CHERYL LYNN ‎- YOU SAVED MY DAY

YOU SAVED MY DAY

CHERYL LYNN

SONGWRITER: CHARLES MAY

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: CHERYL LYNN

LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GENRE: R & B

YEAR: 1978

Cheryl Lynn (born Lynda Cheryl Smith; March 11, 1957) is an American singer. She is best known for her songs during the late 1970s through the mid-1980s, including the 1978 R&B/disco song "Got to Be Real". Lynn's singing career began with her church choir when she was a girl. Her professional singing career started in 1976 when she obtained a job as a backing vocalist for the national touring company of the musical drama The Wiz. Eventually, she obtained the role of Evillene, the Wicked Witch of the West, during the six-month national tour.

Prior to her appearance in The Wiz, Lynn taped an episode of The Gong Show, a daytime entertainment show during June 1976, performing Joe Cocker's "You Are So Beautiful". Impressing her celebrity judges Jaye P. Morgan, Rex Reed and Elke Sommer, Lynn scored a perfect 30 and was later declared the winner. However, Lynn ended up appearing on the show twice, due to the fact the producers were debuting a nighttime version. According to an interview conducted and appearing in the September 1980 periodical "Black Stars" magazine, Lynn indicated that she was invited back in September 1976 to tape the all-new prime time version. The judges - Della Reese, Avery Schreiber, and Jamie Farr - gave her a collective score of 21; a previous act (a singing juggler) had also scored 21 and in the audience applause tie-break (and also because of Lynn's prior win) the juggler was deemed the winner.

Cheryl Lynn is the first studio album by the American singer Cheryl Lynn. It was officially released on October 13, 1978, by Columbia Records and included Lynn's first single and biggest hit "Got to Be Real".