Rock Me Tonight
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For the Billy Squier song, see Rock Me Tonite.
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| Studio album by Freddie Jackson | ||||
| Released | 1985 | |||
| Recorded | 1984-1985 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 41:26 | |||
| Label | Capitol Records | |||
| Producer | Paul Laurence Robert Aries Barry Eastmond |
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Rock Me Tonight is the platinum selling debut album from R&B/soul singer Freddie Jackson. Released in 1985, the album yielded four top-10 singles on the U.S. R&B chart, with the first two, "You Are My Lady" and "Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)", reaching number one. The latter two, "Love Is Just a Touch Away" and "He'll Never Love You", peaked at Nos. 9 and 8, respectively. The album contains a cover of the Billie Holliday classic "Good Morning Heartache". The success of Rock Me Tonight garnered Jackson a Grammy Award nomination in 1986 for Best New Artist, losing out to Sade. Rock Me Tonight went on to top the R&B Albums chart for fourteen nonconsecutive weeks, and peaked inside the Top 10 on the Billboard 200.
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[edit] Track listing
- "He'll Never Love You (Like I Do)" (Keith Diamond, Barry Eastmond) - 4:43
- "Love Is Just a Touch Away" (Freddie Jackson, Barry Eastmond) - 5:19
- "I Wanna Say I Love You" (Freddie Jackson, Barry Eastmond) - 4:40
- "You Are My Lady" (Barry Eastmond) - 4:44
- "Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)" (Paul Laurence) - 7:12
- "Sing a Song of Love" (Barry Eastmond) - 5:02
- "Calling" (Keith Diamond, Barry Eastmond) - 5:30
- "Good Morning Heartache" (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higgenbotham) - 4:28
[edit] Charts
| Chart (1985) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard 200[2] | 10 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Black Albums[2] | 1 |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions[3] | ||
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | US R&B |
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| 1985 | "Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)" | 18 | 1 | |
| "You Are My Lady" | 12 | 1 | ||
| "He ll Never Love You (Like I Do)" | 25 | 8 | ||
| 1986 | "Love Is Just A Touch Away" | - | 9 | |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Lytle, Craig. Freddie Jackson: Rock Me Tonight > Review at Allmusic. Retrieved 03 October 2011.
- ^ a b "Freddie Jackson US albums chart history". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/-p4571/charts-awards/billboard-albums. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
- ^ "Freddie Jackson US singles chart history". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/-p4571/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
