Coko
Coko was born in New York City, New York, United States on June 13th, 1970 and is the Gospel Singer. At the age of 53, Coko biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, songs, and networth are available.
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Cheryl Elizabeth Gamble (formerly Clemons; born June 13, 1970), better known by her stage name Coko, is an American R&B recording artist and television actress.
Gamble is best known as the lead singer of the American R&B vocal band Sisters With Voices (SWV).
Gamble has also worked in solo gospel in addition to her R&B work.
Early life and career
Cheryl Gamble was born in The Bronx, New York, as Cheryl Gamble to gospel singer Mother Lady "Clyde" Tibba Gamble, Gamble was born in the South Bronx, New York, and Gamble was raised in the South Bronx area. Gamble later lived in Brooklyn before heading back to The Bronx. Gamble began singing at the age of 3, beginning her singing career in Hezekiah Walker's Love Fellowship Crusade Choir.
Gamble appeared on Sisters With Voices, a platinum recording company, from 1990 to 1998. The female trio released five albums, starting with their debut It's About Time (1992), grossing over three million copies, earning SWV a huge following and receiving numerous awards and accolades, including a nomination for Best New Artist at the 1994 Grammy Awards. SWV disbanded after their 1997 Christmas album. Six compilation albums were released combining their best efforts to celebrate their overwhelming popularity and major contributions to the emerging R&B scene in the early 1990s. Gamble made the final decision to disband the group. Gamble said in a interview that it was not a personal decision that many people tried to convince her to stay, but that it was inevitable. Gamble continued to state that she did not feel appreciated, that there was no unity within the team, and that contact was lost. Leanne "Lelee" Lyons, the founding member, did not speak to Gamble for many years. In the 2010s, SWV reunited and released two albums.
Gamble continued to work with others, including Will Smith on his Grammy Award-winning hit single "Men in Black" from the blockbuster film of the same name (1997). Gamble released Hot Coko, her first solo album under RCA, in August 1999. "Sunshine," her son Jazz's debuting on the R&B charts, rose to the top 40 in the R&B charts this summer. However, both the album and singles didn't achieve the same mainstream success as Gamble's with SWV. Gamble was working on his second solo album, Music Doll, in early 2001, but RCA cut the black music division and the initiative was shelved.
Gamble and her Mother Lady "Clyde" Tibba Gamble did a recreation of "Tears in Heaven" (originally recorded by Eric Clapton) on the album Rhythm and Spirit: "Love Can Build a Bridge" in 2001. Jennifer Holliday, Patti LaBelle, and Tramaine Hawkins were among the album's highlights. Gamble appeared on the Brent Jones and the T. P. Mobb's single "Midnight" in 2002. On "Up There," Gamble took the lead on Youthful Praise's 2003 gospel album. Grateful, Coko's full gospel solo debut, was released in the United States on October 31, 2006, and debuted at number 5 on Billboard's Top Independent Album chart, placing it at number five. "Endow Me" by Grateful features R&B singers Faith Evans, Fantasia Barrino, and Lil Mo. On BET's Celebration of Gospel '07, an alternate version of Faith Evans was performed.'07 Two bonus tracks "I Wish" and Brent Jones' "Midnite" are included in a special edition of Grateful that is exclusive to Wal-Mart, with Gamble on lead vocals. Gamble, as well as Sherri Shepherd, Star Jones, Vanessa L. Williams, and others, appeared in the critically acclaimed play The Vain Monologues. Coko appeared in Japan in June 2008 as part of the Billboard Live Tour. Gamble performed "Sunshine," "Clap Your Hands," and the SWV's "Right Here/Human Nature" by the woman who sang of her solo hits "Sunshine."
Gamble reunited with SWV for their first live performance in eight years in Los Angeles for urban radio station KKBT 100.3 "The Beat"'s Summerjam concert on August 20, 2005. They appeared on the 2006 New Jack Reunion Tour. SWV was featured in the XXL, where they discussed singles from their debut album It's About Time. Gamble said in the interview that the group would no longer perform sexually explicit songs such as "Downtown" and "Can We" anymore out of a new reverence for her Christian values. In late June 2007, the group's last appearance took place in Toronto. Coko returned with SWV to perform some of the local DJ Kid Kutts' hits on April 4, 2008. While SWV was shooting in Jackson, Mississippi with photographer Will Sterling, the pair was in the middle of new shows for early 2011. The photographs were shot in opulent gowns, set against the Mississippi Delta's natural beauty.