Deniece Chandler Wonder Love

First Ever Release OF Deniece Chandler's Toddlin' Townalbum Includes ALL OF HER Toddlin' Town AND Subsidiarylock 45rpm ReleaseS Plus Previously UNReleaseD Andbonus Recordings 4 X Grammy Award Winner DenieceCHANDLER was born June 3rd, 1950 in Gary, Indiana and grew uprubbing shoulders with the Jackson 5. Her uncle William Blakely was theBishop of Indiana and her sister sang back-up for Lou Rawls! Shesuccessfully auditioned for Toddlin' Town Records from neighbouringChicago, while still at high school and Eugene Record and Barbara Acklinpenned her first single, "Love Is Tears" / "I'm Walking Away", whichopens our set. The song enjoyed some modest local success, but moreimportantly, it caught the ear of Stevie Wonder! She recorded a total of sixsingles for Toddlin' Town, and its associated Lock label, including a duetwith Michigan soul singer Lee Sain. The twelve sides were intended toform her solo album, but sadly Lock went out of business in 1970 andDeniece returned to college. A year later the call came from StevieWonder and she joined his backing group Wonderlove (the inspiration forour album title). Her big break came in 1975 when she met Maurice Whiteof Earth, Wind & Fire who took her to Columbia Records and producedthe album "This Is Niecy" which spawned her self-penned single "Free"scoring a top 40 stateside hit and a No.1 in the U.K. Williams would go onto win four Grammys, twelve nominations and become a worldwidehousehold name. Here, for the very first time, we present her completeearly body of work including unreleased and bonus tracks that showcaseher exceptional four-octave range which, according to the PittsburghPost-Gazette "would make Mariah Carey quiver".