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Free of Night and divorced from Lange, Vann continued her career as a solo artist, backup singer, and commercial jingle singer. Among the more notable of her adverts in the United
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peaked at #18 in the U.S. Top 40, while also becoming an international hit in Canada (#23), South Africa (#13) and elsewhere. Their second single, "If You
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