Tamara Gee

Tamara Diane Wimer, known professionally as Tamara Gee, is an American pop singer and songwriter. She grew up singing and performing from the age of 5, and was a professional vocalist by the time she was 12 years old, winning various singing competitions throughout her adolescence and adulthood, as well as a beauty pageant. Gee opened for vocalist Tony Bennett and his orchestra after being the featured vocalist on various albums throughout her teen years. She released her debut album Hidden Treasure with Universal Music in 2007, while living in Poland. Her single from the album, "For Life", was voted the winner of Piosenka dla Europy, the Polish national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008; it was the first Polish entry in history to qualify out of a semifinal, and ultimately placed 24th out of 25 entries. A portion of Gee's Eurovision performance was shown on The Oprah Winfrey Show on "The World's Got Talent" episode with Simon Cowell where Gee sang with former participants Celine Dion and Julio Iglesias. In 2007, Gee co-wrote and performed "Fate" on DJ Schiller's album Sehnsucht. The album went triple platinum and was nominated for a Grammy. She released her solo EP Christmas Angel in 2009. On November 27, 2014, Tamara released the album "Love, Tamara", which was co-written with and produced by Grammy Award-winning producer/songwriter Walter Afanasieff.

Country

United States

Category

Musicians

Type

Singer / Musician

Status

living

Dates

Born 1972 · age 53

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20 languages