Let’s keep on movin’ to the top of our ranking of each song to hit #1 R&B on Billboard in the ’80s. In this installment-Soul II Soul and more!
Flyte Brothers #3: Alexander O’ Neal-“Fake”
Put some funk in your Tuesday with the latest installment of Flyte Brothers.
Jheri Curl Fridays: “The Finest”
Before Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis became known as the team behind Janet Jackson’s astronomical success , they produced a series of R&B bangers for a range of artists including Patti Austin, Cheryl Lynn, and their Minneapolis homeboy Alexander O’ Neal. Their first solid success as a production team came at the top of 1983 with The S.O.S. Band’s “Just Be Good to Me”. That band had been more or less stuck in one hit-wonderville since their huge disco smash “Take Your Time (Do […]
TVOne Announces Subjects for New Season of “Unsung”
The upcoming fourth season of TVOne’s documentary “Unsung” profiles R&B and rap luminaries including Big Daddy Kane, The Spinners, and Deniece Williams.