Siedah Garrett on Her Years With Michael Jackson, Madonna, and Diana Ross

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Veteran singer Siedah Garrett talks co-writing “Man in the Mirror” for Michael Jackson, idolizing Chaka Khan, and why Madonna is the hardest-working artist she knows

. She called us up from her home in Los Angeles to look back at all of it, and to give us an update on her battle with MS.Man, I have been thriving. Creatively thriving. It’s been a complete reset for me. I know it’s been very, very difficult for a lot of people, and a lot of people I know personally are not faring well. With the further restrictions that are being required, they are just getting more and more fearful of losing their livelihood.

I didn’t really get it until I was about 16. My mother was a wallpaper hanger. She was working on R&B singer D.J. Rogers’ home. She kept telling him, “My daughter can sing.” He said, “Sure … your daughter, my plumber’s cousin, my maid’s nephew, everybody can sing!” Dennis Lambert and Franne Golde saw me at these auditions and asked me to do a demo for a song called “Don’t Look Any Further.” I was like, “Sure.” Went and did the whole song. A few weeks later, Dennis Edwards came in and put his half of the song down. And so Dennis Lambert called me and was like, “I think this is going to be a record.” I’m like, “Great. When can I come and redo my vocals?” He goes, “No, we’re using your demo vocals.

Stephen Bray said, “We’re going to do this song ‘Where’s the Party’ and we’re going to need you to hire another singer.” I hired this girl that I knew and loved a lot. She had perfect pitch. Her name was Edie Lehmann. I hired her and I looked at Madonna and said, “Do you want to sing on this?” And so I hired Edie Lehmann and Madonna for Madonna’s record. [I thought the song was very edgy. I knew it was going to be controversial. That was Madonna’s thing at the time. She loved controversy.

I said, “Quincy Jones? OK.” I didn’t know Quincy from the man in the moon. He said, “You need to go. It’s a big thing.” I said, “What time is it?” He said, “I don’t know.” But he gave me the address. I didn’t know what time, so I showed up at 7 a.m. The real auditions didn’t begin until noon. I was third in line. By the time that noon rolled around, the line was around the block.

And don’t let three people be in the room, because then it’s even more. I said, “I don’t want this writing deal. I’m not a writer and I don’t want to be on the wrong side of a publishing contract with Quincy Jones, so no.” The boys were like, “Fine.” They took a meeting with Quincy and signed. Quincy said, “Where is Siedah’s name?” They said, “She doesn’t want the publishing part. She just wants the recording-artist part.

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Madonna Legend. Period

'all these allegations'? You mean 2 accusers in life (the man was fully exonerated for a reason) and 2 posthumous frauds with 11 failed lawsuits against a dead man, a history of lying in court and 2 judges throwing them out. Phony reporting is the only stain on the man's legacy.

for 79 Madonna looks good.

Siedah Garrett and Michael Jackson together was MAGIC. I just cant stop loving yoooooou. Shes a brilliant singer as well as song writer 💞

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