Monday, December 2, 2002		Web Jingle

DIANA King is one of the most popular female reggae star. One of 15 children, King was born in Spanish Town, in St. Catherine’s Parish near Kingston. She grew up singing hymns in the St. Phillipo Baptist Church and at the same time was drawn to the music of Aretha Franklin, Patti La Belle and Chaka Khan. Her religious family didn’t encourage her for pop music. For her love of music, she ran away from her house at 13.

Her first job was as a singer in a band that played in the tourist resort circuit. After a few years, she joined reggae group called City Heat and eventually left Jamaica to tour with Shabba Ranks as a backup singer.

In 1990, she recorded with Junior Tucker for Stop To Start that was included on the album, Don’t Test. In 1993, an album of Bob Marley cover versions, Stir It Up, by a variety of Jamaican performers included a version of the title track by King. It brought her to the attention of music company, Sony. Her initial release, Shy Guy, crossed over into the pop charts in 1995, which led to the release of Tougher Than Love, which showcased her skills both as a singer and DJ. In 1997, Diana released Think Like a Girl that included hits like Say A Little Prayer, L-L Lies and Wicked. Apart from singing she also has the skills to write the songs.

Now she is out with Respect, her latest album whose songs are topping many music charts.

Her official site is www.dianaking.com. The main sections of the site are Biography, Send an e-card, Wallpaper and Audio video. Audio video section has her latest song "Summer breezin" (from her latest album Respect) in various format. The site is available in low bandwidth and high bandwidth versions.

www.maxalbums.com

This site has a good collection of albums and songs. It is a well-maintained site. Songs are arranged alphabetically. We have to click D from the index page to search songs sung by Diana King. This will open a page, which has a long list of singers and songs starting will alphabet D. All songs of her latest album, Respect, and her old album, Think like a girl, are available for download. A new pop-up window opens by clicking at album name, which has all songs of her albums. All songs are available in Zip format.

www.yourmp3.net

This site is a big resource of English song. Just write Diana King in the search box and the result page will show eight songs that can be downloaded. We can also download the lyrics of the songs. Winace is software, which may be required to open up the file in some computers; it can be downloaded from the same page.

www.mp3daze.com/adianaking.htm

This link will open up a page from where we can download the songs of her hit album, Think like a girl. Think Like A Girl, L-L-Lies, Do You Really Want To Hurt Me, Love Yourself, Find My Way Back, Mi Coffee, Sweeter, Supa-Lova-Bwoy, Tenderness, New Galfriend, Wicked, Still and I Say A Little Prayer are the songs available for download. Two other popular albums, Alanis Morissette’s Under Rug Swept and Jessica Simpson’s, Irresistible, are also available for download in the albums achieve section.