Jade Starling
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Jade Starling is an American singer/songwriter, and the lead vocalist for 1980s band Pretty Poison
. Born in New York City, NY, she moved to Philadelphia, PA and currently lives in New Jersey. Starling is a gay-rights activist and an avid supporter of same-sex marriage. She also speaks phonetic Spanish and often records songs in both Spanish and English.
, she saw her hit song “Catch Me (I’m Falling)” become a top ten hit. They rerecorded the song on 1998 album “Euphoria” and it climbed to #43. Later their only other hit to make the charts, “Nighttime” came out again (after reaching number 14 on Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1984, being their first charting song) and reached #36.
They later performed under the name of “Sex In Violets” for the album “Deflowered”.
In February 2009, a new song was released called Finga Lickin’ Good (FLG), it didn’t chart but was released on iTunes.
Jade later broke off into a solo career and asked that all tracks with her vocals be credited to “Pretty Poison featuring Jade Starling”.
’s album "Introducing Joss Stone" in 2007.
has received multiple honors. Their biggest hit, “Catch Me I’m Falling” (#1 on dance charts, #8 on Billboard Hot 100) has been featured in many movies, "Kickin It Old School", "Bam Bam & Celeste", "10th & Wolf", “Lord Of The Fans”, “Hiding Out”, and most recently "Don’t Mess With The Zohan" starring Adam Sandler
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Pretty Poison
Pretty Poison is a Dance group based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Group members are Jade Starling ; Whey Cooler ; and Kaya Pryor .-History:...
. Born in New York City, NY, she moved to Philadelphia, PA and currently lives in New Jersey. Starling is a gay-rights activist and an avid supporter of same-sex marriage. She also speaks phonetic Spanish and often records songs in both Spanish and English.
Philanthropy
Jade Starling has worked very much as a gay-rights activist, performing on behalf of many gay-rights benefits including gay-rights parades and GLBT benefits. She also wrote a song along with Whey Cooler called “Blue Monday” to raise money for the Hurricane victims, which Brook Lapping Productions found, and licensed for their film “Saving Katrina” which aired on 8-27-06, the first anniversary of the hurricane, on the Discovery Channel.Pretty Poison
As lead singer of the band Pretty PoisonPretty Poison
Pretty Poison is a Dance group based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Group members are Jade Starling ; Whey Cooler ; and Kaya Pryor .-History:...
, she saw her hit song “Catch Me (I’m Falling)” become a top ten hit. They rerecorded the song on 1998 album “Euphoria” and it climbed to #43. Later their only other hit to make the charts, “Nighttime” came out again (after reaching number 14 on Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1984, being their first charting song) and reached #36.
They later performed under the name of “Sex In Violets” for the album “Deflowered”.
In February 2009, a new song was released called Finga Lickin’ Good (FLG), it didn’t chart but was released on iTunes.
Jade later broke off into a solo career and asked that all tracks with her vocals be credited to “Pretty Poison featuring Jade Starling”.
Songwriting
Jade is a songwriter, along with being a singer and has written many songs. Besides her “Blue Monday” (a song written by Whey Cooler and her as an effort to raise funds for Hurricane Katrina victims), she has co-written the tenth track (titled “Proper Nice”) on Joss StoneJoss Stone
Jocelyn Eve Stoker , better known by her stage name Joss Stone, is an English soul singer-songwriter and actress. Stone rose to fame in late 2003 with her multi-platinum debut album, The Soul Sessions, which made the 2004 Mercury Prize shortlist...
’s album "Introducing Joss Stone" in 2007.
Honors
Along with reaching #1, #14, #43 and #37 on assorted charts, Starling’s band Pretty PoisonPretty Poison
Pretty Poison is a Dance group based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Group members are Jade Starling ; Whey Cooler ; and Kaya Pryor .-History:...
has received multiple honors. Their biggest hit, “Catch Me I’m Falling” (#1 on dance charts, #8 on Billboard Hot 100) has been featured in many movies, "Kickin It Old School", "Bam Bam & Celeste", "10th & Wolf", “Lord Of The Fans”, “Hiding Out”, and most recently "Don’t Mess With The Zohan" starring Adam Sandler
Adam Sandler
Adam Richard Sandler is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, musician, and film producer.After becoming a Saturday Night Live cast member, Sandler went on to star in several Hollywood feature films that grossed over $100 million at the box office...
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