La-Rita Gaskins
(Alto)

Credits: Television: Saturday Night Live w/ Debbie Harry, Showtime at the Apollo w/ Breakfast Club, David Letterman’s Late Night (Back-up for Enrique Iglesias);

Recording/ Tours: Aretha Franklin (Radio City Music Hall), Nu Yorican Soul w/ George Benson, Roy Ayers & Tito Puente (Manhattan Center), Ben E. King’s Street Tough Album, Gwen McCrae’s Funky Sensation Tour, Jocelyn Brown & Inner Life Album and tour, Angela Bofill and George Howard (Brooklyn Academy of Music), Diane Shure w/ Ray Charles (Madison Square Garden); Rick James, Debbie Harry French Kissing in the USA album; Debbie Gibson’s Out of the Blue Album, Instant Funk Album, Fat Back Band Album; Reggae Artist Jimmy Cliff Album and tour, Soundtrack National Lampoon Goes To the Movies. Performs w/ 70’s Group Musique; lead singer, The Marvelous Marveletts, and female singer, The Platters

Message or what being a member of BIV means to me:
Being a member of BIV since 1999 has been a spiritual blessing! I am dedicated to the ingenuity of singing with a truly wonderful group of singers under Michael McElroy, whose leadership and vision is a gift of genius.