LADY
I guess I am stalling a little because no one seems to know much about Stratavarious, or their lead singer, who goes by the name of Lady.
As an example of the mystery about the band, on one YouTube video, the band is listed as “Stratavarious a/k/a Johnny Usry”; while a short piece on a blog on the Internet says that it was an all-female disco band. (The latter gentleman mentioned that their hit was “Lady”, when Lady was actually the name of the lead singer; though to be fair, there is a track on the album called “Let Me Be Your Lady Tonight”).
(March 2012)
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I sold this disco band short somewhat in my post. I was depending on the basic Internet info on the band that was repeated in a myriad places. But it wasn’t until a year or two later that I was able to locate a copy of the back cover of the Stratavarious album, where most of the best information and credits can usually be found. There I determined that the person so beautifully playing the harp on many of the songs is Erica Goodman, a renowned concert harpist. There is also nothing on the back cover about the lead vocalist going by the name of “Lady”, although she is listed this way on at least one of the 12” singles.
(March 2015)
