Cherrelle ( born Cheryl Newton in Los Angeles , California October 13 , 1958 ) is a soul singer who rose to fame as one of the premier female R&B divas of the mid-to - late 1980s .
Cherrelle ( born Cheryl Newton in Los Angeles , California October 13 , 1958 ) is a soul singer . 
 Cherrelle rose to fame as one of the premier female R&B divas of the mid-to - late 1980s .