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Cheryl Pepsii Riley Birthday and Biography

 
Born:  October 18, 1961
Place of Birth:  Brooklyn, NY
Zodiac Sign:  Libra

Cheryl Bridget "Pepsii" Riley is an American singer and actress. Riley is best known for her music during the late 1980s through the early 1990s, most notably 1988's R&B ballad "Thanks for My Child." Riley starred in Tyler Perry's stage plays, including Madea's Class Reunion (2003) and Why Did I Get Married? (2006)

Born Cheryl Bridget Riley in Brooklyn, Riley was the first of two children born to James Madison Riley and Lucia Viola Riley. Riley attended Clara Barton High School. After high school, Riley worked as a nurse for disabled children before beginning her singing career. Riley started her music career as a lead singer in the band Stargaze, who released the single "You Can't Have It" in 1982.

In November 1988, Riley topped the US R&B chart and hit the Top 40 on the pop chart at No. 32 with the ballad "Thanks for My Child," a song written by Full Force. The song peaked at No. 75 in the UK Singles Chart in January 1989. The genesis of "Thanks for My Child" began with Full Force member Bowlegged Lou's experience with the complications of his wife's first pregnancy. The title track single to her debut LP Me, Myself and I made it to number 18 on the R&B charts in early 1989. Another single, "Every Little Thing About You," peaked at number 55 on the R&B charts later that year.

Her second LP, Chapters, was issued and yielded the singles "How Can You Hurt The One You Love" and a cover of Aretha Franklin's 1968 hit "Ain't No Way". Her third album, All That! Reprise released it and featured the singles "Gimme" and "Guess I'm In Love."

After a hiatus from the entertainment industry, Riley re-emerged in the late 1990s by appearing on the songs "I Love It" and "Look Around" on The Beatnuts album A Musical Massacre. Riley also starred in several gospel plays for best-selling playwright Tyler Perry, including Madea's Class Reunion, Madea Goes to Jail, Why Did I Get Married?, Laugh to Keep from Crying, Madea's Big Happy Family, and the most recent, A Madea Christmas. Riley also appeared in the film versions of Diary of a Mad Black Woman and Madea's Big Happy Family. She has also starred in Tyler Perry's Madea Gets a Job (2012) and Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned (2014).

Following her appearance on several tracks on the Diary of a Mad Black Woman soundtrack in 2005, Riley released Let Me Be Me, her first album in fourteen years. In 2015, she released a new solo album entitled Still Believe.

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