Her older brother, Jackie Myers, also a musician, would later become part of the beach band Chairmen of the Board.
[2] The two siblings competed in a local talent competition in April 1968 at Detroit's Martin Luther King Jr. High School, where they sang, "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing", originally performed by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, and they were awarded first place.
The high charting success of I Fooled You can be attributed to the inclusion of the aforementioned "I Want To Thank You", which had gained popularity due to DJs such as Tee Scott playing it in heavy rotation, where it was discovered by those who missed it the previous year upon its initial release.
Universal Special Products re-released her debut Alicia album, with the same exact track listing,[7] as Don't Stop What You're Doin' in 1986,[5] without further chart success.
Several years later, "I Want to Thank You" was again sampled by E-40 in his song "I Wanna Thank You" featuring Suga-T, taken from his 1996 album Tha Hall of Game.
In October 2019, a mural by artist Stephen Powers was unveiled on Pier 40 in Manhattan, New York, featuring the words "I WANT TO THANK YOU," inspired by Myers' song.