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Viola Wills

American singer (1939-2009) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Died at 69

Viola Mae Wilkerson, known professionally as Viola Wills, was an American pop and R&B singer, best known for her covers of classics and other standards such as Patience and Prudence's "Gonna Get Along Without You Now" (1979), Gordon Lightfoot's "If You Could Read My Mind" (1980), The Drifters' "Up on the Roof" (1980),...

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Viola Mae Wilkerson, known professionally as Viola Wills, was an American pop and R&B singer, best known for her covers of classics and other standards such as Patience and Prudence's "Gonna Get Along Without You Now" (1979), Gordon Lightfoot's "If You Could Read My Mind" (1980), The Drifters' "Up on the Roof" (1980), "Always Something There To Remind Me" by Burt Bacharach and Hal David (1980), the Doris Day single "Secret Love" (1980), Chicago's "If You Leave Me Now" (1981) and Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now" (1986). She also recorded one of the few dance versions of the Burt Bacharach and Hal David classic "A House Is Not a Home" (1994), which is a different song from the similarly titled "House Is Not a Home" by Deborah Cox.

Country
United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1939 to 2009 · aged 69

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