Pebbles

Pebbles (born Perri McKissack on August 29, 1964) is a singer-songwriter, producer and record executive from the Bay Area. She got her nickname as a child due to her resemblance to the cartoon character Pebbles from The Flintstones. She got her start as a backup singer for the Vallejo-based group Con Funk Shun in the early 1980s before breaking through with her self-titled debut album in 1987. Her first big single from the album was the L.A. Reid & Babyface-produced hit “Girlfriend,” which hit #1 on the R&B Singles chart and peaked at #5 on the pop chart. She followed that up with her biggest single “Mercedes Boy,” which also topped the R&B Singles chart while peaking at #2 on both the Billboard Hot 100 & Dance charts. Her 1990 sophomore album Always was primarily written and produced by L.A. & Face. The album featured the #1 R&B singles “Giving You the Benefit” and her duet with Babyface, “Love Makes Things Happen” as well as the Top 5 R&B hit “Backyard” with Salt-N-Pepa. On a personal note, R&B singer Cherrelle is her cousin and she was featured on the title track “Always” along with Johnny Gill. Prior to the release of Always, Pebbles and L.A. Reid married in 1989. Following the release of that album, she began managing TLC under her Pebbitone company as they signed to LaFace Records. TLC filed for bankruptcy in 1995 and cited mismanagement by Pebbles as a source of their financial issues. This situation took a toll on her marriage to L.A. Reid and he filed for divorced the same year. Also in 1995, Pebbles released her third album, Straight From My Heart, but left the music industry afterwards to become a minister. She came back with the gospel album Prophetic Flows Vol. I & II under the name Sister Perri in 2008.

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