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Early career

Inaya Day was born in New York City and started singing in church in Brooklyn. Day attended the prestigious High School of Music and the Performing Arts. Day studied musical theater at the University of Bridgeport in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... This article is about the New York City borough, or Kings County, New York. ... University of Bridgeport is a private university in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. Its campus is in the southern part of the city, on Long Island Sound. ... Bridgeport redirects here. ... Official language(s) none (de facto English) Capital Hartford Largest city Bridgeport[2] Largest metro area Hartford Metro Area[3] Area  Ranked 48th in the US  - Total 5,543[4] sq mi (14,356 km²)  - Width 70 miles (113 km)  - Length 110 miles (177 km)  - % water 12. ...

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Inaya Day has had extensive experience as a session musician having appeared on tracks by Michael Jackson, Al Green, Sean "Puffy" Combs, MC Lyte, Queen Latifah, Monie Love, Big Daddy Kane and Jonathan Butler. For other persons named Michael Jackson, see Michael Jackson (disambiguation). ... For the Democratic Congressman from Texas and the former head of the Houston NAACP, please see Al Green. ... P. Diddy Sean John Combs (born November 4, 1969 aka P. Diddy, Puff Daddy, Sean Puffy Combs) is an African-American record producer, entrepreneur, and rapper. ... MC Lyte (born Lana Michele Moorer, 11 October 1970, Brooklyn, New York) is a female rap artist. ... Latifah redirects here. ... Monie Love (born Simone Wilson on July 2, 1970 in London) is an English rapper and the sister of techno musician Dave Angel. ... Antonio Hardy (born September 10, 1968), better known by his stage name Big Daddy Kane, is a record producer/rapper from the Bed-Stuy section of Brooklyn, New York. ... Jonathan Butler (born October 1961 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a singer-songwriter and guitarist. ...

Day has also written songs for Randy Crawford and Bootsy Collins. Her best known song that she has writing credits is "Gossip Folks", the second single from Missy Elliott's Under Construction album - Day co-wrote the hook and provided backup vocals on the track. Randy Crawford (born Veronica Crawford, February 18, 1952, in Macon, Georgia), is a jazz and R&B singer. ... William Bootsy Collins (born October 26, 1951 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a pioneering funk bassist, singer, and songwriter. ... Missy Elliott (born Melissa Arnette Elliott July 1, 1971 in Portsmouth, Virginia), is a five-time Grammy Award-winning American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. ... Under Construction is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Missy Elliott, released in the United States on November 12, 2002 via Goldmind Inc. ...

House Music

Inaya Day was introduced to house music in 1996 when she was asked to do a little demo. She met German producers Boris Dlugosch and Mousse T who produced a dance single "Keep Pushin" which hit #2 on the Billboard dance charts. She then sang chorus for Mousse T's track "Horny", which later gained popularity when additional vocals from the duo Hot 'N' Juicy was added to the song. "Horny" reached #1 on the Billboard dance charts and was a worldwide dance and pop track. The follow up song "Hold Your Head Up High", with Booom!, reached #6 on the Billboard dance charts. Inaya was managed by Stacey Castro from 1996 to 1998. House music is a style of electronic dance music that was developed by dance club DJs in Chicago in the early to mid-1980s. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Boris Dlugosch is a house music producer from Germany. ... Hot N Juicy is an alias of the duo of singers of house music, Inaya Day and Emma Lanford. ...

Inaya Day has sung on a variety of dance hits since 1996. These include:

• "Can't Stop Dancin" by Cruz and Bugz hit #1 on the Billboard dance chart;
• "Movin Up (Take My Problems to the Dance Floor)" by Mike Cruz featuring Inaya Day hit #2 on the Billboard dance charts;
• "Feel It" with DJ Dome;
• "I'm Touched" by DJ Dove featuring Inaya Day;
• "Shout It Out" by Inaya Day meets Louis Benedetti;
• "Just Can't Get Enough" by Harry "Choo Choo" Romero Presents Inaya Day; and
• "I Will" by Mongobonix featuring Inaya Day - produced by Harry "Choo Choo" Romero.
• "Hold Your Head Up High" by Boris Dlugosch Presents Booom!.
• "Keep Pushin' On" - Boris Dlugosch remix
• "I Am Tha 1" by Mr Timothy featuring Inaya Day
• "Stand By Me" by Mr Timothy featuring Inaya Day
• "Nasty Girl" produced by Mousse T. and So Phat! (cover of the Vanity 6 song)
• "The Glamorous Life" by T-Funk featuring Inaya Day
• "Breakaway" - Anthem Club Mix
• "Say you will" - Mike Cruz Mad Tizzy remix
• 2008 - All I'm Saying (Just Hold On) - Inaya Day meets Nick Jay

In 2004, she sang on a track by Australian dance producer mrTimothy called "I Am Tha 1". The track credited to Mr Timothy featuring Inaya Day went to the top of dance charts in Australia and reached the top 30 of the pop charts there. She also sang on his next single "Stand By Me" later that year. "Nasty Girl" was first released in Australia, reaching the top 20, and it was then released in the UK in July 2005, and reached #9 there. Later that year, she also guest featured on "The Glamorous Life", a single by T-Funk, an alternate alias of mrTimothy. In June 2007, Inaya released a cover version of the 1988 Big Pig song Breakaway. Harry Romero, better known as Harry Choo Choo Romero, is an American DJ and record producer. ... Harry Romero, better known as Harry Choo Choo Romero, is an American DJ and record producer. ... Mr Timothy is an Australian dance music producer and DJ. Over the years, he has worked on projects by a wide variety of artists including Madonna, INXS, Felix da House Cat, E Smoove, Brandy, Cher, Craig David and Steve Silk Hurley. ... Mr Timothy is an Australian dance music producer and DJ. Over the years, he has worked on projects by a wide variety of artists including Madonna, INXS, Felix da House Cat, E Smoove, Brandy, Cher, Craig David and Steve Silk Hurley. ... Vanity 6 was a female vocal trio assembled by Prince in the early 1980s. ... Quistis Trepe ) is a playable character in Squaresofts RPG Final Fantasy VIII. At eighteen years old, she is a young instructor at Balamb Garden, where Squall Leonhart, Zell Dincht, and Seifer Almasy are students. ... mrTimothy (a. ... Ongoing events • 2005 Atlantic and Pacific hurricanes • 2005 Maharashtra floods • 2005 Gujarat Flood • Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan • Fuel prices • Gomery Comm. ... Quistis Trepe ) is a playable character in Squaresofts RPG Final Fantasy VIII. At eighteen years old, she is a young instructor at Balamb Garden, where Squall Leonhart, Zell Dincht, and Seifer Almasy are students. ...

See also

• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

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External links

• Best-T talent agency page on Inaya Day