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Della Miles
12+ albums
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Della Miles, a 31-year-old from Houston, Texas, could very well wind up soundtracking your life in 2008 and beyond. Born into an extended family of six brothers and sisters, Della had her musical tastes developed from an early age thanks to her mother, who played piano and directed the choir at the local church. "That was where I got the confidence to sing lead and that’s when I learned I had a good voice," she remembers. At home Della would listen to the jazz records of Miles Davis and Ella Fitzgerald that her father, an accomplished jazz musician himself, turned her on to. Her own tastes at that time also included Michael Jackson. During her teenage years Della began performing in Houston clubs, sometimes along with her sister, while simultaneously attending high school. After some college years studying Criminal Justice Della decided that "music is really all I want to do" and started out for LA. Della caught the attention of several music industry suits and soon found herself choosing between engagements. She sang backing vocals on Whitney Houston’s Millennium Tour ("That's where I got my big training") and cut an album with producer Barry Rosenthal. The record featured selections that played to Della's vocal strength but lacked the originality which her own penmanship would bring to the recordings. When Rosenthal tragically died on the eve of its completion, Della saw her album get sucked into record company limbo and instead embarked on a prestigious European advertis
