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Greatest Hits (Jody Watley Album)
''Greatest Hits'' is the first "greatest hits" collection from American singer and songwriter Jody Watley. Executive-produced by Watley, the album highlights her MCA years (1987–1994) and contains all of her well-known pop hits, among them "Looking for a New Love", " Real Love" and "Everything"; two of Watley's classics, "Don't You Want Me" and "Some Kind of Lover", were presented in their more familiar remixed forms. Additionally, Watley (who compiled the collection with Andy McKaie) took care to include lesser-known songs like " Still a Thrill" and "Most of All". Track listing # "Looking for a New Love" (André Cymone, Jody Watley) (Single Mix) # " I Want You" (Cymone, Watley) # "Some Kind of Lover" (Cymone, Watley) (Dance Remix) # "Friends" (Cymone, Watley, Eric Barrier, William Griffin) # "Still a Thrill" (Cymone, Watley) # "Everything" (Gardner Cole, James Newton Howard) # "Don't You Want Me" (Franne Golde, David Paul Bryant, Watley) (Dance Remix) # " Your Lo ...
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Jody Watley
Jody Vanessa Watley (born January 30, 1959) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and artist,USA Today (February 16, 1996), Best Bets: Albums Jody Watley Greatest Hits, "Few singers fired up the disco like Jody Watley who set trends and standards for fashion and music in the late 80s.." USA Today Life Section whose music crosses genres including pop, R&B, jazz, dance, and electronic soul.Paoletta, Michael (February 22, 2003) "Watley Relaxes In The Setting of The 'Midnight Lounge', Billboard Magazine. During the late 1970s and early 1980s she was a member of the r&b/funk band Shalamar, who scored many hits, notably so in the UK. In 1988, she won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist (as a solo artist) and has been nominated for three Grammy awards. In 2008, she was the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from '' Billboard'' magazine, and was also prominently featured in the historic black issue of ''Vogue Italia'' in 2008. In December 2016, '' Billboard'' ranked ...
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Don't You Want Me (Jody Watley Song)
"Don't You Want Me" is a song by American singer Jody Watley from her 1987 eponymous debut studio album. It was released in August 1987, by MCA Records as the album's third single. The song was produced by Bernard Edwards and written by Franne Golde, David Paul Bryant and Watley. "Don't You Want Me" was a hit in the United States, reaching position number six on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number one and three on the Dance Club Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts, respectively. Background and release "Don't You Want Me" was one of the biggest crossover singles of 1987, reaching the Top Ten of the ''Billboard'' pop and R&B charts. The single was also popular in nightclubs, reaching the top spot of the ''Billboard'' dance chart. Sample usage "Don't You Want Me" was sampled extensively on the 49ers' 1990 hit " Don't You Love Me". Remixed Eurodance versions have appeared on the Dancemania series of albums, including '' Dancemania SPEED 2'' issued in 1999. Chart perf ...
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Herb Ritts
Herbert Ritts Jr. (August 13, 1952December 26, 2002) was an American fashion photographer and director known for his photographs of celebrities, models, and other cultural figures throughout the 1980s and 1990s. His work concentrated on black and white photography and portraits, often in the style of classical Greek sculpture, which emphasized the human shape. Early life and education Born in Los Angeles, to a Jewish family, Ritts began his career working in the family furniture business. His father, Herb Ritts Sr., was a businessman, while his mother, Shirley Ritts, was an interior designer. He moved to the East Coast to attend Bard College in New York, where he majored in economics and art history, graduating in 1975. Career Later, while living in Los Angeles, he became interested in photography when he and friend Richard Gere, then an aspiring actor, decided to shoot some photographs in front of an old jacked up Buick. The picture gained Ritts some coverage and he began ...
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When A Man Loves A Woman (Jody Watley Song)
"When a Man Loves a Woman" is a song by American singer-songwriter Jody Watley, released as the final single from her fourth album, '' Intimacy'' (1993). The song peaked at number 11 on the US ''Billboard'' R&B Singles Chart and number 33 on the UK Singles Chart, making it Watley's first top-40 hit in the UK since "Friends" in 1989. Critical reception Bill Speed and John Martinucci from the ''Gavin Report'' described the song as "a monologue observing key elements of an unconditional relationship between a man and a woman." Track listings * US cassette maxi-single # Album version # Remix version # D.J.'s club Mix # Instrumental version * UK CD single # "When a Man Loves a Woman" (radio mix) # "When a Man Loves a Man" (BBG Deep mix edit) # "When a Woman Loves a Woman" (BBG Deep mix edit) # "Ecstasy Ecstasy may refer to: * Ecstasy (emotion), a trance or trance-like state in which a person transcends normal consciousness * Religious ecstasy, a state of consciousness, visions or ...
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Ecstasy (Jody Watley Song)
"Ecstasy" is a house song by singer, Jody Watley. It was written by Watley, David Morales and Terry Burrus and produced by Morales (who'd worked with Watley previously on her hit single, " I'm the One You Need"). It first appeared on the 1993 album, ''Intimacy''. History Released as a promotional single to dance clubs and DJs in 1994, a Bad Yard Club remix of "Ecstasy" (by David Morales) appeared on the U.K. CD-single of " When a Man Loves a Woman"; this version would later appear on Watley's 1996 Greatest Hits compilation. Also, "Ecstasy" was included on a two-track Victor Japanese 3-inch CD single along with the Goro Inagaki is a Japanese musician and actor from Itabashi, Tokyo. Inagaki was a member of the Japanese pop group SMAP. A year after the group's dissolution, Inagaki, alongside his former bandmates Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and Shingo Katori formed the group Atar ... song, "If You Give Your Heart". Charts References External links {{authority control Jody Watley ...
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Your Love Keeps Working On Me
"Your Love Keeps Working on Me" is a song performed by the song's co-writer, Joey Diggs, and appeared on the soundtrack to the film '' Bébé's Kids''. Jody Watley version "Your Love Keeps Working on Me" was covered by American singer Jody Watley and released in October 1993 as the first single from her fourth album, '' Intimacy'' (1994). The song reached number 26 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot R&B Singles The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by ''Billboard''. Rankings are based on a measure of radio airplay, sales data, and streaming activity. The chart had 100 p ... chart, and was a number two dance hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play chart. Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts References Jody Watley songs 1993 singles 1992 songs MCA Records singles New jack swing songs {{1990s-pop-song-stub ...
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Franne Golde
Francine Vicki Golde, better known as Franne Golde or Frannie Golde, is an American songwriter, musician, singer and writer. Her songs have appeared on more than 100 million records sold worldwide. Golde has received BMI awards for singles with The Pussycat Dolls "Stickwitu", Randy Travis’s " A Man Ain't Made of Stone", The Kinleys' "Somebody's Out There Watching" from the ''Touched by an Angel'' soundtrack, Selena’s " Dreaming of You", Jody Watley’s "Don't You Want Me" and " Nightshift" by the Commodores, which also won a Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group and received a Grammy nomination for Song of the Year. Most recently, Golde has started her own clothing line known for creating "The Perfect Black Pant." Biography Early career Early in her career, Golde found a home away from home in a rented studio at the Chess Records in Chicago. Her teachers were the R&B artists, producers and songwriters who recorded there and took Golde under their wing. She soon f ...
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James Newton Howard
James Newton Howard (born June 9, 1951) is an American film composer, music producer and keyboardist. He has scored over 100 films and is the recipient of a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, and nine nominations for Academy Awards. His film scores include '' Pretty Woman'' (1990), '' The Fugitive'' (1993), ''Space Jam'' (1996), ''Peter Pan'' (2003), ''King Kong'' (2005), ''The Dark Knight'' (2008) which he composed with Hans Zimmer, and ''Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'' (2016). He has collaborated extensively with directors M. Night Shyamalan and Francis Lawrence, having scored eight of Shyamalan's films since ''The Sixth Sense'' (1999) and all of Lawrence's films since '' I Am Legend'' (2007). Early life and career Howard was born in Los Angeles. He is from a musical family; his grandmother was a violinist. His father was Jewish but he did not want his children to know he was, so he changed his last name from Horowitz to Howard. Howard began studying music as a child, ...
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Gardner Cole
Gardner Cole (born Gardner Kain Christopher Cole) is an American songwriter, keyboard player and music producer. He is best known as songwriter of 1980s and early 1990s songs for Cher, Michael McDonald, Tina Turner, Jody Watley, and Madonna. He also recorded two solo albums on Warner Bros. Records. His 1988 single "Live It Up" reached #91 in the US in October. Discography * ''Δ's'' (Triangles) (1988) * ''It's Your Life'' (1991) Songs * " Open Your Heart", originally "Follow Your Heart", written for singer Cyndi Lauper by Cole and Peter Rafelson, although it was never played to her. * "Everything" 1989 Gardner Cole, James Newton Howard * "Say Once More" Amy Grant, Gardner Cole As producer * "Another Lover" song by Giant Steps As keyboard player * '' Larger than Life'' 1989 album by Jody Watley. Record label Cole founded Desert Sky Records as an independent label. References External links Official website*Gardner Coleat Discogs Discogs (short for discographies ...
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Friends (Jody Watley Song)
"Friends" is the second single from Jody Watley's second album, '' Larger Than Life''. History "Friends", like her previous single "Real Love", became a multi-format top-10 smash, reaching the top ten of the pop, R&B and dance charts in the U.S., as well as being her biggest single in the UK since her debut, "Looking for a New Love". The song was one of the first ever to feature a rap artist ( Eric B. & Rakim) and a singer. "Friends" appeared in the Top 10, peaking at number nine for one week on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It peaked at number three on the Hot Black Singles chart and number seven on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. In 2006, Watley remade the once successful song for her release of ''The Makeover ''The Makeover'' is the ninth studio album by American singer Jody Watley, released on Avitone Records. Watley recruited a diverse group of contemporary dance and electronica producers for the project, among them King Britt, DJ Spinna and 4hero. ...'', on her Avitone Re ...
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I Want You (Jody Watley Song)
"I Want You" is the first single from Jody Watley's third album '' Affairs of the Heart''. The official music video A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a m ..., directed by Andy Morahan, was featured on an episode of '' Beverly Hills, 90210''. Charts References 1991 songs 1991 singles Dance-pop songs Jody Watley songs MCA Records singles Music videos directed by Andy Morahan Song recordings produced by André Cymone Songs written by André Cymone Songs written by Jody Watley {{1990s-R&B-song-stub ...
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