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Dec 01, 1957 Coshocton, Ohio, United States Died on 22 Sep 2011 (aged 53)
American R&B singer
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About Vesta Williams
- Mary Vesta Williams (December 1, 1957 – September 22, 2011) was an American singer-songwriter, who performed across genres such as pop, jazz, adult contemporary and R&B.
- Originally credited as Vesta Williams, she was simply known as Vesta beginning in the 1990s.
- She was known for her four–octave vocal range.
- She once sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" for the Los Angeles Lakers game opener using all four of those octaves.
- Although Williams never had any albums certified gold nor any Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, she scored six Top 10 hits on the United States Billboard R&B chart from the mid–1980s to the early–1990s which included "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" (1986), "Sweet Sweet Love" (1988), "Special" (1993), and her 1989 R&B hit and signature song, "Congratulations".
