Celinda Cosby (born 1957), known professionally asCelinda Pink, is a femalecountry music singer. Between 1993 and 1995, she released two studio albums onStep One Records and three singles, including her 1993 single "Pack Your Lies and Go", which peaked at No. 68 on theHot Country Singles & Tracks charts.

She was born Celinda Cosby in 1957 inTuscaloosa, Alabama. After being abandoned by her birth parents, she was raised by a foster family in Alabama. Cosby gave her first performance in the third grade, singing "Elvira" at a talent competition. After moving in with her grandparents, she also attended a reform school. There she cited the presence of African American students who would listen to soul and R&B music as an influence. She moved toNashville, Tennessee at age 16 in an attempt to find her mother and attendTennessee State University.^[2] After this she spent much of the 1970s singing in nightclubs around Tennessee. During this time she developed a heroin addiction for which she later went to rehabilitation,^[3] became the mother of two children, and adopted her stage name of Celinda Pink. It was in her nightclub gigs that she was discovered by promoter Buzz Ledford, who eventually helped her sign toStep One Records, an independent label.^[2] Her debut albumVictimized came out in 1993 and charted the single "Pack Up Your Lies and Go".^[1] A review inStereo Review was positive, calling Pink's voice "bluesy, ballsy, and full of rue".^[4]

A second album,Unchained, followed in 1995 also on Step One. A review published in the magazineGavin Report was positive, noting influences ofblues music in her delivery.^[5]

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