia Massiah news02/11/2008 : Zeitia Massiah is now known as Zeeteah ans has her official website (thanks to Klems) Links to Zeitia MassiahOfficial websites
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