- Singer-songwriter who prefers drum machines to guitars and has worked extensively with Kurtis Mantronik.
- Best known for her 1980s hits "All and All," "Lifetime Love," and "Come into My Life.".
- "A New Beginning", her first album in 17 years, is released. (July 2006)
- Sims was a talented songwriter and pianist who penned most of her hits, but she also proved herself a song stylist, hitting the top 30 with a remake of Barbara Acklin's "Love Makes a Woman.".
- She burst onto the R&B music scene in the 1980s with a powerful voice a string of hits that showed off her songwriting skills.
- She formally studied music in college, learning a number of instruments.
- Her songs have been recorded or sampled by Randy Crawford, Angie Stone, and Snoop Dogg.
- In 2014, Sims released the album Love Song, which includes a duet with reggae vocalist Maxi Priest.
- While the hits slowed for Sims by the end of the 90s, she continued to work regularly, performing both R&B and Gospel, and finding a large following in Europe, where she spent much of her time in the '10s.
- Sims first hit the charts on both sides of the Atlantic in 1986 with the Kurtis Mantronik-produced "All and All," but took it to the next level two years later with "Come Into My Life," a top 10 hit that became Sims' signature song.
- One of five siblings.
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