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Meechie is a female African American dance music singer from Chicago. She placed two songs on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the 1990s, "Bring Me Joy" and "You'll Never Find." [1] "Bring Me Joy" spent one week at #74 in the UK Singles Chart in September 1995. [2]

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 173.
  2. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 359. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.