Stacy Ann
Ferguson was
born on
March 27th, 1975, in
Hacienda Heights,
California. Her parents, Terri and
Pat, encouraged
stacy and her younger sister
Dana to pursue
careers in the
entertainment industry.more to come.
Stacy began her acting career as the
voice of Sally on the Saturday morning cartoon
The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show in 1983, as well as on two TV
specials:
It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown (1984) and
Snoopy's Getting Married, Charlie Brown (1985).
In 1984, following a
commercial for
Rice Krispies,
she appeared in the pilot for the
long-running musical television
Show,
Kids Incorporated.
The show, which also starred
Jennifer Love Hewitt and the girl who would become goth
pop princess Martika, was a
hit with Saturday morning audiences and
she sang backup on it until 1989.
Stacy incorporated In 1986,
she appeared in the horror comedy movie
Monster in the Closet as well as two TV
specials:
Kids Incorporated: Chartbusters and
Kids Incorporated: Rock In the New Year.
she left the
spotlight in 1989 and settled down to
live a
normal teenager's life.
But
music was always her first
passion and
she teamed up with
Stefanie Ridel and fellow
Kids Incorporated member
Renee Sandstrom to form
the band Wild
Orchid. In 1999, they even had their own Saturday morning
Show on
the FOX Family Channel.
They released their first album,
Wild Orchid, in 1997 on
RCA and it was followed
the next year with
Oxygen. They scored a
minor hit when the song "Declaration" was featured in an episode of
Beverly Hills, 90210.
Stacy bounces back In 2001, Wild
Orchid was ready to
launch a third album but the label declined to release it. Wild Orchid ceased to exist and it triggered an emotional crisis for
Stacy, forcing her to seek
therapy.
For
the next few years,
she continued to perform, albeit in obscurity.
She became a
dance floor regular and backup singer at a number of
Los Angeles venues. And that's when she met will.i.am of
the Black Eyed Peas.
They had a number of meetings after shows and before
long,
she was invited to
join the
trio in the recording studio. They recorded five songs together and
the band invited her to join them permanently.
fergie joins Black Eyed Peasthe Black Eyed Peas actually began as Atban Klann in 1989, with will.i.am and apl.de.ap. They became
Black Eyed Peas in 1995 after
recruiting Taboo and then singer
Kim Hill. In 1998, they released their first
opus,
Behind The Front, and it was followed up in 2000 with
Bridging the Gap.
Even though their musical style was out there and they had collaborated with
big shots like
Macy Gray and
Wyclef Jean, the group's relationships deteriorated and
Hill left
the band. It took two years for their third album,
Elephunk, to be produced and the arrival of
Stacy, who took
the stage name of
fergie, to make
the Black Eyed Peas appreciated in
mainstream circles.
While
she's finally enjoying major
success,
She's hoping to embark on a
solo career. The
first step has already been taken since she contributed to the
soundtrack of
Adam Sandler's
50 First Dates (2004) on the remake of "True"
along with will.i.am.
; "Fergie Stacy Ann Ferguson")
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