Athena Cage

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Athena Cage
Birth nameAthena Denise Cage
Born (1970-05-06) May 6, 1970 (age 54) [1]
Russellville, Kentucky, United States
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • producer
InstrumentVocals
Years active1992–present
Labels
Member of Kut Klose
Website AthenaCage.com

Athena Denise Cage (born May 6, 1970) is an American singer, producer and songwriter from Kentucky.

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Early life and education

Athena Cage was born and raised in Russellville, Kentucky, United States. She was educated at Western Kentucky University. [2]

Philanthropy and community service

In 2003, Cage established "The Athena Cage Scholarship Fund" at Western Kentucky University, her alma mater. [3] The money for the scholarship was raised through a concert series. At the second concert of the series in 2004, she teamed up with Dionne Warwick. [4]

Honors

She was also bestowed with the title Kentucky Colonel by Ernie Fletcher, the Governor of Kentucky. In 2004, Second Street in Russellville, where she grew up, was renamed to "Athena Cage Way" to honor her community work, youth service and efforts to restore the Old Logan Theater. [5]

Discography

Albums

Singles

YearSongChart PositionsAlbum
US US
R&B 		Rhythmic
Top 40 		Dance Maxi-
Singles Sales 		Top 40
Mainstream 		CAN
1996"Nobody" (Keith Sweat featuring Athena Cage)311111216 Keith Sweat
2001"Hey Hey"-6033---The Art Of A Woman
2001"Until You Come Back To Me" [6] ------
2001"All Or Nothing"------The Art Of A Woman and Save The Last Dance soundtrack

References

  1. ↑ Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999
  2. ↑ Dooley, Jason (2002-10-30). "Musician dreams of record company HQ". Daily News. Retrieved 2007-07-30.
  3. ↑ Sisco, Scott (2003-08-25). "Artist stages concert for scholarship". Daily News. Retrieved 2007-07-30.
  4. ↑ Craig, Courtney (2004-08-27). "Warwick gets pre-concert key to city". Daily News. Retrieved 2007-07-30.
  5. ↑ Gaines, Jim (2004-12-17). "Russellville names street after native singer". Daily News. Retrieved 2007-07-30.
  6. ↑ "Promo photo of Athena Cage and 'Until You Come Back to Me'". Archived from the original on 29 September 2011.
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