Nona Hendryx
(October 9, 1944 - living) U.S.A.
Pop singer
Born Wynona Hendryx in Trenton, New Jersey, as a child she was brought up, as many Soul Singers are, with a Gospel background. It was in church she met her friend, and later vocal collaborator in Labelle, Sarah Dash. Nona and Sarah formed the singing duo, the Del Capris. Two other friends, namely Patti Labelle and Cindy Birdsong, were in another group called The Ordettes.
In 1962, and at the suggestion of producer Bobby Martin, Patti, Sarah, Nona and Cindy combined to call themselves The Bluebelles. The group seperated the following year and Nona released her own, self-titled, solo album for the Epic imprint.
She then undertook session work during the late 1970's and early 1980's, a period that included vocal chores for the group Talking Heads. Nona put together a second solo record entitled, simply, Nona for the RCA label.
There were five other albums following the 1983 release including 1992's 'You Have To Cry Sometime' for the Shanachie imprint. Nona toured Europe and the U.S. in 2001, and wrote eleven songs for a play entitled "Blue". She also collaborated with Bootsy Collins on another musical project entitled 'Ball'.
Nona also wrote a classical piece entitled Oak and Ivy and was a featured vocalist on the soundtrack of Denzel Washington's film "The Siege".
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