Liberty Silver

Liberty Silver (born circa 1962 at Detroit, Michigancite news
title=Making waves: Silver set to take over Le Portage | first=Bill | last=Brownstein | publisher="The (Montreal) Gazette" | date=26 July 1986 | page=D6 . Indicates Detroit birthplace with Kingston, Ontario childhood.] cite news | title=Silver was a bargain unlikely to be repeated | publisher="The (Montreal) Gazette" | date=4 August 1986 | first=Bill | last=Brownstein | page=C5 Identified as 24-year-old.] ) is a Toronto-based Canadian singer.

She won two 1985 Juno Awards, one for Best R&B/Soul Recording of the Year ("Lost Somewhere Inside Your Love") and the other for Best Reggae/Calypso Recording ("Heaven Must Have Sent You" with Otis Gayle).

The American-born Silver was adopted into an Ontario family, where she spent her youth in Kingston then Peterborough. As a teenager, she performed in a reggae band which performed in New York City as an opening act for Bob Marley at Madison Square Gardens. [cite news | title=Liberty Silver: Unleashing that amazing voice | first=Greg | last=Barr | publisher="Ottawa Citizen" | date=3 February 1989 | page=B3]

She performed on the 1985 African charity ensemble single "Tears Are Not Enough", particularly during a segment in which she sang with Mike Reno of Loverboy.

References

External links

* [http://libertysilver.net Liberty Silver official site]
* [http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0002965 "The Canadian Encyclopedia" - Rhythm and blues]