
The "I Won't Play the Fool" remix landed on the Top 10 Dance Remixes Chart of 1998 in Billboard magazine. The singles "At Night I Pray", " Talk to Me" and "Supernatural" all garnered substantial radio airplay, all appearing on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart.ĭance remixes of "Follow Me" and "I Won't Play the Fool" were released in May 1998 and became popular in underground clubs.

The group even toured with 98 Degrees and 'N Sync across the U.S., Canada and Asia. Hard Copy, The HitList with Tarzan Dan, Vibe, Mad TV, The Pat Bullard Show, Caryl & Marilyn: Real Friends, Terry Bradshaw, Crook and Chase, The Jenny Jones Show, Electric Circus and Goode Behavior. They made appearances on Soul Train, Ricki Lake, Access Hollywood, MTV, Wild On!, The RuPaul Show, Wild Orchid spent 19 promoting their debut album. The group also received an American Music Award for Favorite R&B/Soul Artist. The album also received two Billboard Music Award nominations for "Talk to Me" and two Soul Train Lady of Soul Award nominations - one for Album of the Year By a Group, Band or Duo and one for Best Music Video for "Talk to Me". The album debuted with its highest chart position in Billboard's Top 200 Albums Chart at #153. However, it was postponed and was released on March 23, 1997, in the midst of the popularity of their second single "Talk to Me". They released their debut single "At Night I Pray" on September 3, 1996, with the album due for an Octorelease. The album took approximately nine months to complete. The album was nominated for 2 Lady Of Soul Awards.Īfter signing a recording contract with RCA Records, the trio wrote and recorded songs throughout 1995 with the help of Renee's songwriter brother Bobby Sandstrom. Tony Attwood’s website: Waskesiu is a real town, located in Prince Albert National Park in Saskatchewan, Canada.Wild Orchid is the self-titled debut album by American group Wild Orchid, released on March 23, 1997. A novel that celebrates the differences among people as well as the universals we share, for ages 12 and up.įor more information about Asperger’s Syndrome, seek an Autism Support network in your community, or search Dr.

And she makes headway in reaching a personal goal-acquiring a boyfriend. She sees her first real play-The Birthday Party-a unique look at social interaction by Nobel prize winning playwright Harold Pinter. But due to her ingenuity and perseverance, the summer turns out to be not so bad. When she discovers she has to accompany her mom to Waskesiu Lake for the summer, she freaks out because she hates change. Taylor Jane Simon is an 18 year old girl with Asperger’s Syndrome, a high functioning form of autism. A courageous wit attends Taylors gradual emergence as her own person.

Wild Orchid (Red Deer Press, 2005) is a Young Adult novel about searching for independence. Written as an epistolary novel, Wild Orchid is frank but optimistic, literal yet innocent.
