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Elisha La'verne was an aspiring singer from a very young age and as she grew older she was constantly involved with music, be it studio work, shows or musicals. In her late teens she worked with a producer called Trevor Davy who introduced her to Maxi Priest's Dugout Productions. Maxi, his brother Martin Elliott and Tony Hearne (Personal Manager) helped Elisha to create her debut EP "Just Landed", Containing four original songs - the success of "Just Landed" EP prompted Dugout to progress to a second single, "I Like What You Do", written by Alan Glass (Aretha Franklin and Deniece William's) and George McFarlen. This song was being sold in HMV Tokyo Japan and eventually got to the ears of Ken Sato head of A&R for international acts at Avex Inc Japan, Leading to Elisha signing a Major recording deal with Avex Inc. In 1997 Avex Inc released her debut album “Her name is” with instant hit ‘I maybe single’. After much success with the debut album the self titled album “Elisha La’verne” was released in 1998 including club hits ‘I’m not dreaming’ and ‘Give me a reason’. Also included on the album was ‘So Real’ a duet written by Elisha and performed with Fuzzy, member of the group Something for the people (your love is Shhh). Collaborations with writers and producers lead Elisha to Atlanta’s Sean Sep Hall and Nathan Butler (Pink, 3LW) for songs ‘What they talking bout’ and ‘Elisha’s not at home’ which was included on the soundtrack for German film “St Pauli Nacht”. In 1999 Elish

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