Rock Me Tonight
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Released | April 28, 1985 | |||
Recorded | January–March 1985 at Digital By Dickinson (Bloomfield, NJ); Celestial Sound Studios and Unique Recording Studios (New York, NY). | |||
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Length | 41:26 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
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Rock Me Tonight is the platinum selling 1985 debut album from American R&B/Soul singer Freddie Jackson. Released on April 28, 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 Holiday 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 14 nonconsecutive weeks, and peaked inside the Top 10 on the Billboard 200.
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 Higginbotham) – 4:28
Personnel
- Freddie Jackson – lead vocals, backing vocals
- Barry Eastmond – keyboards, synthesizers, drum programming
- Eric Rehl – synthesizers
- Paul Laurence – keyboards (5), Kurzweil synthesizer (5), Yamaha DX7 (5), drum programming (5), backing vocals (5)
- Robert Aries – keyboards (8), Kurzweil synthesizer (8), drum programming (8)
- Ira Siegel – acoustic guitar, guitar
- Fareed Abdul-Haqq – guitar
- Clarence Brice – guitar
- Mike Campbell – guitar
- Thomas J. Flammia – guitar
- Wayne Brathwaite – bass
- Timmy Allen – bass (5)
- Bernard Davis – drums
- Richard Rodriguez – drums
- Joel Rosenblatt – drums
- Terry Silverlight – drums
- Buddy Williams – drums
- Bashiri Johnson – percussion
- Steve Kroon – percussion
- V. Jeffrey Smith – saxophone
- Stanley Turrentine – sax solo (5)
- Janice Dempsey – backing vocals
- Dolly Eastmond – backing vocals
- Danny Madden – backing vocals
- Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals
- Melba Moore – backing vocals
- B.J. Nelson – backing vocals
- Lillo Thomas – backing vocals
- Audrey Wheeler – backing vocals
- Reggie King – backing vocals (5)
Production
- Producers – Barry Eastmond (Tracks 1-4, 6 & 7); Paul Laurence (Track 5); Robert Aries (Track 8).
- Executive Producers – Beau Huggins and Varnell Johnson
- Production Coordination – Zack Vaz
- Engineers – Ron Banks (Tracks 1-4, 6 & 7); Carl Beatty and Steve Goldman (Track 5); Frank Heller, Peter Robbins and Bob Rose (Track 8).
- Second Engineer – Joe Marno (Track 5)
- Assistant Engineers – Dean Cochren, Larry DeCarmine, Cathy Goode, Frank Heller and Kurt Upper (Tracks 1-4, 6 & 7); Mike Nicolette (Track 8).
- Track 5 mixed by Steve Goldman at Right Track Recording (New York, NY).
- Track 8 mixed by Peter Robbins at Unique Recording Studios.
- Mastered by Jack Skinner at Sterling Sound (New York, NY) and Eddy Schreyer at Capitol Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
- Art Direction – Roy Kohara
- Design – Roland Young
- Photography – Chris Callis
- Administrator – Anne Thomas
- Management – Hush Productions
Charts
Chart (1985) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard 200[2] | 10 |
U.S. Billboard Top Black Albums[2] | 1 |
Chart (1986) | Peak position |
Australian (Kent Music Report) | 99[3] |
Singles
Year | Single | Chart positions[4] | ||
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U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | US R&B | |||
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 |
See also
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. Retrieved 2011-10-03.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 150. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Freddie Jackson US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-10-03.