Back on the Block is a 1989 studio album produced by Quincy Jones. The album features legendary musicians and singers from across three generations, including Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, Joe Zawinul, Ice-T, Big Daddy Kane, Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie, George Benson, Luther Vandross, Dionne Warwick, Barry White, Chaka Khan, Take 6, Bobby McFerrin, Al Jarreau, […]
It’s Your Night is the debut studio album by American R&B singer-songwriter James Ingram, released by Qwest/Warner Bros. Records on July 27, 1983. The album received four Grammy nominations. The album cut, “Party Animal” received a nomination for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance at the 26th Grammy Awards losing to “Billie Jean” by Michael Jackson. […]
Carry On is the ninth studio album by Patti Austin. It was released in 1991 through GRP. Tracks 1 Carry On (Stephen Stills) 5:13 2 Givin’ In To Love (Rod Temperton) 4:59 3 I Will Remember You (David Benoit; David Pack; Patti Austin) 6:42 4 How Can I Be Sure (Eddie Brigati; Felix Cavaliere) 3:40 […]
Running Scared is a 1986 buddy cop action-comedy film directed by Peter Hyams, written by Gary Devore and Jimmy Huston, and starring Gregory Hines, Billy Crystal, with Steven Bauer, Jimmy Smits, and Dan Hedaya in supporting roles. Hines and Crystal play Chicago police officers who, after nearly being killed on the job, decide to retire […]
Sign of the Times is the ninth album by jazz musician Bob James. Tracks 1 Hypnotique (Rod Temperton) 05:47 2 The Steamin’ Feelin’ (Rod Temperton) 05:19 3 Enchanted Forest (Bob James) 05:29 4 Unicorn (Bob James) 08:57 5 Sign Of The Times (Rod Temperton) 05:35 6 Love Power (Bob James) 05:30 Musicians 1 Hypnotique Bass […]
Lovelines is an album by Carpenters, released in 1989. That same year, Richard Carpenter decided to release an album of unreleased Carpenters tracks along with selected solo tracks by his sister, Karen (from her then-unreleased solo album). The Carpenters’ songs were mainly from their television specials. “When I Fall in Love” was originally recorded in […]
Current is the fifth album by funk-disco band Heatwave, released in 1982 on the Epic label. The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2010 by Big Break Records. Tracks 1 Lettin’ It Loose (Rod Temperton) 4:17 2 State To State (Rod Temperton) 4:53 3 Look After Love (Rod Temperton) 5:32 4 Naturally […]
Give Me The Night is a 1980 album recorded and released by American jazz guitarist and singer George Benson. Released in the summer of 1980, Give Me The Night was produced by Quincy Jones and released on Jones’s start-up label Qwest Records, in conjunction with Warner Bros. Records. It charted at number one on both […]
Emotional is the fourth album by R&B musician Jeffrey Osborne. Produced by Osborne, Rod Temperton, Richard Perry, T. C. Campbell, Michael Masser, and George Duke, Emotional contains Osborne’s biggest pop hit, “You Should Be Mine (The Woo Woo Song).” The track peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on both the R&B […]
Rodney Lynn “Rod” Temperton (9 October 1947 – September 2016) was an English songwriter, record producer, and musician from Cleethorpes, England. He initially made his mark as the keyboardist and main songwriter for the R&B band Heatwave before writing several internationally known songs performed by Michael Jackson, including “Off The Wall,” “Rock With You,” and […]