Evelyn "Champagne" King born June 29, 1960, in the Bronx, New York and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was originally discovered while working as a cleaning woman in a recording studio. She went on to become one of the most popular R&B and disco singers of the late seventies and early eighties, recording classics such as "Shame" and the groundbreakers "I'm In Love" and "Love Come Down."Of King's many R&B and pop hits, she is best known for the disco classic "Shame", which is her only Top 10 on the Billboard Magazine Hot 100 (#9 in 1978) (it also hit #8 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart). The record eventually became Gold that same year, and she followed the single with another classic, 1979's "I Don't Know If It's Right" (which also went gold). Both "Shame" and "I Don't Know If It's Right" elevated her 1977 debut album Smooth Talk to classic status and success. King was just 16 years old when Smooth Talk was released.Music Box (#30 on the Billboard 200), released in 1979 and Call On Me (#12 on the Billboard 200), released in 1980 were a pair of follow-up disco-R&B albums to Smooth Talk, that featured danceable tracks and soul ballads. However, her follow-up albums did not mask the same amount of success as her debut album, simply due to popular music's sudden transition from the disco craze of the late-1970s to the 1980s-dance music scene.King hit #1 on the dance chart in 1981 with "I'm In Love" and then topped that chart again in 1982 with "Love Come Down". "I'm In Love" and "Love Come Down" were also her first pair of #1 Billboard R&B Hits.
A classic moment in The O.C. in S02E14, The Rainy Day Women, where Seth and Summer finally get back together after she realizes she loves him, geeky rainy spider-man kiss and all. "Champagne Supernova" by Oasis.
