Lutricia McNeal

Lutricia McNeal (USA)Ain’t That Just the Way, 365 Days, Stranded, Someone Loves You Honey

Lutricia McNeal is an American soul and pop singer. She achieved worldwide success with her cover version of “Ain’t That Just The Way” which sold two million copies worldwide.

Born in Oklahoma City in 1973, McNeal started singing in her preacher father’s church choir before teaming up with Swedish dance producers Rob ‘n’ Raz to record the album Club hopping. In 1997, her debut solo single, “Ain’t That Just the Way,” reached the Top Ten across most of Europe, topped the U.S. Billboard dance charts, and was followed by three further hits (“Stranded,” “Someone Loves You Honey,” and a cover version of Johnny Mathis’ “When a Star Is Born”) from her debut album, My Side of Town. The biggest airplay hits from this album were “Stranded” and “Someone Loves You Honey”.

Her single “My Side of Town” went platinum and was a #1 hit in New Zealand. She managed to have three Top 10 hit singles in the UK. A second album followed in 1999 entitled Whatcha Been Doing before she took a short break from the music business to give birth to her second son.

In 2006, she produced songs like “Hold That Moment” and “Same Same Same”, but “Same Same Same” was never officially released. In October 2004 she posed for the German version of Playboy. She then released the singles “It’s Not Easy” (in September 2005), which was released in Sweden only and reached #3 on the Singles Charts, and “Best Of Times” (in February 2006) which reached No 6 on the Swedish Single Charts. “You Make Me Feel Good” was released in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in July 2011.~ Jon O’Brien/Wikipedia