LaToya Renee London (born December 29, 1978 in San Francisco, California) i… Read Full Bio ↴LaToya Renee London (born December 29, 1978 in San Francisco, California) is an American R&B and soul singer and actress, who was the fourth-place finalist on the third season of the reality/talent-search television series American Idol.
London was raised in Oakland, California where she had her first public musical performance when, at the age of 7, she sang in her mother's wedding. Her interest in singing began when she was just 4 years old, she frequently sung when attending a baptist church, and her talent took off from there. As a teenager, she sang with the Oakland Youth Chorus from 1993 to 1996. In 1997, she graduated from Skyline High School (the same school where popular movie actor Tom Hanks and basketball player Gary Payton attended). She also worked as a waitress and a bartender and even sang in a Christian rock group, as well. She currently lives in southern California, where she is studying music.
London auditioned for the third season of American Idol in Los Angeles, California. A member of the third group of eight semifinalists, she was voted through to the final 12 contestants with 32.3 percent of audience votes.
On May 11, 2004, the final four contestants each performed two disco songs. Judge Simon Cowell, who previously endorsed her as the best singer in the competition, suggested that his only complaint with Ms. London was that after ten weeks he still didn't know anything at all about her. Cowell also suggested that contestant Jasmine Trias would almost certainly be voted off the next day. However, on May 12, in a result that came as a surprise to many, including the judges, London became the ninth of the 12 finalists to be eliminated, finishing in fourth place. American Idol judge Paula Abdul was in tears when LaToya sang her farewell song "Don't Rain On My Parade," and the other two judges, Randy Jackson and Simon Cowell gave her a standing ovation.
In November 2004 it was announced that London had been signed to an imprint of Concord Records. Her first single "Appreciate" hit the airwaves in July with a video to follow. Her first album, Love & Life, was released on September 20, 2005.
The single reached #8 on the Billboard Singles Sales Chart and the album has sold about 55,000 copies thus far.
LaToya suffered a setback when she had to pull out of the VH1 Soul Tour with Jaguar Wright and Kindred due to a "family emergency". On the other hand, Ebony magazine named her one of the hottest African-American bachelorettes in America, sparking off speculation about the state of her marriage - while she was on American Idol she mentioned that she was married and had stepchildren. She later confirmed that she and her husband had, in fact, parted ways.
Most recently, Latoya released two follow-up singles, "Every Part of You" and "State of My Heart," the latter of which hit #5 on the radio industry periodical Friday Morning Quarterback's Adult Contemporary spin chart. In April 2006,"State of My Heart" spent a week atop the Idol Waves online radio Top 12 chart. In February 2006, she landed a lead role in Laterras R. Whitfield’s touring dramatic comedy play, "Issues: We All Have 'Em," also starring Angie Stone, Dave Hollister, and Kim Fields. The play recently ended its run; Latoya has been keeping busy with many singing engagements. She will make her film debut in "Hollywood Chaos," an upcoming movie featuring a multitude of reality television stars.
London was raised in Oakland, California where she had her first public musical performance when, at the age of 7, she sang in her mother's wedding. Her interest in singing began when she was just 4 years old, she frequently sung when attending a baptist church, and her talent took off from there. As a teenager, she sang with the Oakland Youth Chorus from 1993 to 1996. In 1997, she graduated from Skyline High School (the same school where popular movie actor Tom Hanks and basketball player Gary Payton attended). She also worked as a waitress and a bartender and even sang in a Christian rock group, as well. She currently lives in southern California, where she is studying music.
London auditioned for the third season of American Idol in Los Angeles, California. A member of the third group of eight semifinalists, she was voted through to the final 12 contestants with 32.3 percent of audience votes.
On May 11, 2004, the final four contestants each performed two disco songs. Judge Simon Cowell, who previously endorsed her as the best singer in the competition, suggested that his only complaint with Ms. London was that after ten weeks he still didn't know anything at all about her. Cowell also suggested that contestant Jasmine Trias would almost certainly be voted off the next day. However, on May 12, in a result that came as a surprise to many, including the judges, London became the ninth of the 12 finalists to be eliminated, finishing in fourth place. American Idol judge Paula Abdul was in tears when LaToya sang her farewell song "Don't Rain On My Parade," and the other two judges, Randy Jackson and Simon Cowell gave her a standing ovation.
In November 2004 it was announced that London had been signed to an imprint of Concord Records. Her first single "Appreciate" hit the airwaves in July with a video to follow. Her first album, Love & Life, was released on September 20, 2005.
The single reached #8 on the Billboard Singles Sales Chart and the album has sold about 55,000 copies thus far.
LaToya suffered a setback when she had to pull out of the VH1 Soul Tour with Jaguar Wright and Kindred due to a "family emergency". On the other hand, Ebony magazine named her one of the hottest African-American bachelorettes in America, sparking off speculation about the state of her marriage - while she was on American Idol she mentioned that she was married and had stepchildren. She later confirmed that she and her husband had, in fact, parted ways.
Most recently, Latoya released two follow-up singles, "Every Part of You" and "State of My Heart," the latter of which hit #5 on the radio industry periodical Friday Morning Quarterback's Adult Contemporary spin chart. In April 2006,"State of My Heart" spent a week atop the Idol Waves online radio Top 12 chart. In February 2006, she landed a lead role in Laterras R. Whitfield’s touring dramatic comedy play, "Issues: We All Have 'Em," also starring Angie Stone, Dave Hollister, and Kim Fields. The play recently ended its run; Latoya has been keeping busy with many singing engagements. She will make her film debut in "Hollywood Chaos," an upcoming movie featuring a multitude of reality television stars.
If You Don't Know Me by Now
La Toya London Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'If You Don't Know Me by Now' by these artists:
Althea & Donna "I Don't Want to Know" Hey! I know where you live, yea And…
Andreas Kümmert If you don't know me by now You will never never…
Aubrey If you don't know me by now (x2) When you came…
Ben Saunders If you don't know me by now You will never, never,…
Blue If you don't know me by now You will never never…
David T. Walker All the things That we've been through You should understand…
Dennis Brown If you don't know me by now You will never never…
Freddie Jackson If you don't know me by now You will never, never,…
Gloria Bosman If you don't know me by now You will never, never Never…
Harold Melvin & Blue Notes If you don't know me by now You will never never…
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes If you don't know me by now You will never never…
Harold Melvin's Blue Notes If you don't know me by now You will never never…
Harold Melvin/Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes/The Bluenotes If you don't know me by now You will never never…
Human Nature (If you don't know me by now) You will never, never,…
Jackie Edwards If you don't know me by now You will never never…
Junior Byles (If you don't know me by now) You will never, never,…
Kenny Gamble O seu amor Reluz que nem riqueza csa do meu destino Clareza …
Labelle If you don't know me by now You will never never…
LaToya London You will never never never know me All the things that…
Leon Huff O seu amor Reluz que nem riqueza csa do meu destino Clareza …
Lloyd Parks [Chorus] If you don't know me by now You'll never, never,…
Lyn Collins If you don't know me by now You will never never…
Melvin Harold & The Blue Notes If you don't know me by now You will never never…
NAS-T If you don't know me by now You will never never…
Os Alquimistas If you don't know me by now You will never,…
Patti LaBelle If you don't know me by now You will never never…
Percy Sledge If you don't know me by now You will never never…
Russell Watson (If you don't know me by now) You will never, never,…
Seal All the things That we've been through You should understand…
Simply Red If you don't know me by now You will never, never,…
Star If you don't know me by now You will never never…
Steve Brookstein If you don't know me by now You will never, never,…
T.S.O.P You may have given me the breaks, amended all my…
Teddy Pendergrass If you don't know me by now You will never never…
The Happy Boys If you don't know me by now (x2) When you came…
The Nylons If you don't know me by now You will never never…
The Satineers If you don't know me by now You will never never…
Various Artists Me diz o que você quer de mim Fala que ta…
Vernon Garrett If you don't know me by now You will never never…
Zap Pow If you don't know me by now You will never never…
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All By Myself When I was young I never needed anyone And making love was…
Anything For you, my friend, I'd do anything Shine your shoes, anyth…
Don't Leave Me This Way Don't leave me this way I can't survive I can't stay alive…
Don't rain on my parade Hey, world, here I am... Don't tell me not to live,…
Every Part of Me The way you know me The way you love me It's so…
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@luizh
She is THE american idol, the best contestant ever of any season, you go LaToya!
@Eddo128
I agree
@meonly6471
She wouldn't sell out to the Illuminati puppet's like Fantasia and J Hudson
@TheDoveShack684
This performance of Latoya y’all🔥💯anyone watching this is 2023?
@LH-id2te
2020 and I still remember. Amazing.
@gkh2606
Utterly Splendid... This song is really for her. She made it into her own.
@tylersfs
LaToya SHOULD be a top R&B singer now. She would fill a MUCH needed void in music today - a combination of class, talent, naturally stunning good looks & sexiness, and great stage presence. Today's so-called divas are talentless, overexposed hoochies who have near zero natural vocal skills but compensate with excessive make-up, fake hair, dance moves and damn-near "nekkid" outfits. The 30 and up crowd (like myself - 40 and up in my case) would appreciate a LaToya London in music today.
@mzkiwi_baby
This is when I first started to love this song when I heard her sing it on the American idol album 💿
@truelove4real
blew me away!
@hollapala24
She was one of my favorites and I love this song..Thanks for posting and sharing this with us here @ Youtube..Holla Pala 24 Chicago IL