Cherie

Cherie (real name Cyndi Almouzni) is a french-born singer originally from Marseille. In 2004, Cyndi released a self-titled album under the name "Cherie" while signed to Lava records, which featured the leadoff single "I'm Ready". This song sampled the bassline from Foreigner's "Urgent" and made decent headway on the US charts. Follow-up single "Older Than My Years" charted at Adult Contemporary radio. Aside from one holiday track that was sent to radio ("Merry Christmas Darling") Cherie seemingly disappeared altogether, until resurfacing in the 2007 BBC selection to perform for the UK in the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest - coming runner-up to Scooch. Interestingly, no mention was made of "Cherie" again as Cyndi reverted to her family name.