Tracks:
1.
Slow Motion -
Gerald Alston
2.
I Apologize -
Anita Baker
3.
Why Not Me -
Phyllis Hayman
4.
At Last -
Glen Jones
5. How About
Tonite -
Eugene Wilde
(Gerald Alston)
Gerald Alston (born
November 8, 1951) is an
American R&B; singer, and the lead singer with
The Manhattans. Between
1988 and
1995, he left the group to record five albums (later recording his tribute to
Sam Cooke in 2008) and ten solo
singles, including "
Take Me Where You
Want To," "Slow Motion," a remake of
Atlantic Starr's "
Send For Me," and "Activated," most of which was for
Motown Records. He joined the Manhattans in
1970, shortly after the death of their former lead singer
George Smith and helped the group remain a fixture on the R&B; top ten as lead on songs like "
Kiss And
Say Goodbye," "There's No
Me Without You", and "
Shining Star". He is the nephew of
Shirley Alston Reeves, former lead singer of
The Shirelles and rejoined the group in 1995 after finding that "his solo career wasn't what he thought it would have been." (quote from A
Touch Of
Classic Soul of the
Early 1980s -
Marc Taylor, pg. 170.)
(Anita Baker)
nita
Denise Baker (born
January 26,
1958)[1] is an American singer-songwriter. Starting her career in the late
1970s with the funk band
Chapter 8, Baker eventually released her first solo
album,
The Songstress, in
1983. In
1986, she rose to stardom following the release of her platinum-selling second album,
Rapture, which included the Grammy-winning single "
Sweet Love". To date, Baker has won eight
Grammy Awards and has five platinum albums and one gold album to her credit.
(Phyllis Hayman)
Phyllis
Linda Hyman (July 6, 1949 – June 30, 1995) was an American singer-songwriter and actress. She is best known for her singles from the late 1970s to the early
1990s: "You Know
How to Love Me", "
Living All Alone" and "
Don't Wanna Change the World". Hyman also performed on
Broadway in the
1981 musical based on the music of
Duke Ellington,
Sophisticated Ladies, which ran from 1981 to 1983. The musical earned her a
Theatre World Award and a
Tony Award nomination for
Best Performance by a Featured
Actress in a
Musical.
(Glen Jones)
ones started his career as a gospel singer, working and recording with the Florida-based gospel group,
The Modulations, before managing a successful move into the R&B; field. He got his recording start in R&B; in
1980 when
Norman Connors featured the singer on a track, "
Melancholy Fire" on his album,
Take It To The Limit. The song was later released as a single, climbing to #20 on the
Billboard R&B; chart.
Jones toured with Connors and then in 1983, signed a deal with
RCA. In the same year, he issued a five-track mini-album
Everybody Loves A
Winner that had the top 30 R&B; single, "
I Am Somebody". His first full-length album,
Finesse, was released in
1984 and established Jones as a force in the industry. The single "
Show Me," reached #3 on the
R&B; charts. The second single, "Bring
Back Your Love" reached #18 on the R&B; charts.
His last album for RCA was
Take It From Me which came out in 1986. The title track for the album was featured in the movie,
Youngblood.
Moving to
Jive in
1987, Jones scored a big hit with "
We've Only Just Begun" which reached #2 on the Billboard R&B; chart. The track was the lead single off his album,
Glenn Jones, released in 1987.
In
1992, Jones moved to
Atlantic Records. During the same year, Jones released the album,
Here I Go Again. Its first single, "Here I Go Again", was his only single to reach #1 on the R&B; charts. The second single, "
I've Been
Searchin' (
Nobody Like You)" was also successful, peaking at #8 R&B.; His album
Here I Am was released in
1994 and had a minor hit with the ballad "
Round and Round", which reached #24 on the R&B; charts.
Since then, Jones released the album
It's Time in
1998 and
Feels Good (
Peak Records) in
2002, neither of which were very successful on the charts. A radio friendly track from the latter "Feels Good", the romantic wedding song "
From Now On", with jazz/soul song stylist
Regina Belle, got some radio airplay.
In
2006, Jones released
Forever:
Timeless R&B;
Classics.
(Eugene Wilde)
Eugene Wilde (born
Ronald Eugene Broomfield,
December 6,
1961) is an American R&B; singer and songwriter, who had two #1 hits on the
US R&B; charts in the
1980s.
In 1984, Eugene Wilde joined
Philly World Records, and wrote and recorded his first hit, "
Gotta Get You Home Tonight." It rose to #1 on the US
Hot R&B;/Hip-Hop
Songs chart, and also made #18 on the
UK Singles Chart. After a couple of less successful follow-ups, he hit #1 again a year later with "
Don't Say No Tonight." He also had some lesser hits, including "
Diana" (1986). His track "
Personality" peaked at #34 in the UK. Subsequent releases on the
MCA label, solo and with the group
Cabo Frio, ("
I'll Get Back To You," 1987) were less successful.
- published: 10 May 2015
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