Arlene

..OCCUPATION: SINGER/DANCER/ENTERTAINER/ACTOR/MODEL/WRITERPeace is all she wanted. After a long and painful process in the recording industry, Arlene found her true happiness. In the beginning her happiness was based on people, places and things. When she hit bottom and found herself at the end of the road, her cry to GOD was heard. The Lord used special people in her life to help her leave the past behind. In 1985 Arlene formed the group Leather & Lace with the help of her then manager, Eddie Mercado .Her first record “Tender Heart”, is known today as a Freestyle Classic. As the lead singer of this group she had many other successful recordings. In 1988 she went solo and her hit “We Can Work It Out” was one of the first Freestyle records to hit not 1 but 2 radio stations in New York as top 10, when at that time only one station was playing Freestyle. She went on to record “Why You Wanna Hurt Me”, “Read between the Lines” as well as many other recording which reached the airwaves beyond New York. Since 1985 she is known as one of the pioneers who paved the way for music known today as “Freestyle Music”. She has opened and performed with top artists like Gloria Estefan, Jocelyn Brown, Tito Allen and many Freestyle Artists. She has the privilege to have worked with Actor/ Director Nelson Vasquez and also producers Tommy Musto, Eddie Mercado , 20 Fingers ( JJ Flores and Charlie “ Babie” ) , David Sanchez ,Ralf Torres, Willie Ruiz ,Tim Schommer ,Giuseppe D. & Carlos Berrios to name a few. Through her travel and work around the world she now come out of the main stream /secular, five years later into the Gospel as a singer/songwriter, she had established her publishing Company, He Allowed Music /BMI. Now a Christian since 1995, she has ministered in many churches in and out of New York. In 1997 she evolved into acting and toured for 3 years with the play, “Run Baby Run”, the life of Evangelist Nicky Cruz. In N.Y she attended Harvest Fields Community Church and worked closely with Evangelistic Outreach. Arlene believes in using the Dramatic arts, Music and Dance as a tool to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ to a world in need of salvation, restoration, healing, reconciliation and deliverance. In January 2006 with the help of a friend she took on the role of writer and director of the play, “The Christmas Story” .She started her company, “He Allowed Works” and in 2006- 2008 with the help of a wonderful cast and crew, she presented her play entitled, “Were U There”, inspired by her real life. In September 2008 she relocated to Florida where she continues pre- production of her Play. Arlene is also preparing a band and is working on her new CD. Her new single in 2009 is a remake of Freda Payne’s,"Band of Gold”! She will continue on to expand her wings with her own radio show .Arlene's other talents include, scouting talent, image consulting ,and she will soon start up an inspirational website as to help up coming recording artists.