Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam

Collection of Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam

Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam were one of the most musically diverse and successful recording acts of the '80s. With hits produced and written by Full Force, the six-man performing/songwriting/production team from East Flatbush/Brooklyn, NY, they scored million-selling hits with dance-based tracks ("I Wonder if I Take You Home"), beautiful ballads ("All Cried Out"), and unabashed pop tunes ("Head to Toe," "Lost in Emotion"). They were one of the early exponents of what later became hip-hop R&B. With five gold singles, two number one singles on both the R&B and the pop charts, two platinum albums, and inclusions on various compilations and movie soundtracks, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam were the most successful act of Full Force's "One Big Family" roster of acts.

Born Lisa Velez on January 15, 1967, in New York's Hell's Kitchen, Lisa Lisa, the youngest of ten children, dreamed of becoming a recording star while working at Benetton, a New York City clothing manufacturer where she folded sweaters. After hearing that Madonna was discovered by top dance-pop producer Jellybean at the Fun House, a non-liquor-serving hangout for rappers and breakdancers, she'd sneak out of the family apartment after dark hoping to be discovered in the same way. That's where she met percussionist Mike Hughes, who played with Full Force and was a roadie for the band. He was thinking of forming a group and invited the aspiring 16-year-old singer to the group's Brooklyn/Flatbush home for an audition. Velez's older brother Raymond told him she couldn't go unless he accompanied her. One evening, the two clandestinely met without telling Raymond and took the subway, en route for the FF audition.

Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam's success seems like kismet, since Full Force and their manager Steve Salem were already thinking along the same lines. With New Edition being in their heyday, FF and Salem had decided that they'd form a group that was also inspired by a Motown group. In essence, since there was a "new edition" of the Jackson 5, they'd create a new edition of the Supremes. Meeting Full Force -- Paul Anthony, Bowlegged Lou, B-Fine, Baby Gerry, Shy-Shy, and Curt-t-t -- who were built like pro football linebackers, was quite an intimidating experience for Velez, who was visibly nervous. After singing some songs Hughes wrote, she sang Sheena Easton's "For Your Eyes Only," the title theme from the 1981 Roger Moore James Bond movie. With that, FF were sure that they'd found the singer that they were looking for. Not a powerhouse vocalist or a "super" singer, but one that average teenage girls her own age could sing along with and easily imitate when they heard her records.

Signed to Full Force's management and production company, the group dubbed her Lisa Lisa and added Hughes and his friend, guitarist Alex "Spanador" Moseley, as Cult Jam. Combining their signature beat, which was influenced by Stax/Booker T. & the MG's/Al Green drummer Al Jackson, Jr. (whose work on Otis Redding and Carla Thomas' "Tramp" was sampled by early rap and hip-hop artists ad nauseam) with the electro sound of Kraftwerk/Afrika Bambaataa's "Planet Rock," the first single Full Force produced on Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam was "I Wonder if I Take You Home." Billed as "Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with Full Force," the group was signed by N.Y.-based label Personal Records. The label leased "I Wonder if I Take You Home" to the European division of CBS Records for the compilation album Breakdancing.

Stateside club DJs began playing the single from the import LP. The U.S. division of CBS, Columbia Records, released the record with it quickly becoming a chart-topper on Billboard's Hot Dance/Disco chart. The single went gold, crossing over to the R&B chart, peaking at number six, and the pop chart at number 34 in summer 1985. The follow-up, "Can You Feel the Beat," made it to number 40 R&B in late 1985. Their third single, the beautiful ballad "All Cried Out" was billed as "Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with Full Force featuring Paul Anthony and Bowlegged Lou," and it went gold, going to number three R&B, number eight pop in summer 1986.

Their debut album, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam With Full Force (which included the standout tracks "Behind My Eyes," the flip side of "All Cried Out," and "You'll Never Change," the B-side of "Head to Toe") went platinum. Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam's next album, Spanish Fly, went platinum, peaking at number seven pop and included two Motown-influenced gold singles; a combination of the sound of the Supremes, Lulu ("To Sir With Love"), with a sprinkling of the 5th Dimension and FF's hard-driving beats, "Head to Toe" parked at number one R&B for two weeks and hit number one pop in spring 1987, and with its strong Mary Wells influence, "Lost in Emotion" held the number one R&B spot for two weeks and made it to number one pop in summer 1987.

Other hits from Spanish Fly were the ballad "Someone to Love Me for Me" b/w "Spanish Fly" (number seven R&B), "Everything Will B-Fine" (number nine R&B), and the top-notch LP track "Face in the Crowd." Lisa Lisa/Full Force also had a track in the Chevy Chase movie Caddyshack 2, "Go for Yours," in summer 1988. Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam's 1989 LP Straight to the Sky yielded the singles "Little Jackie Wants to Be a Star" (number three R&B), "Just Git It Together," and "Kiss Your Tears Away" b/w "Dance Forever."

For their next album, Straight Outta Hell's Kitchen, the production chores were split, with Robert Clivillés and David Cole of C+C Music Factory producing side one of the LP and Full Force side two. The catchy Clivillés and Cole-produced single "Let the Beat Hit 'Em" hit number one R&B and went gold in summer 1991. The FF-produced follow-up, "Where Were You When I Needed You," charted number 65 R&B in fall 1991. One standout track on the LP is a cover of the Isley Brothers' "Sensuality."

Lisa Lisa resurfaced as a solo act on Pendulum, charting with "Skip to My Lu," number 38 R&B in late 1993, and "When I Fell in Love" from the LL 77 album. Lisa Lisa guested on Full Force-produced LPs. Most notably "Love Scene," the last track on Full Force's second LP, Full Force Get Busy 1 Time!, and the flip side of "Old Flames Never Die" and "Sisters" from Cheryll "Pepsii" Riley's "Me, Myself & I," which included her 1988 number one R&B single "Thanks for My Child." Allmusic by Ed Hogan

Album: Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam With Full Force (1985)

01. I Wonder If I Take You Home
02. You'll Never Change
03. All Cried Out
04. This Is Cult Jam
05. Can You Feel The Beat
06. Behind My Eyes
07. Private Property
08. Take Me Home Rap

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Album: Spanish Fly (1987)

01. Everything Will B-Fine
02. Head To Toe
03. A Face In The Crowd
04. Someone To Love Me For Me
05. Talking Nonsense
06. I Promise You
07. A Fool Is Born Everyday
08. Lost In Emotion
09. Playing With Fire
10. Spoken Word

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Album: Straight To The Sky (1989)

01. Just Git It Together
02. Little Jackie Wants to Be a Star
03. Give Me Some of Your Time
04. U Never Nu How Good U Had It
05. Kiss Your Tears Away
06. Dance Forever
07. Straight to the Sky
08. Gotta Find Somebody New
09. I Can't Take No More
10. I Love What You Do to Me
11. Talking Nonsense
12. Star (The Jackie Mix)

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Album: Straight Outta Hell's Kitchen (1991)

01. Introduction (Interlude No.1)-Something 'Bout Love
02. Let The Music Play
03. Let The Beat Hit 'Em
04. You + Me = Love
05. Rainstorm Interlude - Don't Say Goodbye
06. Forever
07. Let It Go
08. I Like It, I Like It
09. Love Will Get Us By
10. Where Were You When I Needed You
11. Do It Like That
12. Sensuality

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Album: LL 77 (1994)

01. Why Can't Lovers
02. I'm Open
03. The Great Pretender
04. Skip To My Lu
05. Covers
06. Mr. Jimmy
07. Knockin'Down The Walls
08. When I Feel In Love
09. Acid Rain
10. If This Is Real
11. Make It Right
12. Same Old Thing

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Album: Super Hits (1997)

01. Let the Beat Hit 'Em
02. Something 'Bout Love
03. All Cried Out
04. Head to Toe
05. I Wonder If I Take You Home
06. Lost in Emotion
07. Can You Feel the Beat
08. Little Jackie Wants to Be a Star
09. U Never Nu How Good U Had It
10. Someone to Love Me for Me

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Album: Life 'n Love (2009)

01. Life 'N Love
02. Refund
03. Que Locura
04. Booyah
05. Retengo Mi Emocian
06. Had Enough
07. Rock Into Your Soul
08. Infatuation
09. Gonna Make You Say
10. Feels Like Love
11. Stand
12. I Hold It All Inside
13. Rock Into Your Soul Remix (Tony Moran And Warren Rigg Mix) (B

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Album: Playlist The Very Best of Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force (2010)

01. I Wonder If I Take You Home
02. Let The Beat Hit 'Em
03. Ain't My Type Of Hype
04. Alice, I Want You Just For Me!
05. Can You Feel The Beat
06. Head To Toe
07. Unfaithful
08. Float On With Us (The Tribute mix)
09. All Cried Out
10. Lost In Emotion (Can't Find Myself)
11. Unselfish Lover (Full Force Single Remix)
12. Static (Full Force Single Remix)
13. Just Git It Together (Togeher-Run)
14. Temporary Love Thing (What Am I Gonna Do) (What Am I Gonna Do Extended Skit Mix)

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Evelyn "Champagne" King

Collection of Evelyn "Champagne" King

Singer Evelyn "Champagne" King first came to fame with the million-selling '70s disco smashes "Shame" and "I Don't Know if It's Right." Born July 1, 1960, in the Bronx, NY, she had a showbiz lineage. Her uncle was actor/singer/dancer Avon Long, who first played Sportin' Life in the play Porgy and Bess and later starred in the '70s play Bubblin' Brown Sugar. Her father, Erik King, was a singer and often augmented groups that appeared at New York's Apollo Theater. By her teens, King had relocated to Philadelphia with her mother, and began singing in several groups. To make ends meet, King and her mother became cleaning women. For a teenager, King's voice was quite mature; many at first thought she was a grown woman.

While working one night at Philadelphia International Records' recording base, producer T. Life overheard some tantalizing vocals coming from a washroom. There he discovered 16-year-old Evelyn King and her mother. Signing the singer to a production deal and a contract with RCA, Life's first single with Evelyn "Champagne" King was "Dancin'"Dancin' "Dancin'." Her debut LP Smooth Talk was released August 1977. But it was a song written by John Fitch and Reuben Cross, called "Shame," that gave her career-launching success. The extended mix began gaining radio play and eventually the Top Ten on the R&B and pop charts by spring 1978. The follow-up, "I Don't Know if It's Right," also went gold, peaking at number seven R&B, number 23 pop in fall 1978. Smooth Talk went gold, and she made two more LPs with T. Life: Music Box and Call on Me.

After teaming with a new producer, Kashif, King recorded two number one R&B hits during the early '80s, "I'm in Love" and "Love Come Down." Several of her LPs also placed high on the charts, including 1980's Call on Me, the following year's I'm in Love, and 1982's Get Loose. She signed to EMI-Manhattan in 1988, and was teamed with Leon F. Sylvers III for Flirt, which included the tender ballad "Kisses Don't Lie." On The Girl Next Door, the singer worked with house producer Marshall Jefferson.

In 1990, King recorded the album I'll Keep a Light On for the British label Expansion, whose featured musicians were Larry Graham, Jeff Lorber, and Paul Jackson, Jr. She didn't return until 2007, when she released Open Book for RNB Entertainment. Many of the singer's classic sides are on Love Come Down: The Best of Evelyn "Champagne" King.


Album: Smooth Talk (1977)









01. Smooth Talk
02. I Don't Know If It's Right
03. Till I Come Off The Road
04. Dancin' Dancin' Dancin'
05. Shame
06. Nobody Knows
07. We're Going To A Party
08. The Show Is Over




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Album: Music Box (1979)









01. Music Box
02. Let's Start All Over Again (Life)
03. Out There
04. No Time For Fooling Around
05. Steppin' Out
06. Steppin' Out, Pt. 2
07. Make Up Your Mind
08. I Think My Heart Is Telling
09. It's OK




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Album: Call On Me (1980)









01. Let's Get Funky Tonight
02. Your Kinda Lovin'
03. Call On Me
04. I Need Your Love
05. Talk Don't Hurt Nobody
06. Just a Little Bit of Love
07. Bedroom Eyes
08. Universal Girl




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Album: I'm In Love (1981)









01. I'm In Love
02. If You Want My Lovin
03. Don't Hide Our Love
04. What Are You Waiting For
05. The Other Side of Love
06. Spirit Of The Dancer
07. I Cant Take It
08. The Best Is Yet to Come




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Album: Get Loose (1982)









01. Love Come Down
02. I Can't Stand It
03. Betcha She Don't Love You
04. Get Loose
05. Back to Love
06. Stop That
07. Get Up off Your Love
08. I'm Just Warmin' Up




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Album: Face To Face (1983)









01. Action
02. Face to Face
03. Shake Down
04. Tell Me Something Good
05. Don't It Feel Good
06. Makin' Me So Proud
07. Givin You My Love
08. Teenager
09. Let's Get Crazy




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Album: So Romantic (1984)










01. Show Me (Don't Tell Me)
02. Heartbreaker
03. Til Midnight
04. Just For the Night
05. Give Me One Reason
06. Out of Control
07. Talking In My Sleep
08. I'm So Romantic
09. So in Love




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Album: A Long Time Coming (1985)









01. Chemistry of Love
02. A Long Time Coming
03. Spellbound
04. If You Find The Time
05. If I Let Myself Go
06. Your Personal Touch
07. I'm Scared
08. High Horse
09. Slow Down




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Album: Flirt (1988)









01. Flirt
02. You Can Turn Me On
03. Kisses Don't Lie
04. Stop It
05. Hold On To What You've Got
06. When Your Heart Says Yes
07. Before the Date
08. When Ever You Touch Me




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Album: The Girl Next Door (1989)











01. The Girl Next Door
02. Magnet
03. Day To Day
04. Cross Your Mind
05. Footsteps In The Dark
06. Do Right
07. Lover Man
08. Serious
09. This Song
10. Thief In The Night




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Album: I'll Keep A Light On (1995)









01. Fascinated
02. I Think About You
03. I'll Keep A Light On
04. It Doesn't Really Matter
05. When It Comes Down To It
06. Sweet Funky Thing
07. A Lover I Can Love
08. Starchild
09. Love Is Love
10. It's Not That Kind Of Party
11. In It For Me
12. Hold Tight
13. Shame '95




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Album: Greatest Hits (2001)









01. Shame
02. I Don't Know If It's Right
03. Music Box
04. Out There
05. Let's Get Funky Tonight
06. I'm In Love
07. Don't Hide Our Love
08. Spirit Of The Dancer
09. Love Come Down
10. Betcha She Don't Love You
11. Action
12. Shake Down
13. Teenager
14. Just For The Night
15. Out Of Control
16. Till Midnight
17. Your Personal Touch
18. High Horse




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Album: Open Book (2007)










01. Skillz
02. Whole Lotta Yum Yum
03. Open Book
04. Standing On The Rock of Love
05. Nobody Knows
06. (You Deserve) An Academy Award
07. Paradise
08. True To My Boo
09. Creepin'
10. Not That Kinda Party
11. The Dance
12. The Dance (Soul Seekerz Mix Show)
13. Skillz (Remix)




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Mica Paris

Collection of Mica Paris

Though stardom has evaded her, English vocalist Mica Paris has a wonderful voice and individualistic delivery and approach. She sang in the Spirit of Watts gospel group before touring and recording in the late '80s with Hollywood Beyond. She signed with 4th and Broadway/Island in the '80s and then issued her debut So Good. Her second LP, Contribution, was released in 1990. Paris moved to Polydor for her third LP, Whisper a Prayer, in 1993. She also recorded with Will Downing in 1989, doing an updated version of "Where Is the Love." Allmusic by Ron Wynn

Album: So Good (1988)

01. Like Dreamers Do
02. My One Temptation
03. Nothing Hits Your Heart Like Soul Music
04. Sway (Dance The Blues Away)
05. Don't Give Me Up
06. Breathe Life Into Me
07. I'd Hate To Love You
08. Great Impersonation
09. Words Into Action
10. So Good

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Album: Contribution (1990)

01. Contribution
02. South of the River
03. Truth and Honesty
04. Just to Be With You
05. If I Love U 2 Nite
06. I've Been Watching You
07. You Can Make a Wish
08. I Can't Stop Loving You
09. More Love
10. Take Me Away
11. One World

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Album: Whisper A Prayer (1993)

01. I Never Felt Like This Before
02. I Wanna Hold On To You
03. You Put A Move On My Heart
04. We Were Made For Love
05. Whisper A Prayer
06. Too Far Apart
07. I Blesss The Day
08. Two In A Million
09. Positivity
10. Can't Seem To Make Up My Mind
11. You Got A Special Way
12. Love Keeps Coming Back

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Album: Black Angel (1998)

01. Interlude
02. Stay
03. Is It Good Enough
04. Carefree
05. Let Me Inside
06. Black Angel
07. Perfect
08. Hate To Love
09. Waiting
10. I'll Give You More
11. Love's Gone
12. Don't Say Goodnight
13. Baby Angel
14. I Should've Known Better

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Album: The Best Of (1999)

01. Like Dreamers Do (Feat. Courtney Pine)
02. My One Temptation
03. So Good
04. You Can Make A Wish
05. Just Make Me The One
06. Breathe Life To Me
07. Where Is The Love (Duet With Will Downing)
08. You Put A Move On My Heart
09. I Never Felt Like This Before
10. Just To Be With You
11. Nothing Hits Your Heart Like Soul Music
12. Who Can We Blame
13. Two In A Million
14. More Love
15. Love Keeps Coming Back

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Album: Soul Classics (2005)

01. Tracks of My Tears
02. Let's Stay Together
03. In the Ghetto
04. Standing in the Shadows of Love
05. I Can't Stop Loving You
06. You Send Me
07. What Becomes of the Broken Hearted
08. What's Going On
09. I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
10. Walk Away from Love
11. Amazing Grace

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Album: Born Again (2009)

01. Baby Come Back Now
02. You're The Only One
03. Born Again
04. Breathless
05. Hold On
06. I Remember
07. The Hardest Thing
08. Nothing But The Truth
09. Tonight
10. Stay
11. My One Temptation
12. Summertime (Live)

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Lalah Hathaway

Collection of Lalah Hathaway

The daughter of the great Donny Hathaway, Lalah Hathaway made a good impression with her debut recording, Lalah Hathaway, in 1990. She not only displayed poise, confidence, and good technique, but was also versatile enough to do more than just light urban contemporary ballads. Her stage shows included jazz, pre-rock pop, and even gospel, and Hathaway later appeared on BET doing jazz and fusion. After her second and final album for Virgin, 1994's A Moment, she went on a lengthy hiatus, returning in 1999 with Joe Sample for The Song Lives On (GRP). Outrun the Sky (Sanctuary, 2004), Self Portrait (Stax, 2008), and Where It All Begins (Stax, 2011). Fine albums involving collaborations with Mike City, Rahsaan Patterson, Rex Rideout, and Dre & Vidal, established Hathaway as one of the finest adult contemporary R&B vocalists of the 2000s and 2010s. Allmusic by Ron Wynn

Album: Lalah Hathaway (1990)

01. Somethin'
02. Heaven Knows
03. Baby Don't Cry
04. Smile
05. U-Godit Gowin' On
06. I'm Coming Back
07. Stay Home Tonight
08. I Gotta Move On
09. Sentimental
10. Obvious

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Album: A Moment (1994)

01. Let Me Love You
02. Rise
03. Family Affair
04. These Are the Things (You Do to Me)
05. Do You Suppose
06. Better As A Memory
07. Bad by Myself
08. Lean On Me
09. Separate Ways
10. Long After You Have Gone
11. I'm Not over You
12. A Moment
13. So They Say
14. Let Me Love You (Maxi Version)

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Album: The Song Lives On (1999)

01. The Song Lives On
02. Fever
03. Come Along With Me
04. Living in Blue
05. Street Life
06. When You Life Was Low
07. One Day I'll Fly Away
08. When The World Turns Blue
09. For All We Know
10. Bitter Street
11. A Long Way From Home

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Album: Outrun The Sky (2004)

01. How Many Times
02. Back Then
03. Your Favorite Song
04. Forever, For Always, For Love
05. Better And Better
06. Outrun the Sky
07. If U Ever
08. In The End
09. Admit It
10. Stronger
11. When We Were 2
12. More
13. Boston

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Album: Self Portrait (2008)

01. Let Go
02. Breathe
03. On Your Own
04. For Always
05. That Was Then
06. Learning to Swim
07. One Mile
08. Little Girl
09. What Comes Around
10. Naked Truth
11. UDO
12. Tragic Inevitability

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Album: Where It All Begins (2011)

01. Strong Woman
02. Where It All Begins
03. My Everything
04. Small Of My Back
05. If You Want To
06. Always Love You
07. Lie To Me
08. This Could Be Love
09. Wrong Way
10. You Were Meant For Me
11. I'm Coming Back (feat. Rachelle Ferrell)
12. Dreamland

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Sade

Collection of Sade

When singer Sade and her band of the same name were establishing themselves, their record company, Epic, made a point of printing "Pronounced Shar-day" on the record labels of their releases. Soon enough, the music had no problem with the correct pronunciation. With the breakthrough Billboard Hot 100 Top Ten single "Smooth Operator" propelling the debut Sade album, Diamond Life, to the same spot on the Billboard 200 chart in 1985, the band fast came to epitomize soulful, adult-oriented, sophisti-pop. Though only five more studio albums would follow during the next 25 years, the band's following abated only slightly, and each release was treated like a long-awaited public return of a mysterious yet beloved diva.

Born Helen Folasade Adu in Ibadan, Nigeria, about 50 miles from Lagos, Sade was the daughter of an African father and an English mother. After her mother returned to England, Adu grew up on the North End of London. Developing a good singing voice in her teens, Adu worked part-time jobs in and outside of the music business. She listened to Ray Charles, Nina Simone, Al Green, Aretha Franklin, and Billie Holiday, and studied fashion design at St. Martin's School of Art in London while also doing some modeling on the side.

Around 1980, she started singing harmony with a Latin funk group called Arriva. One of the more popular numbers that the group performed was an Adu original co-written with bandmember Ray St. John, "Smooth Operator." The following year, she joined the eight-piece funk band Pride as a background singer. Pride's opening acts often featured members of the band in different combinations. Pride and their off-shoots performed often around London and stirred up record company interest. Initially, the labels wanted to sign only Sade -- technically a trio featuring Adu, Stuart Matthewman, and Paul Denman -- while the whole of Pride wanted a deal. The members of Pride not involved in the Sade trio eventually told Adu, Matthewman, and Denman to go ahead and sign a deal. Adding keyboardist Andrew Hale, Sade signed to the U.K. division of Epic Records.

The band's debut album, Diamond Life (with overall production by Robin Millar), went Top Ten in the U.K. in late 1984. January 1985 saw the album released on CBS' Portrait label, and by spring, it had gone platinum on the strength of the Top Ten singles "Smooth Operator" and "Hang on to Your Love." The second album, Promise (1985), featured "Never as Good as the First Time" and "The Sweetest Taboo," the latter of which stayed on the U.S. Hot 100 for six months. Sade was so popular that some radio stations reinstated the '70s practice of playing album tracks, adding "Is It a Crime" and "Tar Baby" to their playlists. In 1986, Sade won a Grammy for Best New Artist.

Sade's third album was 1988's Stronger Than Pride, and featured their first number one single on the U.S. R&B chart, "Paradise," as well as "Nothing Can Come Between Us" and "Keep Looking." The fourth Sade album didn't appear for four years: 1992's Love Deluxe continued the unbroken streak of multi-platinum Sade albums, spinning off the hits "No Ordinary Love," "Feel No Pain," and "Pearls."

Matthewman, Denman, and Hale went on to other projects, including the low-key Sweetback, which released a self-titled album in 1996. Matthewman also played a major role in the development of Maxwell's career, providing instrumentation and production work for the R&B singer's first two albums. Sade eventually reconvened to issue Lovers Rock in 2000. The lead single "By Your Side" was a moderate hit, peaking at number 18 on the adult contemporary chart; the following summer, Sade embarked on their first tour in more than a decade and sold out many dates across America. In early 2002, they celebrated the tour's success by releasing a live album and DVD, Lovers Live. The mostly somber Soldier of Love was released in 2010. Allmusic by Ed Hogan

Album: Diamond Life

01. Smooth Operator
02. Your Love Is King
03. Hang on to Your Love
04. "Frankie's First Affair
05. When Am I Going to Make a Living
06. Cherry Pie
07. Sally
08. I Will Be Your Friend
09. Why Can't We Live Together

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Album: Promise

01. Is It a Crime
02. The Sweetest Taboo
03. War of the Hearts
04. You're Not the Man
05. Jezebel
06. Mr. Wrong
07. Punch Drunk
08. Never As Good As the First Time
09. Fear
10. Tar Baby
11. Maureen

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Album: Stronger Than Pride

01. Love Is Stronger Than Pride
02. Paradise
03. Nothing Can Come Between Us
04. Haunt Me
05. Turn My Back on You
06. Keep Looking
07. Clean Heart
08. Give It Up
09. I Never Thought I'd See the Day
10. Siempre Hay Esperanza

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Album: Love Deluxe

01. No Ordinary Love
02. Feel No Pain
03. I Couldn't Love You More
04. Like a Tattoo
05. Kiss of Life
06. Cherish the Day
07. Pearls
08. Bullet Proof Soul
09. Mermaid

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Album: The Best of Sade

01. Your Love Is King
02. Hang on to Your Love
03. Smooth Operator
04. Jezebel
05. The Sweetest Taboo
06. Is It a Crime
07. Never As Good As the First Time
08. Love Is Stronger Than Pride
09. Paradise
10. Nothing Can Come Between Us
11. No Ordinary Love
12. Like a Tattoo
13. Kiss of Life
14. Please Send Me Someone to Love
15. Cherish the Day
16. Pearls

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Album: Lovers Rock

01. By Your Side
02. Flow
03. King of Sorrow
04. Somebody Already Broke My Heart
05. All About Our Love
06. Slave Song
07. The Sweetest Gift
08. Every Word
09. Immigrant
10. Lovers Rock
11. It's Only Love That Gets You Through

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Album: Lovers Live

01. Cherish the Day
02. Somebody Already Broke My Heart
03. Smooth Operator
04. Jezebel
05. Kiss of Life
06. Slave Song
07. Sweetest Gift
08. The Sweetest Taboo
09. Paradise
10. No Ordinary Love
11. By Your Side
12. Flow
13. Is It A Crime

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Album: Soldier of Love (2010)

01. The Moon and The Sky
02. Solider of Love
03. Morning Bird
04. Babyfather
05. Long Hard Road
06. Be That Easy
07. Bring Me Home
08. In Another Time
09. Skin
10. The Safest Place

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Album: The Ultimate Collection (2011)

CD1

01. Your Love Is King
02. Smooth Operator
03. Hang On To Your Love
04. The Sweetest Taboo
05. Is It A Crime
06. Never As Good As The First Time
07. Jezebel
08. Love Is Stronger Than Pride
09. Paradise
10. Nothing Can Come Between Us
11. No Ordinary Love
12. Kiss Of Life
13. Feel No Pain
14. Bullet Proof Soul

CD2

01. Cherish The Day
02. Pearls
03. By Your Side
04. Immigrant
05. Flow
06. King Of Sorrow
07. The Sweetest Gift
08. Solider Of Love
09. The Moon And The Sky
10. Babyfather
11. Still In Love With You
12. Love Is Found
13. I Would Never Have Guessed
14. The Moon And The Sky
15. By Your Side

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Album: Bring Me Home Live (2012)

01. Soldier of Love
02. Skin
03. Kiss of Life
04. Love Is Found
05. In Another Time
06. Jezebel
07. All About Our Love
08. Paradise Nothing Can Come Between Us
09. Morning Bird
10. The Moon and the Sky
11. No Ordinary Love
12. By Your Side
13. Cherish the Day

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Will Downing

Collection of Will Downing

Brooklyn vocalist and composer Will Downing has hovered on the cusp of stardom since the late '80s, occasionally making some arresting album cuts but never the major hit or string of records he needed to establish himself. Downing sang in Arthur Baker's "Wally Jump Junior" group, and then employed Baker as his producer when he signed with Island. He did session work in the early and mid-'80s, singing on dates with Daryl Payne, Marc Sadane, Warp 9, and Jennifer Holiday. Downing's 1988 debut, Will Downing, included a revised version of John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme." Downing recorded and produced a duet with British soul songstress Mica Paris in 1989, remaking "Where Is the Love." His second release, Come Together as One, was in more of an urban contemporary mode, but his third one took a jazz-oriented turn. Released in 1991, A Dream Fulfilled included an ambitious version of War's "The World Is a Ghetto." He has been a favorite of audiences in England, releasing Pleasures of the Night in 1998 and All the Man You Need two years later. Sensual Journey from 2002 found him recording for the GRP label. Emotions arrived in 2003 and was followed a year later by the holiday album Christmas, Love and You. Soul Symphony arrived in 2005. In late 2006, Downing was diagnosed with polymyositis -- a disorder causing weakness in joints and muscles. As a result, Downing recorded the majority of his vocals for 2008's After Tonight from a wheelchair. Buoyed by fan support, Downing continued to struggle against the disease and released the soulful Classique in 2009, followed by Lust, Love & Lies (An Audio Novel) on the Concord imprint in 2010. Allmusic by Ron Wynn

Album: Will Downing (1988)



01. In My Dreams
02. Do You
03. Free
04. A Love Supreme
05. Security
06. Set Me Free
07. Sendin' Out An S.O.S.
08. Dancing In The Moonlight
09. Do You Remember Love?
10. So You Wanna Be My Lover

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Album: Come Together As One (1989)



01. Come Together As One
02. Sake Of Love
03. Sometimes I Cry
04. Love Call
05. The Love We Share
06. Too Soon
07. I'll Wait
08. Rules Of Love
09. Test Of Time
10. Closer To You
11. Wishing On A Star

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Album: A Dream Fulfilled (1991)



01. She
02. I'll Wait
03. Giving My All To You
04. I Try
05. For All We Know
06. Something's Going On
07. Don't Make Me Wait
08. I Go Crazy
09. No Love Intended
10. The World Is A Ghetto

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Album: Love's the Place to Be (1993)




01. There's No Living Without You
02. Sailing On A Dream
03. One Moment
04. Nothing Has Ever Feld Like This
05. Love's The Place To Be
06. Lover's Paradise
07. Everything To Me
08. Do You Still Love Me
09. Hey Girl
10. Break Up To Make Up
11. That's All

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Album: Moods (1995)



01. Moods
02. That Good Morning Love
03. Don't Wait For Love
04. Sorry, I
05. I Can't Make You Love Me
06. Just To Be With You
07. Stella By Starlight
08. Inseparable
09. Just A Game
10. Fall In Love Again
11. Hold On
12. Where Is Love (From The Musical "Oliver")
13. Moods

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Album: Invitation Only (1997)



01. Island
02. All About You
03. Angel
04. I Don't Want To Lose You
05. Eternal Love
06. These Things
07. If She Knew
08. Personal
09. If I Could
10. Come To Me
11. When Sunny Gets Blue
12. Before We Say Goodbye

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Album: Pleasures of the Night (1998)



01. Pleasures Of The Night
02. The Nearness Of You
03. Stop, Look, Listen To Your Heart
04. Michelle
05. Like A Lover
06. The Look Of Love
07. Here's That Rainy Day
08. Back To The Roots
09. We'll Be Together Again
10. Girl Blue

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Album: All the Man You Need (2000)





01. It's on (Intro)
02. Summer Day
03. When You Need Me - Will Downing, Chanté Moore
04. Everytime It Rains
05. All the Man You Need
06. Real Soon
07. Share My World
08. Tired Melody
09. Grandma's Hands
10. Thinkin' About You
11. Only a Moment Away
12. Love of My Life


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Album: A Love Supreme Collection (2002)








01. A Love Supreme
02. Free
03. In My Dreams
04. Sendin' Out An S.O.S.
05. Test Of Time
06. Come Together As One
07. The Love We Share
08. Wishing On A Star
09. Giving My All To You
10. The World Is Ghetto
11. Lover's Paradise
12. Don't Wait For Love (Featuring Jonathan Butler)
13. All About You
14. Michelle
15. Grandma's Hands
16. Where Is The Love (Featuring Mica Paris)



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Album: Sensual Journey (2002)



01. Cool Water
02. I Can't Help It
03. Home
04. Don't Talk To Me Like That
05. Almost Like Being in Love
06. Maybe
07. If I Ever Lose This Heaven
08. Drowning in Your Eyes
09. Just Don't Wanna Be Lonely
10. Brooklyn Breezes
11. Bolero Nova

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Album: Emotions (2003)




01. A Million Ways
02. King of Fools
03. Daydreaming
04. Falling in Love
05. Hey There Lonely Girl
06. Rhythm of U & Me
07. Beautiful to Me
08. Another Sad Story
09. Riding On a Cloud
10. Anything

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Album: Soul Symphony (2005)



01. Put Me On
02. Crazy Love
03. What's It Gonna Be
04. A Promise
05. Make Time For Love
06. Soul Steppin'
07. Will Still Loves You
08. Superstar
09. Heart Of Mine

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Album: The Best of Will Downing (2006)








01. I Try
02. Million Ways [Radio Edit]
03. Don't Talk to Me Like That
04. Wishing on a Star
05. Crazy Love
06. Cool Water
07. Free
08. Heart of Mine
09. Stop, Look, Listen to Your Heart
10. Everytime It Rains
11. I Can't Make You Love Me
12. Nothing Has Ever Felt Like This



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Album: After Tonight (2007)



01. Will's Groove
02. Fantasy (Spending Time With You)
03. After Tonight
04. No One Can Love You More
05. Lover's Melody
06. Satisfy You
07. All I Need Is You
08. God Is So Amazing
09. You Just Can't Smile It Away
10. After Tonight (Between The Sheets Remix)

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Album: Classique (2009)







01. Ride
02. More Time (Tic Toc)
03. Something Special
04. Just Think About It
05. I Won't Stop
06. Love Suggestions
07. I'm Gonna Love You A Little More Baby
08. Let's Make It Now
09. Baby I'm For Real (ft. Phil Perry)
10. Statue Of A Fool



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Album: Lust, Love & Lies an Audio Novel (2010)










01. Glad I Met You Tonight
02. Feelin' Alright
03. Lust At First Sight
04. Get To Know You
05. Tell Me
06. Consensual
07. Safe In His Arms
08. Put Yo Momma On The Phone
09. Fly Higher
10. Saturday
11. Guess Who's Back
12. Shades
13. Extra! Extra!
14. Libido Interuptus
15. Do You Know
16. You Do U
17. At This Moment
18. I Got You Back
19. Coulda Been Shoulda Been
20. Deja Vu (Glad I Met You Tonight)




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Enjoy!!!!