According toRock the Bells, Denton was studying psychiatry and James, perBiography, was studying nursing.

“One day, she was walking around with these applications from Sears [call center].

She was getting a dollar or something for every system she could score,” Denton toldRock the Bells.

Cheryl “Salt” James smiling

“I needed a job.

[My car] had a hole in the passenger seat.”

And the rest was history.

Cheryl James with Sandra Denton

James introduced Denton to her then-boyfriend and their first producer, Hurby Azor.

They released their debut albumHot, Cool & Viciousin 1986.

“Weighing yourself doesn’t have to be depressing,” she wrote undera gym selfiein November 2020.

Cheryl “Salt” James autographing jacket

“It can be just the motivation you need.

Let’s go 2021.”

I’m worth it."

“Envy will keep you from discovering your own and literally eat you up inside.”