Cherrelle

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    Cherrelle hit number one R&B with "Everything I Miss at Home" written and produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Her other hits with the duo include "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On," "When I Look in Your Eyes," and a couple of debuts with Alexander O' Neal -- "Saturday Love" and "Never Knew Love Like This."

    Born Cheryl Week Norton in 1958 in Los Angeles, CA, her cousin is singer Pebbles. When her family moved to Detroit, MI, she met bassist/singer Michael Henderson who had hits with Norman Conners ("Valentine Love," a number ten hit duet with Jean Carn and "You Are My Starship," a number four summer 1976 hit). In 1977, Henderson was recording his gold album In the Night-Time ("Take Me I'm Yours," "In the Night-Time") and invited Cheryl to the studio. She come there in the evenings after she'd finished working at the bank. She became Cherrelle because her boss would be stressed because she was always late for work. She'd yell, "Cher---relle, you're late!"

    Cherrelle went on tour with Michael Henderson and Luther Vandross. Later, she recorded a demo that came to the attention of Tabu Records owner Clarence Avant. Her attorney father negotiated the recording contract with Avant's label that was distributed by A&M Records. Teamed with producers/songwriters Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, who had hits with Tabu recording act the S.O.S. Band, Cherrelle began to have a steady stream of hits: Fragile from summer 1984 produced the singles "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On" and the popular radio-aired "When I Look in Your Eyes"; High Priority had the number two R&B hit "Saturday Love," a duet with labelmate Alexander O' Neal.

    Jam & Lewis decided to apply a concept LP format for Cherrelle's third album like they'd used for O'Neal's Hearsay album, Affair. The concept was the songs would be based around a romantic relationship that went bad. The LP's first single was another Cherrelle/O'Neal duet, "Never Knew Love Like This," which parked at number two R&B for two weeks on Billboard's charts in early 1988. The duo decided that "Everything I Miss at Home" should have a jazz piano lounge feel to it. It went to number one R&B in late 1988. Affair, which went to number 15 R&B in late 1988, also yielded "Affair," a number four R&B hit, in early 1989.

    Her last charting LP, The Woman That I Am, with production by Narada Michael Walden, boasted "Never in My Life," "Tears of Joy," "Still in Love With You," and a cover of Carla Thomas' "Gee Whiz."

    Cherrelle appears on LPs by Alexander O' Neal ("In the Middle"/"Your Precious Love" from his 1993 LPLove Makes No Sense and "Baby Come to Me" from 1997's Lovers Again) and Pebbles ("Always" from her gold Always album and on her 1995 Straight From My Heart album). Cherrelle resurfaced in 1999 with her The Right Time CD.


    Album: Fragile (1984)



    01. Fragile... Handle With Care
    02. I Didn't Mean To Turn You On
    03. Like I Will
    04. I Will Wait For You
    05. Who's It Gonna Be
    06. Stay With Me
    07. When You Look Into My Eyes
    08. I Need You Now


    http://www.fileserve.com/file/uKeBQKm


    Album: High Priority (1985)



    01.The Opening
    02. You Look Good To Me
    03. Artificial Heart
    04. New Love
    05. Oh No It's U Again
    06. Saturday Love
    07. Will You Satisfy
    08. Where Do I Run To
    09. High Priority
    10. New Love Reprise


    http://www.fileserve.com/file/uEdHYjN


    Album: Affair (1988)



    01. Looks Aren't Everything
    02. Pick Me Up
    03. Discreet
    04. Happy That You're Happy With Me
    05. Affair
    06. What More Can I Do For You
    07. Foolin' Around
    08. Everything I Miss At Home
    09. Keep It Inside
    10. My Friend
    11. Crazy (For Lovin' You)
    12. Lucky
    13. Home


    http://www.fileserve.com/file/7pEWnxV


    Album: The Woman I Am (1991)



    01. Never In My Life
    02. 7 Days A Week
    03. Baby, It's You
    04. Still In Love With You
    05. Love Me Tonight
    06. Woman I Am
    07. Tears Of Joy
    08. Gee Whiz
    09. Nothing's Ever Gonna Stop (The Way I Feel)
    10. Where Do We Go From Here


    http://www.fileserve.com/file/AMwBzc9


    Album: The Best Of Cherrelle (1995)



    01. I Didn't Mean To Turn You On
    02. Saturday Love
    03. Affair
    04. Everything I Miss At Home
    05. Keep It Inside
    06. You Look Good To Me
    07. Fragile... Handle With Care
    08. Will You Satisfy
    09. High Priority
    10. Artificial Heart


    http://www.fileserve.com/file/9ECKYBC


    Album: The Right Time (1999)



    01. Intro
    02. The Right Time (featuring Keith Murray)
    03. Stop Loving You
    04. Just Tell Me
    05. Don't
    06. Sleepin' With The Enemy
    07. Interlude
    08. Next To You
    09. Baby Come To Me (featuring Alexander O'Neal)
    10. Never Leave You Lonely
    11. Into My Eyes
    12. Pillow Talk
    13. Let It Go
    14. Saturday Love (featuring Alexander O'Neal)
    15. Outro


    http://www.fileserve.com/file/jAhkUuS


    Album: Greatest Hits (2005)



    01. I Didn't Mean To Turn You On
    02. Affair
    03. Everything I Miss At Home
    04. Where Do I Run To
    05. Will You Satisfy?
    06. Never Knew Love Like This (with Alexander O'Neal)
    07. Saturday Love (with Alexander O'Neal)
    08. When You Look In My Eyes
    09. What More Can I Do For You
    10. You Look Good To Me
    11. Fragile... Handle With Care
    12. Artificial Heart
    13. Like I Will


    http://www.fileserve.com/file/5EEZrYb


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