Bernadette Bascom

Bernadette Bascom is an American R&B singer. The daughter of Civil Rights activist Rev. Marion C. Bascom, she began her career as a voice over artist for a local DJ on a Baltimore, Maryland radio station. Bascom was the first artist signed to Stevie Wonder's label Black Bull, and she later forged a great recording career in the Pacific Northwest. For fifteen years, Bascom sang on the Las Vegas strip, and she was the co-star in the award-winning show Divine Divas. She was also one of the Motown Moments at the Motown Cafe. Bascom recorded for her own labels Penguin and Solidarity Records. "I Don't Want to Lose your Love" is her trademark song. She has worked with Elton John, Lenny Williams, among other musicians. In 2004, Bascom returned to Seattle where she has taught vocal lessons, performance, and production. She is the creator of "PRAISE!, a Sunday Gospel Supper," which has run at The Triple Door in downtown Seattle. She manages the Northshore Wranglers Program as a vocal coach. Room 315 at the Anderson School is dedicated to her. In 2010, Bascom became a music and vocal teacher at Northwest University in Kirkland, Washington, where she still teaches. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernade...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)