Martha Wash
Sign in to saveAmerican singer-songwriter, actress, and producer
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1953-12-28
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Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 23,769
- Total plays
- 156,471
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Martha Wash (born December 28, 1953) is a two time Grammy nominated American R&B, pop, soul, and house singer and songwriter with a career spanning over five separate decades. Known for her distinctive and powerful dramatic soprano voice., Wash first achieved fame as one half of the successful duo The Weather Girls who released the multi platinum single It's Raining Men in 1982. After the duo disbanded in 1985 Wash made a successful transition into <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Martha+Wash"
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Elaine
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- San Francisco
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Genre
- contemporary R&B
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- RCA Records
- Official website
- marthawash.com
- Image
- Martha Wash 1980s.jpg
- Residence
- Long Island
- Voice type
- soprano
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- name in native language
- Martha Wash
- date of birth
- 1953-12-23
- Commons category
- Martha Wash
- start of work period
- 1975-00-00
- birth name
- Martha Elaine Wash
- member of
- The Weather Girls
- partner in business or sport
- Izora Armstead
- social media followers
- 22384
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