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Malaysia Idol for life
I was introduced to Mariah by my brother. He came home one day and played this tape of a "white girl who sounds black".He played the entire album...
Read Memory Pocatello, ID My First Gig
I sang this song when I won a talent show. I remember this particularly because my dad went to my concert and my mother didn't, because it was shortly after...
Read Memory Illinois Summer Camp
Although I was only six years old, my musical expertise made me "cool" enough to hang out with the 9 and 10 year olds. The music video for this...
Read Memory Unknown My 18th Birthday
My 18th birthday is very special to me form all the preparations to the night itself. Some of my friends came, from my neighbors to my high school and...
Read Memory Atlanta, GA Sleepover!
I remember being 11 years old and staying the night at a new friend's house for the first time. I had just moved towns and was getting tired of sitting with...
Read Memory Atlanta, GA Shake it off!
Mariah Carey is an artist whose work I have never taken very seriously. Lots of people talk about her as an influential voice in music. And no one can deny...
Read Memory Palo Alto, CA Slow Jams at O'Briens
One spring in college a friend of mine from the radio station asked me to cover for him a few nights a week DJing at this bar down the street. I worked a few...
Read Memory Richmond, VA The First Artist I Ever Loved
Mariah Carey was the first artist I ever loved. I probably heard her on the radio and fell in love. The song Dreamlover was my favorite. I was 8 years old. I...
Read Memory Missouri City, TX A Destined Crush? Not.
I definitely have memories attached to this song. I was 17 years old and really starting to attract attention from the opposite sex...(those beautiful days...
Read Memory Harare Hooking Up Is Not As Easy After All
Back in my teen years, my friends and I had a game we used to play. It was quite a contemporary game common throughout the school. More like ‘spin the...
Read Memory Redford, MI Mariah Mariah!
Mariah Carey was one of the first artists that captured my attention when I was old enough to understand music that was...
Read Memory Harare For Love Or Money?
There are many ways in which Timothy my current boyfriend and I connect. We make such a great couple, if I should so myself. We both share a keen interest in...
Read Memory Livermore, CA My First Music Video
I wanted to do Cinderella's Heartbreak Station. It was a pretty popular song at the time, and the school was across the street from the train tracks. We...
Read Memory San Francisco, CA The Early Years
I remember when I first heard this song- I was in the backseat of my brother's little two-door Toyata. At least I think it was a Toyata...I was pretty...
Read Memory Los Angeles, CA Christmas in Japan
It was my first year spending the holidays in Japan, far far way from home. To help ease the homesickness, my roommate and I would play "All I Want For...
Read Memory Bowie, MD I Remember
In 1995 I was 10 and my favorite CD was Daydream by Mariah Carey. I played the tape so much that I begged my mom to get the CD and then the CD got scratched....
Read Memory Harare In Your Time of Mourning
Death is really inevitable, a phenomenon every breathing being will encounter one day. In some cases, death seems most likely. Take the 90 year old granny...
Read Memory Harare Best Friend Leaves for Australia
My best friend and I had been together for close to six years. Our friendship had blossomed throughout the years. We shared our innermost secrets, sat...
Read Memory San Francisco, CA Dancing by Myself
I don’t know why, but I have a feeling that a lot of little girls secretly aspire to become professional dancers (or maybe it was just me). At any...
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