PHYLLIS NELSON-move closer

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Nelson was born in Indiana. She worked and recorded for several years from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s. Her records were mostly dance oriented. She also recorded numerous records during the disco era.

In 1984, she recorded a self-written ballad entitled "Move Closer". It was a complete departure from the type of music she had been recording. The lyrics of "Move Closer" were based on a long-term love affair she had with a much younger man in Philadelphia, who was struggling to start his own computer business.[citation needed] They lived together for several years, raising Nelson's two children (Marc and Kenya) that she had from previous relationships.

While "Move Closer" failed to find an audience in her native United States, it was highly successful in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at the top of the UK Singles Chart in April 1985.[1] The song remained on the chart for almost six months,[1] and became one of Britain's highest-selling singles of the year. Based in France, Nelson recorded a single with the French actor, Alain Delon: "I Don't Know". It was included in the original soundtrack of the 1985 French film, Parole De Flic (Cop's Honor). Her subsequent releases failed to make any impression (except "I Like You" which made #81[2]), and she is remembered as a one-hit wonder.

In the United States, she had success on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, where her song entitled "I Like You" peaked at #1 in 1985. "I Like You" reached the #29 in the French dance charts.[citation needed] "Move Closer" returned to the UK chart in 1994, reaching the Top 40,[1] after being featured in a television commercial for anti-perspirant.