Name	Yes, I'm Ready
Artist	Barbara Mason
Album	Yes, I'm Ready
B-side	"Keep Him"
Released	1965
Format	7" (45 rpm)
Recorded	1965
Genre	Soul, R&B;, Pop
Length	4:25
Label	Arctic Records
Writer	Barbara Mason

Name	Yes, I'm Ready
Artist	Teri DeSario with KC
Album	Moonlight Madness (by Teri DeSario)
B-side	"With Your Love"
Released	1979
Format	7" (45 rpm)
Genre	Pop, Adult contemporary
Length	3:19
Label	Casablanca Records
Writer	Barbara Mason
Producer	Harry Wayne Casey
Certification	Gold (RIAA)

"Yes, I'm Ready" is the title of a popular song that was written and originally recorded by Barbara Mason in 1965. It has been covered by numerous artists, most notably as a duet by Teri DeSario and Harry Wayne Casey in 1979.

Barbara Mason

Mason, a soul / R&B; singer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, had released a few singles while she was a teenager in the mid 1960s. "Yes, I'm Ready" became Mason's first big hit on the music charts, peaking at #2 on the Billboard R&B; chart and #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart

Other versions

"Yes, I'm Ready" has been covered by other artists, including Gladys Knight and the Pips and Maureen McGovern. It was recorded as a duet by the artist Jed and American singer La Toya Jackson. This single was released only in 7" format in Japan, where it failed to chart. It was not included on any of Jackson's albums and includes the instrumental version on the B-side. In 1997, teenage singing sensation Kimberly Scott, mostly known for her hit “Tuck Me In”, remade this song with Taiwanese musician Harlem Yu, which was included in Harlem Yu's 1997 English cover album "Harlem Music Channel".

See also

List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1980 (U.S.)

References

External links

Mason release info at discogs.com

DeSario release info at discogs.com

Music Video of Harlem Yu and Kimberly Scott's version

Category:1965 singles Category:1979 singles Category:La Toya Jackson songs Category:Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one singles Category:Casablanca Records singles Category:Pop ballads Category:Rhythm and blues ballads Category:Vocal duets

Barbara Mason (born 9 August 1947, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American R&B;/soul singer best known for her 1965 hit song, "Yes, I'm Ready".

Career

A soul singer, Mason initially focused on songwriting when she entered the music industry in her teens. As a performer, though, she had a hit single in 1965 with her self-penned Top 10 hit, "Yes, I'm Ready" (number five pop, number two R&B;), a fetching soul-pop confection that spotlighted her high, girlish vocals. One of the first examples of the sweet, lush sound that came to be called Philly soul, she had modest success throughout the rest of the decade on the small Arctic label, reaching the Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 again in 1965 with "Sad, Sad Girl", and "Oh How It Hurts" in 1967-68.

In the early and mid 1970s, Mason toughened her persona considerably, singing about sexual love and infidelity with a frankness that was uncommon for a female soul singer in songs like "Bed and Board," "From His Woman to You," and "Shackin' Up." Sweet soul continued to be her groove, and she continued to write some of her material. But the production, as it was throughout soul in the '70s, was more funk-oriented, and at times Mason would interrupt her singing to deliver some straight-talkin' raps about romance. Curtis Mayfield produced her on a cover version of Mayfield's "Give Me Your Love," which restored her to the pop Top 40 and R&B; Top Ten in 1973; "From His Woman to You" (the response to Shirley Brown's single "Woman to Woman") and "Shackin' Up" were also solid soul sellers in the mid '70s. After leaving Buddah Records in 1975, she only dented the charts periodically, with "I Am Your Woman, She Is Your Wife" (1978), "Another Man" (1984), and a couple of other singles.

Mason was set to release a new CD, Feeling Blue, on 18 September 2007.

Discography

Studio albums

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Album ! colspan="2"| Chart positions ! rowspan="2"| Record label |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="40"| US ! width="40"| US
R&B; |- | rowspan="1"|1965 | align="left"| ''Yes, I'm Ready' | 129 | — | rowspan="2"| Arctic |- | rowspan="1"|1968 | align="left"| Oh How It Hurts | — | 42 |- | rowspan="1"|1970 | align="left"| If You Knew Him Like I Do | — | — | rowspan="1"| National General |- | rowspan="1"|1973 | align="left"| Give Me Your Love | 95 | 17 | rowspan="4"| Buddah |- | rowspan="2"|1974 | align="left"| Lady Love | — | 29 |- | align="left"| Transition | — | — |- | rowspan="1"|1975 | align="left"| Love's the Thing | 187 | 42 |- | rowspan="1"|1977 | align="left"| Locked in This Postition (with Bunny Sigler) | — | — | rowspan="1"| Curtom |- | rowspan="1"|1978 | align="left"| I Am Your Woman, She Is Your Wife | — | — | rowspan="1"| Prelude |- | rowspan="1"|1980 | align="left"| A Piece of My Life | — | — | rowspan="1"| WMOT |- | rowspan="1"|1984 | align="left"| Another Man | — | — | rowspan="1"| West End |- | rowspan="1"|2007 | align="left"| Feeling Blue | — | — | rowspan="1"| Sunswept |- | align="center" colspan="5"| "—" denotes the album failed to chart |- |}

Singles

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="3"| Chart positions |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="40"| US ! width="40"| US
R&B; ! width="40"| UK |- | rowspan="1"|1964 | align="left"| "Trouble Child" | — | — | — |- | rowspan="4"|1965 | align="left"| "Girls Have Feelings Too" | — | 31 | — |- | align="left"| "Yes, I'm Ready" | 5 | 2 | — |- | align="left"| "Sad, Sad Girl" | 27 | 12 | — |- | align="left"| "If You Don't (Love Me, Tell Me So)" | 85 | — | — |- | rowspan="3"|1966 | align="left"| "Is It Me?" | 97 | — | — |- | align="left"| "I Need Love" | 98 | 25 | — |- | align="left"| "Poor Girl in Trouble" | — | — | — |- | rowspan="2"|1967 | align="left"| "You Can Depend on Me" | — | — | — |- | align="left"| "Oh, How It Hurts" | 59 | 11 | — |- | rowspan="3"|1968 | align="left"| "I Don't Want to Lose You" | — | — | — |- | align="left"| "(I Can Feel Your Love) Slipping Away" | 97 | — | — |- | align="left"| "I'm No Good for You" | — | — | — |- | rowspan="2"|1969 | align="left"| "Take It Easy (With My Heart)" | — | — | — |- | align="left"| "You Better Stop It" | — | — | — |- | rowspan="5"|1970 | align="left"| "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" (A-side) | rowspan="2"| 112 | rowspan="2"| 38 | — |- | align="left"| "If You Knew Him Like I Do" (B-side) | — |- | align="left"| "Just a Little Lovin'" | — | — | — |- | align="left"| "When You Look at Me" | — | — | — |- | align="left"| "I Can't Help It" | — | — | — |- | rowspan="1"|1971 | align="left"| "Pow Pow Song (Sorry Sorry Baby)" | — | — | — |- | rowspan="3"|1972 | align="left"| "Bead and Board" | 70 | 24 | — |- | align="left"| "Woman and Man" | — | — | — |- | align="left"| "Give Me Your Love" | 31 | 9 | — |- | rowspan="3"|1973 | align="left"| "Yes, I'm Ready" (re-recorded version) | 125 | — | — |- | align="left"| "Children of Tomorrow" | — | 79 | — |- | align="left"| "Caught in the Middle (Of a One Sided Love Affair)" | — | — | — |- | rowspan="4"|1974 | align="left"| "World War Three" | — | — | — |- | align="left"| "The Devil Is Busy" | — | — | — |- | align="left"| "Half Brother, Half Sister" | — | — | — |- | align="left"| "From His Woman to You" | 28 | 3 | — |- | rowspan="3"|1975 | align="left"| "Shackin' Up" | 91 | 9 | — |- | align="left"| "We Got Each Other" (with The Futures) (A-side) | — | 38 | — |- | align="left"| "Make It Last" (with The Futures) (B-side) | — | 35 | — |- | rowspan="1"|1977 | align="left"| "Love Song" (with Bunny Sigler) | — | — | — |- | rowspan="2"|1978 | align="left"| "I Am Your Woman, She Is Your Wife" | — | 14 | — |- | align="left"| "Darling Come Back Home" | — | — | — |- | rowspan="1"|1980 | align="left"| "I'll Never Love the Same Way Twice" | — | 54 | — |- | rowspan="2"|1981 | align="left"| "She's Got the Papers (But I Got the Man)" | — | 29 | — |- | align="left"| "On and Off" | — | — | — |- | rowspan="2"|1984 | align="left"| "Another Man" | — | 68 | 45 |- | align="left"| "Don't I Ever Cross Your Mind Sometime" | — | — | — |- | align="center" colspan="7"| "—" denotes the single failed to chart |- |}

References

External links

Barbara Mason Official Web Site

[ Profile of Barbara Mason On AMG]

Barbara Mason on Soul Patrol

Barbara Mason Page

Barbara Mason Myspace Page

Category:1947 births Category:Living people Category:Musicians from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Category:American soul singers Category:American rhythm and blues singers Category:American female singers Category:Jamie Records artists

Name	Tevin Campbell
Background	solo_singer
Alias
Birth name	Tevin Jermod Campbell
Born	November 12, 1976 Waxahachie, Texas, U.S.A.
Genre	R&B; New Jack Swing Urban
Occupation	Singer-songwriter Actor
Years active	1988–present
Label	Qwest/Warner Bros.

Tevin Jermod Campbell (born November 12, 1976) is an American R&B; singer-songwriter. He scored a string of R&B; chart hits as a teenager in the early to mid-1990s.

Music career

Born in Waxahachie, Texas, Campbell was introduced to the R&B; world by Quincy Jones in August 1989. Campbell's debut single was "Tomorrow (A Better You Better Me)" which reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot R&B;/Hip hop Singles chart in June 1990. This was a vocal version of a 1976 instrumental by The Brothers Johnson. It was the lead single from Jones' critically acclaimed ensemble LP Back on the Block which won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1991. After working with Jones and writers and producers including Siedah Garrett, Campbell worked with producers Narada Michael Walden, Al B. Sure, Babyface, and others to record additional music.

Campbell's first solo hit was "Round and Round", which charted at #3 on R&B; charts in November 1990 and #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1991 was produced by Prince and was featured in Prince's film Graffiti Bridge. Campbell followed the success of his first two singles by releasing his debut album, T.E.V.I.N., in November 1991 which featured the R&B; hit singles and Campbell's only #1 Adult Contemporary hit: "Tell Me What You Want Me To Do" followed by:, "Alone With You", and "Goodbye". His second album, I'm Ready released October 1993, yielded the #1 R&B; hit and #9 pop single "Can We Talk" in December 1993, "I'm Ready", "Always in My Heart" which charted at #3 on the R&B; chart. He also scored a Top 30 hit with "Don't Say Goodbye Girl" on the R&B; charts.

The year 1996 saw the release of his third album, Back to the World (#11 R&B;). The title track was a success (hitting the R&B; Top 20), but additional singles failed to make an impact on the chart. His early 1999 self-titled album was found Campbell venturing into the neo-soul venue. The project was rushed, and as a result charted below the R&B; Top 30, with only one single charting, a Top 30 song called "Another Way". Campbell will be reprising his role of Seaweed in the upcoming Melbourne Production of Hairspray.

Arrest

In September 1999, Campbell was arrested after soliciting a lewd act from an undercover male police officer during a sting operation in Van Nuys, California. The sting operation was reportedly conducted in an area where there had been numerous complaints from the public about cruising and solicitation. According to police reports, Campbell was also in possession of a small amount of marijuana at the time of his arrest.

Campbell pleaded no contest to the misdemeanor of solicitation, and as a result was ordered to pay $1080.50 in fines, attend meetings of Narcotics Anonymous and participate in a court-sanctioned AIDS awareness class. He returned to court in February 2000 to provide proof that he had completed the requirements of his sentence.

Discography

Studio Albums

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2" width="35"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Album ! colspan="2"| Billboard ! rowspan="2"| Certifications
(sales threshold) |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="35"| US ! width="35"| US R&B; |- | 1991 | align="left"| T.E.V.I.N.

Released: November 19, 1991

Label: Qwest/Warner Bros.

| 38 | 5 | Platinum |- | 1993 | align="left"| I'm Ready

Released: October 26, 1993

Label: Qwest/Warner Bros.

| 18 | 3 | 2x Platinum |- | 1996 | align="left"| Back to the World

Released: June 25, 1996

Label: Qwest/Warner Bros.

| 46 | 11 | Gold |- | 1999 | align="left"| Tevin Campbell

Released: February 23, 1999

Label: Qwest/Warner Bros.

| 88 | 31 | Gold |}

Compilations

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2" width="35"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Album ! colspan="2"| Billboard ! rowspan="2"| Certifications
(sales threshold) |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="35"| US ! width="35"| US R&B; |- | 1999 | align="left"| The Best of Tevin Campbell

Released: 1999

Label: Qwest/Warner Bros.

| - | - | |}

Singles

{| class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Title ! colspan="3"| Chart Positions ! rowspan="2"| Album |- !width="35"|U.S. !width="35"|U.S. R&B; !width="35"|AUS |- |1989 |align="left"|"Tomorrow (A Better You, A Better Me)" |align="center"|75 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|- |Back on the Block |- |1990 |align="left"|"Round and Round" |align="center"|12 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|- | rowspan="8"|T.E.V.I.N. |- |rowspan=2|1991 |align="left"|"Just Ask Me To" (featuring Chubb Rock) |align="center"|88 |align="center"|9 |align="center"|- |- |align="left"|"Tell Me What You Want Me to Do" |align="center"|6 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|1 |- |1992 |align="left"|"Goodbye" |align="center"|85 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|- |- |rowspan=2|1992 |align="left"|"Strawberry Letter 23" |align="center"|53 |align="center"|40 |align="center"|- |- |align="left"|"Alone With You" |align="center"|72 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|- |- |rowspan=3|1993 |align="left"|"Confused" |align="center"|- |align="center"|33 |align="center"|- |- |align="left"|"One Song" |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |- |align="left"|"Can We Talk" |align="center"|9 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|12 | rowspan="4"|I'm Ready |- |rowspan=2|1994 |align="left"|"I'm Ready" |align="center"|9 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|21 |- |align="left"|"Always In My Heart" |align="center"|20 |align="center"|6 |align="center"|1 |- |rowspan=3|1995 |align="left"|"Don't Say Goodbye Girl" |align="center"|71 |align="center"|28 |align="center"|- |- |align="left"|"Eye to Eye" |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- | rowspan="2"|A Goofy Movie |- |align="left"|"Stand Out" |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |- |rowspan=2|1996 |align="left"|"Back To The World" |align="center"|47 |align="center"|16 |align="center"|31 | rowspan="4"|Back To The World |- |align="left"|"I Got It Bad" |align="center"|- |align="center"|41 |align="center"|- |- |rowspan=2|1997 |align="left"|"You Don't Have to Worry" |align="center"|- |align="center"|58 |align="center"|- |- |align="left"|"Could You Learn To Love" |align="center"|- |align="center"|73 |align="center"|- |- |1998 |align="left"|"Another Way" |align="center"|100 |align="center"|25 |align="center"|- | rowspan="3"|Tevin Campbell |- |rowspan=2|1999 |align="left"|"For Your Love" |align="center"|- |align="center"|54 |align="center"|- |- |align="left"|"Losing All Control" |align="center"|83 |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |- |- |}

As featured performer

{| class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Title ! colspan="3"| Chart Positions ! rowspan="2"| Album |- !width="35"|U.S. !width="35"|U.S. R&B; !width="35"|AUS |- |1992 |align="left"|"I Know That My Redeemer Liveth" |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |align="center"|- |
(various artists) |- |}

Awards and nominations

{| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;" |- bgcolor="#B0C4DE" align="center" ! style="background-color: #BCBCBC" | Year ! style="background-color: #BCBCBC" | Result ! style="background-color: #BCBCBC" | Award ! style="background-color: #BCBCBC" | Category ! style="background-color: #BCBCBC" | Song or album |-style="background-color: #EAEAEA;" | 1990 | Won | Young Artist Award | Favorite New Recording Artist | "Tomorrow (A Better You Better Me)" |-style="background-color: #EAEAEA;" |1994 | Won |Soul Train Music Award |Best R&B;/Soul Single - Male |"Can We Talk" |- | 1991 | Nominated | Grammy Award | Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male | "Round and Round" |- | 1993 | Nominated | Grammy Award | Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male | T.E.V.I.N. |- | 1994 | Nominated | Grammy Award | Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male | "Can We Talk" |- | rowspan=2|1995 | Nominated | Grammy Award | Best Rhythm & Blues Vocal Performance - Male | "I'm Ready" |- | Nominated | Grammy Award | Best Rhythm & Blues Album | I'm Ready |- |- | 1992 | Nominated | American Music Award | Favorite Male Artist - Soul/Rhythm & Blues | - |- | 1994 | Nominated | American Music Award | Favorite Male Artist - Soul/Rhythm & Blues | - |}

References

External links

[ Tevin Campbell] at Allmusic

Tevin Campbell at Discogs

Category:1976 births Category:1980s singers Category:1990s singers Category:2000s singers Category:2010s singers Category:Living people Category:African American singers Category:American child singers Category:American countertenors Category:American dance musicians Category:American male singers Category:American pop singers Category:American rhythm and blues singers Category:American soul singers Category:American tenors Category:Musicians from Texas Category:People from Ellis County, Texas Category:Qwest Records artists

Name	Jeffrey Osborne
Background	solo_singer
Born	March 09, 1948
Origin	Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Instrument	Vocals, drums
Genre	Funk R&B;
Occupation	Singer, drummer
Years active	Member of L.T.D.: 1970–1981 Solo career: 1981–present
Label	A&M; Arista Hip-O Records Private Music Koch Records
Associated acts	L.T.D.
Url	www.jeffreyosborne.com

Jeffrey Osborne (born March 9, 1948) is an American funk and R&B; musician, songwriter, and former lead singer of the band, L.T.D.

Early life and career

Osborne was born in Providence, Rhode Island. He is the youngest of 12 children and is part of a musical family. He has five brothers and six sisters, some of whom went on to have music careers (his brother Billy was an L.T.D. bandmate). Osborne's father, Clarence "Legs" Osborne, was a popular trumpeter who played with Lionel Hampton, Count Basie, and Duke Ellington and died when Osborne was thirteen. Osborne started his music career in 1970 with a band called Love Men Ltd., who would later become known as L.T.D. The band recorded hit singles such as "(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again", "Concentrate on You," "Love Ballad" and "Holding On (When Love Is Gone)". At first, Osborne was a drummer, but then became the lead vocalist. He left L.T.D. in late 1980 to start a solo career. His solo success includes five gold and platinum albums.

Singles

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="5"|Chart positions |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="40"| US
Pop ! width="40"| US
R&B; ! width="40"| US
AC ! width="40"| UK
Pop |- | rowspan="2"| 1982 | align="left"| "I Really Don't Need No Light" | 39 | 3 | — | — |- | align="left"| "On the Wings of Love" | 29 | 13 | 7 | 11 |- | rowspan="3"| 1983 | align="left"| "Eenie Meenie" | 76 | — | 18 | — |- | align="left"| "Don't You Get So Mad" | 25 | 3 | 29 | 54 |- | align="left"| "Stay with Me Tonight" | 30 | 4 | — | 18 |- | rowspan="5"| 1984 | align="left"| "Plane Love" | — | 10 | — | — |- | align="left"| "We're Going All the Way" | 48 | 16 | 6 | — |- | align="left"| "Last Time I Made Love" (with Joyce Kennedy) | 40 | 2 | 37 | — |- | align="left"| "Don't Stop" | 44 | 6 | — | 61 |- | align="left"| "The Borderlines" | 38 | 7 | — | 98 |- | rowspan="1"| 1985 | align="left"| "Let Me Know" | — | 44 | — | — |- | rowspan="4"| 1986 | align="left"| "You Should Be Mine (The Woo Woo Song)" | 13 | 2 | 2 | — |- | align="left"| "Soweto" | — | 18 | — | 44 |- | align="left"| "Room with a View" | — | 29 | — | 96 |- | align="left"| "In Your Eyes" | — | 82 | 15 | — |- | rowspan="1"| 1987 | align="left"| "Love Power" (with Dionne Warwick) | 12 | 5 | 1 | 63 |- | rowspan="2"| 1988 | align="left"| "She's On the Left" | 48 | 1 | — | — |- | align="left"| "Can't Go Back on a Promise" | — | 28 | — | — |- | rowspan="2"| 1989 | align="left"| "All Because of You" | — | 48 | — | — |- | align="left"| "Take Good Care of You and Me" (with Dionne Warwick) | — | 46 | 25 | 93 |- | rowspan="1"| 1990 | align="left" | "Only Human" | — | 3 | — | — |- | rowspan="2"| 1991 | align="left" | "If My Brother's in Trouble" | — | 11 | — | — |- | align="left" | "The Morning After I Made Love to You" | — | 24 | — | — |- | rowspan="1"| 2003 | align="left" | "The Rest of Our Lives" | — | 75 | — | — |- | rowspan="1"| 2005 | align="left" | "Yes I'm Ready" | — | 64 | — | — |- | align="center" colspan="8"| "—" denotes the single failed to chart |- |}

Filmography

The Young Messiah - Messiah XXI (2006) (DVD)

Occurrences of songs in the media

He sang with Vonda Shepard at the bar in the end of episode four ("Without A Net") of season four of the television show Ally McBeal.

Pam sang the first bars of "On The Wings of Love" from the album Jeffrey Osborne with Dwight's recorder accompaniment during a bird's funeral on The Office third season episode "Grief Counseling."

A snippet of "On The Wings of Love" is often played on the E! show The Soup as a reoccurring joke every time Joel McHale mentions the current Bachelor . On the 5th of March he was nominated for one of The Soup Awards and lost to Heidi Montag. Despite the loss, he sang a parody of this song.

"Stay with Me Tonight"

Played in the 1984 film, Splash

Played in the television shows, Sisters and Knight Rider

Portrayed by J.O. on the Robert Townsend sitcom, The Parent 'Hood

Played in the 1988 TV movie, Ladykillers and was the showpiece song

Part of the playlist of 80s radio station Vice City FM in

See also

L.T.D. discography

References

External links

Official website

[ Allmusic.com biography]

Soultracks.com profile of Jeffrey Osborne

Jeffrey Osborne at Wenig-LaMonica Associates

VH1 bio on Jeffrey Osborne

Category:1948 births Category:Living people Category:People from Providence, Rhode Island Category:Musicians from Rhode Island Category:African American singers Category:American male singers Category:American rhythm and blues musicians Category:American soul musicians Category:American funk musicians

Name	Janet Kay
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Janet Kay Bogle
Born
Origin	London, England
Genre	Reggae, lovers rock
Occupation	Singer, songwriter, actress
Years active	1977 - present
Label	Sony Music Japan
Url	Official website

Janet Kay (born Janet Kay Bogle, 17 January 1958, London) is a British singer of Jamaican parentage best known for her lovers rock songs of the late 1970s - "Silly Games" and a cover of Minnie Riperton's "Lovin' You". She has also had roles as a theatre and television actress. Kay's music became popular in Japan in the early 1990s, prompting the release of several of her albums under the Sony Music Japan record label.

Biography

Kay was born in North West London, of Jamaican parentage. Her career took off when she was invited to sing a reggae cover of Minnie Ripperton's song, "Lovin' You" (produced by Alton Ellis) which became a hit in 1977. She also recorded "I Do Love You" and "That's What Friends Are For" in 1978. In 1979, "Silly Games" (produced by Dennis Bovell) became a hit in not only the UK, but also in Europe. Kay has been recorded in the Music Guinness Book of Records, as the first British black female to have a reggae song at the top of the UK charts. In fact, "Silly Games" got to the Number 2 position in the UK Singles Chart. She appeared on BBC Television's Top of the Pops several times. She was also included in the cast of the sitcom No Problem! (1983–1985) as Angel.

Kay has recorded, and co-produced her seventh album for Sony Music Japan. It was released on the 18 June 2003, and is entitled Lovin' You … More. The popularity of the song "Lovin' You" in Japan is so strong, that she was asked to re-record it again for this album (for the third time). That version was produced by Omar.

In the UK she was a one-hit wonder three times over, as "Silly Games" first hit the UK charts in 1979; then in 1990 as a re-recording billed as Lindy Layton featuring Janet Kay (Number 22); and again the same year as a remix version of her original recording spent a further three weeks in the UK Singles Chart.

Kay is credited with production work on "Missing You" a track recorded by Aswad.

Discography

Studio albums

Silly Games (1979, Arawak)

Lovin' You (1991, Sony Music Japan)

Love You Always (1993, Sony Music Japan)

For the Love of You (1994, Sony Music Japan)

In Paradise (1996, Sony Music Japan)

Making History (1998, Sony Music Japan)

Through the Years (1999, Sony Music Japan)

Lovin' You ... More (2003, Sony Music Japan)

Singles

See also

One-hit wonders in the UK

References

External links

Official website

Janet Kay's Myspace

Sony Music Japan's Janet Kay Page (Japanese)

100 Great Black Briton's Janet Kay Bio

Category:1958 births Category:Living people Category:Black British musicians Category:English reggae musicians Category:Lovers rock musicians Category:English female singers Category:English people of Jamaican descent Category:British reggae musicians

Name	Dennis Brown
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Dennis Emmanuel Brown
Alias	The Crown Prince of Reggae
Born	February 01, 1957 Kingston, Jamaica
Died	July 01, 1999 Kingston, Jamaica
Instrument	Vocals, guitar
Genre	Reggae, lovers rock
Occupation	Singer-songwriter
Years active	1968–1999
Label	Studio One, Trojan, Harry J, Joe Gibbs, A&M;, DEB, Yvonne's Special, Greensleeves, Shanachie, Heartbeat, VP, RAS

Dennis Emmanuel Brown (February 1, 1957 – July 1, 1999) was a Jamaican reggae singer. During his prolific career, which began in the late 1960s when he was aged eleven, he recorded more than 75 albums and was one of the major stars of lovers rock, a sub-genre of reggae. Bob Marley cited Brown as his favourite singer, dubbing him "The Crown Prince of Reggae", and Brown would prove hugely influential on future generations of reggae singers.

Biography

Early life and career

Dennis Brown was born on 1 February 1957 at Jubilee Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica. His father Arthur was a scriptwriter, actor, and journalist, and he grew up in a large tenement yard between North Street and King Street in Kingston with his parents, three elder brothers and a sister, although his mother died in the 1960s. He attended Central Branch Primary School and later St. Stephens College. He began his singing career at the age of nine, while still at junior school, with an end-of-term concert the first time he performed in public, although he had been keen on music from an even earlier age, and as a youngster was a keen fan of American balladeers such as Brook Benton, Sam Cooke, Frank Sinatra, and Dean Martin. Errol Dunkley, John Holt, Ken Boothe, and Bob Andy. The single received steadily increasing airplay for almost a year before becoming a huge hit throughout Jamaica. Brown was advised by fellow Studio One artist Ellis to learn guitar to help with his songwriting, and after convincing Dodd to buy him an instrument, was taught the basics by Ellis. He went on to record for several producers including Lloyd Daley ("Baby Don't Do It" and "Things in Life"), Prince Buster ("One Day Soon" and "If I Had the World"), and Phil Pratt ("Black Magic Woman", "Let Love In", and "What About the Half"), before returning to work with Derrick Harriott, recording a string of popular singles including "Silhouettes", "Concentration", "He Can't Spell", and "Musical Heatwave", with the pick of these tracks collected on the Super Reggae and Soul Hits album in 1973. Brown also recorded for Vincent "Randy" Chin ("Cheater"), Dennis Alcapone ("I Was Lonely"), and Herman Chin Loy ("It's Too Late" and "Song My Mother Used to Sing") among others, with Brown still at school at this stage of his career.

International success

In 1972, Brown began an association that would result in his breakthrough as an internationally successful artist; He was asked by Joe Gibbs to record an album for him, and one of the tracks recorded as a result, "Money in my Pocket", was a hit with UK reggae audiences and quickly became a favourite of his live performances. This original version of "Money in my Pocket" was in fact produced by Winston "Niney" Holness on behalf of Gibbs, with musical backing from the Soul Syndicate. In the same year, Brown performed as part of a Christmas morning showcase in Toronto, Canada, along with Delroy Wilson, Scotty, Errol Dunkley, and the Fabulous Flames, where he was billed as the "Boy Wonder of Jamaica" and was considered the star of the show in a local newspaper review. and Brown's star status was confirmed when he was voted Jamaica's top male vocalist in a poll by Swing magazine the same year. While in the UK, he recorded for the first time since his hospitalization, working with producer Sydney Crooks, and again backed by the Cimarons. He returned to Jamaica for Christmas, but six weeks later was back in the UK, now with Holness in tow as his business manager, to negotiate a record deal with Trojan Records, the first Brown album to be released as a result being Just Dennis, although the pair would be left out of pocket after Trojan's collapse and subsequent buyout by Saga Records. On their return to Jamaica, Brown and Holness resumed recording in earnest with tracks for a new album, including "So Long Rastafari", "Boasting", and "Open the Gate". During 1975, Brown also recorded one-off sessions for Sonia Pottinger ("If You leave Me") and Bunny Lee ("So Much Pain", a duet with Johnny Clarke), and the first recordings began to appear on Brown's new DEB Music label. In the wake of the Trojan collapse, Brown and Holness arranged a deal with local independent label owners Castro Brown (who ran Morpheus Records) and Larry Lawrence (Ethnic Fight) to distribute their releases in the UK. Brown saw the UK as the most important market to target and performed for five consecutive nights at the Georgian Club in Croydon to raise funds to start his new DEB Music label with Castro Brown. In early 1976, Castro secured a deal with Radio London disc jockey Charlie Gillett for Morpheus (and hence DEB) output to be issued through the latter's Oval Records, which had a distribution deal with Virgin Records, but after a dispute over Castro's separate supply of these records to London record shops, the deal was scrapped and the early DEB releases suffered from a lack of promotion. Later that year, Brown voiced two tracks at Lee "Scratch" Perry's Black Ark studio, "Take a Trip to Zion" and "Wolf and Leopard", the latter of which was a massive hit in Jamaica and would prove to be one of Brown's most popular songs, with a lyric criticizing those criminals who "rode the natty dread bandwagon". Brown confirmed in an interview in Black Echoes that he had parted company with Holness, stating that "I was going along with one man's ideas for too long. Niney was trying to find a new beat at all times, which was disconcerting, so I hadn't been working with my true abilities. Now I know that I can produce myself".

Brown began working again with Joe Gibbs, with an agreement that in return for studio time for his own productions, Brown would allow Gibbs use of any rhythm recorded in the process. The first album from this arrangement, the 1977 release Visions of Dennis Brown, gave him his biggest success so far, blending conscious themes and love songs, and confirming Brown's transformation from child star to grown up artist. The biblical-themed sleeve and portrait of Haile Selassie on the back complemented the roots reggae tracks on the album, including "Repatriation", "Jah Can Do it", and cover versions of Earl 16's "Malcolm X" and Clive Hunt's "Milk and Honey". The album immediately entered the Black Echoes chart and stayed there well into the following year, although it was only available in the UK as an expensive import. Visions... was voted reggae album of the year by Melody Maker writers and was given the same award by readers of Black Echoes.

Brown toured the UK in Autumn 1977 with Big Youth, and described the tour: "It's like I was appointed to deliver certain messages and now is the time to deliver them". He had also begun producing recordings by his protege, Junior Delgado. In 1978, Brown moved to live in London, and set up premises in Battersea Rise, near Clapham Junction to relaunch the DEB Music label with Castro Brown, with artists featured on the label including Junior Delgado, 15.16.17, Bob Andy, Lennox Brown, and later, Gregory Isaacs. Brown had further success himself with a discomix of "How Could I Leave You", a version of The Sharks' rocksteady standard "How Could I Live" with accompanying toast by Prince Mohamed. In March 1978, Brown flew to Jamaica, where he was booked at the last minute to perform at the One Love Peace Concert at the National Arena, backed by Lloyd Parks' We The People Band. Visions of Dennis Brown was given a wider distribution via a deal between Lightning Records and WEA and topped the UK reggae album chart in September 1978, this chart run lasting for five months. In August 1978, Brown returned to the UK, bringing Junior Delgado with him, and DEB Music released a series of singles, although they sold moderately compared to the label's earlier successes, but in the same month, Brown's breakthrough single was first released. Initially released as a discomix featuring a new version of "Money in my Pocket" and the deejay version "Cool Runnings" by Price Mohamed, which became unavailable for a time after quickly selling out its first pressing, this single gave Brown his first UK Top 40 hit, reaching #14 the following year and becoming one of the biggest international hits in Jamaica's history, after crossing over first into soul clubs and then rock clubs. This success led to Brown featuring on the cover of the NME in February 1979.

Brown's next two albums were both released on DEB - So Long Rastafari and Joseph's Coat of Many Colours, although the label was closed down in 1979, after which Brown again did the rounds of Jamaica's top producers, as well as continuing self-productions with singles such as "The Little Village" and "Do I Worry?" in 1981.

A&M; and the dancehall era

With continuing commercial success, Brown signed an international deal with A&M; Records in 1981, and now based permanently in the UK, his first album release for the label was the Gibbs-produced Foul Play, which while not wholly a success included the roots tracks "The Existence of Jah" and "The World is Troubled". This was followed in 1982 by Love Has Found its Way, a Gibbs/Brown/Willie Lindo production which blended lovers rock with a more 'pop' sound, and again was not a great success. In 1984, he collaborated with Gregory Isaacs on the album Two Bad Superstars Meet and the hit single "Let aaf Sum'n", recorded with Sly & Robbie and Jammy, which was followed by a second album featuring the two stars, Judge Not, in 1985. Brown released a huge amount of work through the 1980s, including the 1986 Jammy-produced album The Exit, but his biggest success of the decade came in 1989 with the Gussie Clarke-produced duet with Isaacs "Big All Round", and the album Unchallenged.

Brown's 1994 album Light My Fire was nominated for a Grammy Award, as was the last album recorded by Brown, Let Me Be the One (in 2001).

Death

In the late 1990s, Brown's health began to deteriorate, with longstanding respiratory problems exacerbated by cocaine use leading to him being taken ill in May 1999, after touring in Brazil with other reggae singers, where he was diagnosed with pneumonia. Brown died the next day, and the official cause of his death was a collapsed lung, Sitting Jamaican Prime Minister P. J. Patterson and former prime minister, serving at the time as opposition leader, Edward Seaga of the Jamaica Labour Party both spoke at Brown's funeral, which was held on July 17, 1999 in Kingston. The service, which lasted for three hours, also featured live performances by Maxi Priest, Shaggy, and five of Brown's sons. Brown was then buried at Kingston's National Heroes Park. Brown was survived by his wife Yvonne and thirteen children.

Legacy

Dennis Brown was an inspiration and influence for many reggae singers from the late 1970s through to the 2000s, including Barrington Levy, Junior Reid, Frankie Paul, Luciano, Bushman, and Richie Stephens. In July 1999, a group of UK-based musicians and more than fifty vocalists working under the collective name The British Reggae All Stars (including Mafia & Fluxy, Carlton "Bubblers" Ogilvie, Peter Hunnigale, Louisa Mark, Nerious Joseph, and Sylvia Tella) recorded "Tribute Song", a medley of six of Brown's best-known songs, in memory of Brown.

He was honoured on the first anniversary of his death by a massive memorial concert in Brooklyn, which featured performances from Johnny Osbourne, Micky Jarrett, Delano Tucker, and Half Pint. In 2005, George Nooks, who had worked with Brown in the mid-1970s in his deejay guise as Prince Mohamed, released an album of Brown covers, George Nooks Sings Dennis Brown: The Voice Lives On, with Nooks stating "I was always inspired by his talent and I used to sing like him. Dennis had a whole heap of influence on me. To me he was the greatest. He was my number one singer." In the same year, Gregory Isaacs paid a similar tribute with the album Gregory Isaacs Sings Dennis Brown. In February 2007, a series of events were staged in Jamaica in celebration of the lives of both Brown and Marley (both would have had birthdays that month). In 2008, the Dennis Brown Trust announced a new internet radio station, dedicated solely to the music of Dennis Brown, and in the same month a tribute concert was staged by the Jamaican Association of Vintage Artistes and Affiliates (JAVAA) featuring Dwight Pinkney, Derrick Harriott, Sugar Minott, George Nooks, and John Holt.

Songs about or dedicated to Brown include "Song for Dennis Brown" by The Mountain Goats, "If This World Were Mine" by Slightly Stoopid, "Drive" by Pepper (band), and Whitney Houston's "Whitney Houston Dub Plate" on album by Wyclef Jean.

On Monday April 26, 2010, Dennis Brown was featured on NPR Morning Edition news program as one of the 50 Great Voices - The stories of awe-inspiring voices from around the world and across time. The NPR 50 Great Voices list includes legendary artists such as Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Mahalia Jackson and Jackie Wilson among others.

Discography

Studio albums

1970 - No Man is an Island (Studio One)

1971 - If I Follow My Heart (Studio One)

1972 - Super Reggae & Soul Hits (Crystal/Trojan)

1974 - The Best of Dennis Brown (Joe Gibbs) aka Best of Part 1 (1979, Joe Gibbs)

1975 - Deep Down (Observer), reissued in 1979 as So Long Rastafari (Harry J)

1975 - Just Dennis (Observer/Trojan)

1977 - Superstar (Micron)

1977 - Wolf & Leopards (DEB/Weed Beat)

1977 - Dennis Brown Meets Harry Hippy (Pioneer)(with Harry Hippy)

1978 - Westbound Train (Third World), aka Africa (Celluloid)

1978 - Visions of Dennis Brown (Joe Gibbs)

1979 - Joseph's Coat Of Many Colors (DEB)

1979 - Words of Wisdom (Joe Gibbs/Atlantic)

1980 - Spellbound (Joe Gibbs/Laser)

1981 - Money In My Pocket (Trojan)

1981 - Foul Play (Joe Gibbs/A&M;)

1982 - Best Of Part 2 (Joe Gibbs)

1982 - Love Has Found Its Way (Joe Gibbs/A&M;) (UK #72)

1982 - More (Yvonne's Special)

1982 - Stage Coach Showcase (Yvonne's Special)

1982 - Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow (Joe Gibbs)

1983 - Satisfaction Feeling (Yvonne's Special/Tad's)

1983 - The Prophet Rides Again (A&M;)

1984 - Judge Not (with Gregory Isaacs) (Music Works/Greensleeves)

1984 - Two Bad Superstars (with Gregory Isaacs) (Burning Sounds)

1984 - Love's Got A Hold On Me (Joe Gibbs)

1984 - Revolution (Taxi/Yvonne's Special)

1984 - Reggae Super Stars Meet (with Horace Andy) (Striker Lee)

1985 - Slow Down (Music Works/Greensleeves)

1985 - Wake Up (Natty Congo)

1985 - Wild Fire (with John Holt) (Natty Congo)

1986 - Brown Sugar (Taxi)

1986 - Baalgad (with Enos McLeod) (Goodies)

1986 - History (Live & Love)

1986 - Hold Tight (Live & learn)

1986 - The Exit (Jammy's)

1987 - So Amazing (with Janet Kay) (Trojan)

1988 - Inseparable (WKS)

1989 - No Contest (with Gregory Isaacs) (Music Works/Greensleeves)

1989 - Death Before Dishonour (Tappa)

1989 - Good Vibrations (Yvonne's Special)

1990 - Over Proof (Greensleeves)

1990 - Unchallenged (Music Works/Greensleeves)

1990 - Reggae Giants (with Freddie McGregor) (Rocky One)

1990 - Sarge (Yvonne's Special)

1991 - Victory is Mine (Legga/RAS)

1992 - Another Day in Paradise (Trojan)

1992 - Beautiful Morning (World Record)

1992 - Blazing (Two Friends/Shanachie/Greensleeves)

1992 - Friends For Life (Black Scorpio/Shanachie)

1992 - Limited Edition (Artistic/VP/Greensleeves)

1992 - If I Didn't Love You

1992 - Cosmic (Observer)

1993 - Cosmic Force (Heartbeat)

1993 - The General (VP)

1993 - Legit (with Freddie McGregor & Cocoa Tea) (Greensleeves/Shanachie)

1993 - Rare Grooves Reggae Rhythm & Blues (Body Music/Yvonne's Special)

199? - Rare Grooves Reggae Rhythm & Blues vol. 2 (Yvonne's Special)

1993 - Songs of Emanuel (Yvonne's Special/Sonic Sounds)

1993 - Unforgettable (Jammy's)

1993 - Hotter Flames (with Frankie Paul) (VP)

1993 - Give Praises (Tappa)

1993 - It's The Right Time

1994 - 3 Against War (with Triston Palmer & Beenie Man) (VP)

1994 - Blood Brothers (with Gregory Isaacs) (RAS)

1994 - Light My Fire (Heartbeat)

1994 - Nothing Like This (Greensleeves/RAS)

1994 - Party Time (with John Holt) (Sonic Sounds)

1994 - Vision of the Reggae King (Gold Mine/VP)

1995 - I Don't Know (Grapevine/Dynamite)

1995 - Temperature Rising (Trojan)

1995 - Dennis Brown and Friends (with Sugar Minott & Justin Hinds) (Jamaican Authentic Classics)

1995 - The Facts of Life (Diamond Rush)

1995 - You Got the Best of Me (Saxon)

1996 - Could It Be (VP)

1996 - Lovers Paradise (House of Reggae)

1996 - Milk & Honey (RAS)

1997 - Meet at the Penthouse (with Leroy Smart) (Rhino)

1998 - One of a Kind (Imaj)

1999 - Believe in Yourself (Don One/TP)

1999 - Bless Me Jah (RAS/Charm)

1999 - Generosity (Gator)

Posthumous releases and compilations

1983 - The Best of Dennis Brown (Blue Moon)

1987 - Greatest Hits (Rohit)

1987 - My Time (Rohit)

1990 - Go Now (Rohit)

1991 - Classic Gold (Rocky One)

1992 - Kollection (Gong Sounds)

1992 - Some Like It Hot (Heartbeat)

1992 - Classic Hits (Sonic Sounds)

1993 - Best Of - Musical Heatwave 1972-75 (Trojan)

1993 - 20 Magnificent Hits (Thunderbolt)

1993 - It's the Right Time (Rhino)

1994 - The Prime of Dennis Brown (Music Club)

1994 - Early Days (Sonic Sounds)

1995 - Africa - the Best of Dennis Brown vol. 1 (Esoldun)

1995 - Travelling Man - the Best of Dennis Brown vol. 2 (Esoldun)

1995 - Open The Gate - Greatest Hits Volume II (Heartbeat)

1995 - Joy in the Morning (Lagoon)

1996 - Hit After Hit (Rocky One)

1996 - The Very Best of Dennis Brown (Rhino)

1996 - Love & Hate: The Best of Dennis Brown (VP)

1996 - The Crown Prince (World Records)

1997 - Money in My Pocket (Delta Music)

1997 - Maximum Replay (Gone Clear)

1997 - Ras Portraits (RAS)

1997 - Reggae Max (Jet Star)

1998 - The Prime of Dennis Brown (Music Club)

1998 - Watch This Sound (Jamaican Gold)

1998 - Lovers Paradise (Time Music)

1998 - Tracks of Life (Snapper)

1999 - The Godlike Genius of Dennis Brown (Dressed to Kill)

1999 - Reggae Legends vol. 2 (Artists Only)

1999 - In the Mood (Charly)

1999 - Greatest Hits (Charly)

1999 - Love is So True (Prism)

1999 - Stone Cold World (VP)

1999 - Ready We Ready (Super Power)

1999 - Tribulation (PDG/Heartbeat)

1999 - The Great Mr Brown

2000 - May Your Food Basket Never Empty (RAS)

2000 - Reggae Trilogy (with Glen Washington & Gregory Isaacs) (J&D;)

2000 - We are all One (J&D;)

2000 - The Crown Prince (Metro)

2000 - Let Me be the One (VP)

2001 - Cassandra (Starburst)

2001 - Love's Got a Hold on You (Artists Only)

2001 - Money in My Pocket: Anthology (Trojan)

2001 - Any Day Now (Heartbeat)

2001 - Essential (Next Music)

2001 - Archives (Trojan)

2001 - The Prime of Dennis Brown (Music Club)

2002 - Dennis Brown In Dub (with Niney the Observer) (Rounder/Heartbeat)

2002 - You Satisfy My Soul (Fat Man)

2002 - Memorial: Featuring John Holt (Jetstar)

2002 - The Promised Land 1977-79 (Blood & Fire)

2002 - Winning Combinations (with Bunny Wailer) (Universal)

2002 - Memorial (Jetstar)

2002 - Forever Dennis (Jetstar/Reggae Road)

2003 - The Complete A&M; Years (A&M;)

2003 - Dennis Brown Sings Gregory Isaacs (RAS)

2003 - Crown Prince (Trojan)

2004 - Dennis Brown Conqueror: An Essential Collection (Burning Bush)

2005 - Money in My Pocket: The Definitive Collection (Trojan)

2005 - Sings Revival Classics (Cousins)

2005 - At the Foot of the Mountain (Charm)

2006 - Sledgehammer Special (with King Tubby)

2006 - Taxi 3 Trio (with Gregory Isaacs & Sugar Minott) (Taxi)

Live albums

1979 - Live at Montreux (Laser/Joe Gibbs)

1987 - In Concert (Ayeola)

1992 - Live in Montego Bay (Sonic Sounds)

2000 - Academy (Orange Street)

2001 - Best of Reggae Live (Innerbeat)

2001 - Best of Reggae Live vol. 2 (Innerbeat)

2003 - Live in New York (Ital International)

DVD & Video

The Living Legend (VHS; Keeling Videos)

Rock Steady Roll Call (VHS; Ruff Neck)

Stars in the East (with John Holt) (VHS/DVD; Ruff Neck)

Inseparable volumes 1-4 (4 VHS volumes (199?)/2 DVD volumes (2004); Ruff Neck)

Live at Montreux (1996; DVD; Synergie)

Hits After Hits (2001; DVD; Keeling Videos)

Live at Reggae Ganfest (2003; DVD; Contreband)

Productions of other artists

1977 - Various Artists - Black Echoes

1978 - The DEB Music Players - Umoja

1978 - The DEB Music Players - 20th Century DEB-Wise

1979 - The DEB Music Players - DJ Tracking

1979 - Junior Delgado - Effort

1979 - Junior Delgado - Taste of the Young Heart

1981 - Junior Delgado - More She Love It

1982 - Junior Delgado - Bush Master Revolution

1985 - Various Artists - 4 Star Showcase

199? - Various Artists - Return to Umoja

International hit singles

"Money In My Pocket" (1977) - UK No. 14

"Love Has Found Its Way" (1982) - UK No. 47

"Halfway Up Halfway Down" (1982) - UK No. 56

"Senorita" (1988) - UK No. 95

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Jackson, Kevin (2005) "Catch the Riddim: George Nooks pays tribute to Dennis Brown", Jamaica Observer, 22 August 2005

Kenner, Rob (2001) "Boom Shots", Vibe, April 2001, p. 171

Moskowitz, David V (2006) Caribbean Popular Music: an Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall, Greenwood Press, ISBN 0-313-33158-8

Reel, Penny (2000) Deep Down with Dennis Brown, Drake Bros, ISBN 0-9541959-0-6

Roberts, David (2006) British Hit Singles & Albums, 19th edn., Guinness World Records Limited, London, ISBN 1-904994-10-5

Salewicz, Chris (1999) "Obituary: Dennis Brown", The Independent, July 3, 1999

Simmonds, Jeremy (2008) The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars: Heroin, Handguns, and Ham Sandwiches, Chicago Review Press, ISBN 978-1556527548

Thompson, Dave (2002) Reggae & Caribbean Music, Backbeat Books, ISBN 0-87930-655-6

Walker, Klive (2006) Dubwise: Reasoning from the Reggae Underground, Insomniac Press, ISBN 978-1894663960

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Walters, Basil (2008) "Dennis Brown 24-hour Internet radio coming on stream", Jamaica Observer, 1 February 2008

"Dennis Brown: a pioneer and cultural icon", Jamaica Gleaner, 2 July 1999

"VH1.com : Dennis Brown: Reggae Fans Honor Dennis Brown", VH1

Johnson, Christopher (2010) "Dennis Brown: The 'Crown Prince' Of Reggae", NPR, 26 April 2010

External links

Discography at Roots Archives

Discography at Rootsdub

Discography of 1970s recordings & dub sources at X Ray Music

Interview by Roger Steffens

"RIP, Dennis Brown, Crown Prince of Reggae", UA Journal, July 4, 1999.

Some Dennis Brown's Vinyl Release

The Dennis Emanuel Brown Trust

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Name	Ann Nesby-Lee
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Lula Ann Bennett
Alias	Lula Lee
Born	July 24, 1955
Origin	Joliet, Illinois, United States
Genre	gospel, R&B;, and dance music
Occupation	Singer, actress
Label	Perspective Records
Associated acts	Sounds of Blackness

Ann Nesby (born around 1955) is an American R&B;, gospel, and dance music singer and actress. She is the former lead singer of Sounds of Blackness; a songwriter with credits including hits sung by Patti Labelle and Gladys Knight; plus she co-starred in the 2003 musical romantic dramedy The Fighting Temptations with Cuba Gooding Jr. and Beyonce Knowles. Nesby had various appearances on the hit television series American Idol. Nesby has been nominated four times since her departure from the Sounds of Blackness, most recently for her 2007 album This Is Love; plus the lead single "I Apologize" was nominated for a Grammy at the 2008 Grammy Awards. Nesby is set to release a R&B; inspired gospel inspirational album during March 31, 2009 under her It's Time Child Records in conjunction with Tyscot Records.

Renowned as the voice of the Sound of Blackness, Ann Nesby joined the inspirational soul ensemble at the close of 80s under the auspices of Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. The Sounds of Blackness garnered two Grammy award wins in 1991 and 1993 with Nesby at the vocal helm. Nesby's signature sound spawned memorable classics - "I Believe," "Optimistic," "I'm Going All The Way," "Soul Holiday," to "The Pressure."

Releasing her 1996 solo debut, I'M HERE FOR YOU with the classic survival anthem, "I'm Still Wearing Your Name" to the dance floor groove "Can I Get a Witness" she established herself as an artist unbound by genre; her devotion to R&B;, Gospel, and Dance music has made her respected talent the world over.

Tapping Nesby for his first major stage production, Tyler Perry cast Nesby in a lead role in his 1998-2000 production, I KNOW I'VE BEEN CHANGED. By 2002 she released her sophomore effort PUT IT ON PAPER catapulted by the lead single of the same title which featured Al Green, leading Nesby to her first solo Grammy Nomination in 2003 and included Nesby's first #1 song "Lovin' Is Really My Game," a cover of the 1977 hit dance tune by Brainstorm.

Appearing in the 2003 major motion picture THE FIGHTING TEMPTATIONS opposite Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Beyonce Knowles, Nesby subsequently garnered three additional Grammy nominations between 2004–2008.

Her latest album, THE LULA LEE PROJECT debuted at #13 on Billboard’s Top Gospel Album Chart and # 57 on the R&B; Album Chart thanks to the Tonex produced lead single "I Found a Place." Nesby’s latest nominations include - Best R&B; Performance By A Duo Or Group with Vocal for her duet with R&B; crooner Calvin Richardson, “Love Has Finally Come at Last" and Best Traditional R&B; Vocal Performance for “Sow Love” from her 2009 release THE LULA LEE PROJECT.

With an impressive total of six Grammy nominations as a solo artist, Nesby has been doted as “One of the best singers in the known world” by American Idol’s Randy Jackson; Ann Nesby personifies creative longevity unlike no other.

Nesby's parents are (1914–1984) and Mary (1918–1977). Nesby is the mother of four, grandmother of ten, and great grandmother of two. Nesby has been married to Tim Lee since 1984. Nesby's granddaughter is former American Idol contestant and recording artist Paris Bennett.

Discography

Albums {| class="wikitable" !align="center"|Year !align="center"|Album |- |align="center"|1996 |align="left"|I'm Here for You |- |align="center"|2001 |align="left"|Love Is What We Need: The Essentials |- |align="center"|2002 |align="left"|Put It on Paper |- |align="center"|2003 |align="left"|Make Me Better |- |align="center"|2003 |align="left"|The Fighting Temptations movie soundtrack |- |align="center"|2006 |align="left"|In the Spirit |- |align="center"|2007 |align="left"|This Is Love |- |align="left"|2009 |align="left"|The Lula Lee Project |- Other Contributions {| class="wikitable" !align="center"|Year !align="center"|Song !align="center"|Artist !align="center"|Album |- |align="center"|2001 |align="left"|"Keep Ya Head Up" |align="left"|Jadakiss |align="left"|Kiss tha Game Goodbye |- |align="center"|2007 |align="left"|"Best Friends" |align="left"|Paris Bennett |align="left"|Princess P |}

See also

Sounds of Blackness

List of number-one dance hits (United States)

List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

References

External links

Official website

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