Táta Vega

Táta Vega born October 7 1951 as Carmen Rosa Vega is an American singer whose career spans theater film and various musical genres She began her professional singing career as early as 1963 and later performed in the Los Angeles production of the musical Hair Subsequently she was a member of the groups Pollution and Earthquire before signing with Motown where she released several solo albums including Full Speed Ahead 1976 Totally Táta 1977 and Try My Love 1978 She became particularly wellknown for the song Get It Up for Love As a vocalist Táta Vega has collaborated with artists such as Stevie Wonder Chaka Khan Michael Jackson Ray Charles Madonna and Elton John In the film The Color Purple she provided the vocals for the character Shug Avery and was featured on several songs on the soundtrackincluding Miss Celies Blues Sister which was nominated for an Oscar In 1985 she received a Grammy nomination In 1994 she recorded Spanishlanguage versions of Circle of Life from The Lion King In 2013 she appeared in the documentary 20 Feet from Stardom which focuses on backup singers Her music has been sampled by artists including Daft Punk Eminem and Drake