With her angelic, soulful vocals, Denise Johnson rose to prominence as a key fixture of the Manchester rock and house music scene. Following her break-out appearance on Primal Scream's influential 1991 album Screamadelica, Johnson would remain an integral figure, singing on albums by New Order, A Certain Ratio, Electronic, Pet Shop Boys, and others. Although session work and touring were her main focus, Johnson also released her own material, including the 1994 U.K.-charting single "Rays of the Rising Sun" and the 2020 acoustic album Where Does It Go.
Born in 1966 in Manchest...