Soul/funk singer and songwriter

Originally from Pennsylvania, Janice moved to New York City to pursue a degree in political science at NYU. By 1981, Janice would become a member of [[artist:215582]]; she made contributions to the albums "[m=167781]" and "[m=280874]," with "[r=7330705]" becoming Janice's first release on lead vocals. She also became a member of the Fatback branch-off girl group "[[artist:136272]]," which would go on to release one single, "[r=10524609]" (the B-side "Bring It Here" would be famously sampled by the [[artist:10783]] on "[r=1053668]"). And in 1982 she would lend her vocals to the one-off single "[r=2035723]" by the [[artist:1648120]], which features guitar by [[artist:405638]]. This release would go on to become a rare and sought-after record.

By 1983, her time with Fatback had come to a close, and Janice was signed onto [[artist:275677]]'s [[label:7636]] label, originally teaming up with fellow Fatback alumnus [[artist:305113]] to release "[Stop That Knocking](https://www.discogs.com/master/183696-Thunderstone-Lets-Give-It-A-Try-Stop-That-Knocking)" under the name "[Thunderstone](https://www.discogs.com/artist/491746-Thunderstone-2)." In 1983 Janice's solo debut "[m=251461]" hit the shelves, and by 1985 Janice had released the club classic "[m=1527599]" (peaking at 35 on the US Dance Chart) and took another shot in a group setting with the release of "[m=196638]" under the "[[artist:88748]]" name (billed as a group, but no other tracks or members are known).

In 1986 Christie would release "[m=80099]" (peaking at 17 and 56 on the US dance and R&B charts, respectively) and "[m=80100]," which would turn out to be her biggest hit (peaking at 22 and 26 on the US R&B and dance charts and 91 on the UK singles chart). That next year, Janice would release the single "[m=1408808]" and her debut album "[m=555676]," which contained early work from talents like [[artist:102346]], [[artist:140916]], [[artist:1040216]], and [[artist:22135]]. The album also notably featured an early version of "[r=9114877]," as made famous by the [Pointer Sisters](https://www.discogs.com/master/140070-Pointer-Sisters-He-Turned-Me-Out). Janice would go on to release two more singles ([m=272047] and [m=451036]) in the late eighties before retiring from the music scene, likely due to Supertronics shuttering its doors.

Janice unfortunately passed away on September 12th, 1999.