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Cheryl Elizabeth Gamble (formerly Clemons; born June 13, 1970), known professionally as Coko, is an American singer-songwriter best known as the lead singer of the R&B vocal trio Sisters With Voices (SWV). Aside from her R&B career, Gamble also has a solo gospel career. As a member of SWV, Coko has sold over 5.4 million albums worldwide, a further 6.5 million singles in the United States, and is a four-time Grammy Award nominee.
Cheryl Elizabeth Gamble was born in The Bronx, New York to gospel singer Mother Lady “Clyde” Tibba Gamble, Gamble was raised in the South Bronx section, Gamble also lived in Brooklyn before moving back to The Bronx. Gamble began singing at age 3.
She began her recording career as a choir member in Hezekiah Walker’s Love Fellowship Crusade Choir.
From 1990 to 1998, Gamble sang with the platinum recording group, Sisters With Voices (SWV). Collectively the female trio released five albums – with their debut It’s About Time (1992) selling over three million copies making SWV a big hit and earning the group numerous awards and accolades, including a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist at…
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