Jean Adebambo

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1962|07|01|df=y}}

| birth_place = Islington, London, England

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| death_place = Leytonstone, London, England

| genre = Lovers rock

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| years_active = 1980–1986, 2007–2009

| label = Ade J

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Jean Adebambo (1 July 1962 – 15 January 2009Africa Woman, Issues 31-36, 1981 (via Google Books)Lokko, Andres (2009) "[http://www.svd.se/kultur/jean-adebambo-har-glomts-bort_2586947.svd Jean Adebambo har glömts bort]" (Swedish), Svenska Dagbladet, 13 March 2009, retrieved 2012-06-05) was a British singer, best known for songs in the lovers rock genre. It is believed she died by suicide."[http://bambooo.co.uk/jean-adebambo-brother-confirms-suicide/ Jean Adebambo, Brother Confirms Suicide]", bamboo.co.uk, 28 January 2009, retrieved 2012-06-05

Biography

Jean Adebambo was born in Islington, London, to a Montserratian mother and a Nigerian father. Her entry into the music business was by chance; she was invited to do a cover version of two records entitled "Again" and "Reunited" by Ital Records in the early 1980s, while she was studying to be a nurse."[http://www.itzcaribbean.com/jeanadebambo Jean Adebambo]", itzcaribbean.com, retrieved 2012-06-05

She eventually met the Jamaican producer Leonard Chin, for whom she recorded the single "Paradise",Moskowitz, David V. (2006) Caribbean Popular Music: an Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall, Greenwood Press, {{ISBN|0-313-33158-8}}, p. 5 and had a successful solo career, mainly recording for her own Ade J label.Steward, Sue & Garratt, Sheryl (1985) Signed, Sealed, and Delivered: True Life Stories of Women in Pop, South End Press, {{ISBN|978-0896082403}}, p. 70 A string of hits followed such as the singles "Reaching For A Goal", "Hardships of Life" and "Pipe Dreams". Despite all the success, Adebambo quit the music industry and went back into the medical profession and became a health visitor in Bermondsey.

A successful lovers rock concert was held in 2008 at the Brixton Academy, where Adebambo was persuaded to perform and restart her music career;"[http://bambooo.co.uk/lovers-rock-singer-jean-adebambo-dies/ Lovers Rock Singer Jean Adebambo Dies]", bamboo.co.uk, 17 January 2009, retrieved 2012-06-05 however, she was found dead at home in Leytonstone on 15 January 2009, aged 46.Morris, Davina (2009) "[https://archive.today/20130505101343/http://archive.voice-online.co.uk/content.php?show=15022 Tributes pour in for lovers rock queen]", The Voice, Issue 1356, 27 January 2009, retrieved 2012-06-05

A tribute concert was held on at Hackney Empire on Sunday 15 March 2009, with the aim of raising funds to help raise her two daughters.