For Once in My Life

Dionne Farris

Dionne Farris (born 1968, Plainfield, New Jersey, United States) is an American female R&B/soul musician who sang on three songs with the hip hop group Arrested Development. In 1995, she had a solo hit single called "I Know", which hit number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1996, and in 1997, she had another called "Hopeless" (written by Van Hunt) from the Love Jones soundtrack. This was after her demo made its way to Sony Music, and her debut album, Wild Seed, Wild Flower, was released in the summer of 1994, spawning "I Know."Wild Seed - Wild Flower reached #57 on the Billboard 200 chart. more »