@edgarblythe,
My word, edgar, I had forgotten about that song. I still like Cher.
Here's another birthday. She's the queen of the south, and she doesn't live below the Mason Dixon line.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcw6nSFu7rw&a=wzav7nsfJds&playnext_from=ML
A bit of info, y'all.
Regina Belle was born in Englewood, New Jersey. It was at Englewood's Mount Calvary Baptist Church, and then Paterson's Friendship Baptist Church (presided over by Belle's uncle, the Reverend Fred Belle), that Regina Belle began attracting attention with her vocal abilities. She sang her first solo in church at age 8; and by age 17, she was the church's star singer. Belle attended Dwight Morrow High School where she studied trombone, tuba and steel drums. After graduation, she studied opera at the Manhattan School of Music. At Rutgers University, she became the first female vocalist with the school's jazz ensemble. Belle's musical influences include Phyllis Hyman, Billie Holiday, Donny Hathaway, and Nancy Wilson.