1977 Andrew Gold Elkie Brooks Stevie Wonder Deniece Williams June Deniece Chandler was born and raised in Gary, Indiana, United States.[7]
She attended Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, in the hopes of becoming a registered nurse and an anesthetist, but she dropped out after a year and a half. She recalled, "You have to be a good student to be in college, and I wasn't. Cliff Richard Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr.
