| Joscelyn Eve Stoker best known by her stage name Joss Stone, is a Brit Award-winning and Grammy Award-nominated English soul and R&B singer and songwriter. She grew up listening to a wide variety of music including R&B and soul music performed by such artists as Dusty Springfield and Aretha Franklin; as a result, she developed a soulful style of singing like her idols. At 14, she appeared on Star for a Night on BBC Television singing Franklin's 1967 "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman." She told MTV News, "I kind of clicked into soul music more than anything else because of the vocals. You've got to have good vocals to sing soul music and I always liked it ever since I was little." After being signed by S-Curve Records, Joss flew to Miami, Florida to start work on her debut album, The Soul Sessions, released 16 September 2003. She collaborated with people with solid credentials in the Miami soul scene such as Betty Wright, Benny Latimore, Timmy Thomas, and Little Beaver. She also worked with contemporary acts Angie Stone and The Roots. On 14 November 2004, Stone joined Band Aid 20 to benefit Sudan's troubled Darfur region. The group, consisting of such luminaries as Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin and U2 lead singer Bono, re-recorded the 1984 song "Do They Know It's Christmas?," written by Band Aid organizers Bob Geldof and Midge Ure. Stone, born two years after the release of the original single, wasn't initially aware who Bob Geldof was. On 2 July 2005, Stone performed at the Live 8 concert in Hyde Park, London, and did a duet with singer James Brown on British chat show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. On 5 February 2006, she joined Stevie Wonder, India.Arie, and John Legend at the Super Bowl XL pre-game show in performing a medley of Wonder's hits and on the night of the 2006 Grammy Awards, she helped perform a medley of hits by the reclusive singer Sly Stone.
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