LaGaylia Frazier

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LaGaylia Frazier (born February 16, 1961) is an American-born Swedish singer who specializes in R&B and jazz.

Early life and work

LaGaylia Frazier was born in Miami, Florida. and grew up in Miami Shores. As a child she played classical piano for twelve years. She began singing at the age of 15 and received a full scholarship at the University of Miami where she majored in voice and musical theatre.

After leaving the University of Miami, she performed with Top 40 bands, eventually joining singer Rosco Martinez and pianist Paquito Hechavarriais in a Pop-Latin dance band whose recording debut was as Bandera in 1989. Bandera enjoyed radio support in Florida but were otherwise overlooked despite a European promotional tour by Frazier and her bandmates. After a sabbatical in Britain, Frazier returned to Florida in 1990 and was hired to sing with the house band at the Fort Lauderdale club Coconuts. After she was noticed by a manager, Eliot Weisman, she began singing in Atlantic City and Las Vegas.

Frazier sang backup on the song "I Can't Wait Another Minute" (R&B #1, Pop #8) by Hi-Five and on the title song from the album Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me by Gloria Estefan. In 1994, with Emilio Estefan producing, she recorded the Jon Secada song "Shower Me With Your Love" for the soundtrack to the film The Specialist.

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Career in Sweden

Frazier was discovered by Marie Schröder, who was visiting the United States and becoming her manager while performing at Coconuts in 1999. Frazier performed in Scandinavia with Robert Wells' 2000 Rhapsody in Rock. She migrated to Sweden in 2001, where she now lives. She appeared on Rhapsody of Rock tours in 2001, 2002, 2007, and 2011 editions.

Frazier made two attempts to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest at Melodifestivalen 2004 with "It's in the Stars" and "Nothing at All" at Melodifestivalen 2005. Both were issued by the Lionheart Records M&L brand. Frazier signed a three-single contract with Lionheart in 2005, but "Nothing at All" came next, which debuted at No. 2. She had only one single introduction, "Head in the Clouds," on the Swedish charts, at 38 years old in April 2006. Uncovered, her label TBG, first introduced her album Uncovered in 2007. Marcus Dernulf, the album's producer, produced nine of the album's ten songs.

Frazier performed the song "Dr Frankenstein" in the Romanian national pre-selection round for Eurovision, also known as Selecția Națională. In July 2008, she won the Baltic Festival in Karlshamn with her song "Over and Over Again."

In 2003, Frazier appeared in the Malmö Opera and Music Theatre's production of West Side Story as Anita. In 2015, she appeared in Stockholm at Stadstheatre. She appeared at the Stockholm Jazz Festival in 2004, and 2011. Hal Frazier, her father, was there for her 2011 appearance at the Festival. Since 2010, she has collaborated and toured with pianist Jan Lundgren and his trio, as well as her father Hal Frazier, who performed in the Ystad Jazz Festival once more. She received the Anita O'Day Award in August 2010 at a concert with Lundgren's trio at the Jazz Museum in Strömsholm. Until It's Time (2012), Lundgren's second album, Until It's Time (2012), was a joint effort. She was also invited to perform at a Quincy Jones tribute in Ystad, attended by Quincy Jones himself.

Beginning in 2010, she appeared in Sweden with Sahlene in a R&B film entitled The Blues Mothers. In Season #2 of Körslaget (2008-09), she was a choirmaster.

She is one of the jurors of Talang 2017, 2019, 2020, and 2020, which are shown on TV4. She appeared in Let's Dance 2019, which is also shown on TV4, as a celebrity dancer.

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