Stacy Lattisaw
Stacy Lattisaw | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 25, 1966 Washington, D.C., U.S.[1] |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Labels | Cotillion/Atlantic Records (1979–1985) Motown (1986–1989) |
Stacy Lattisaw Jackson[2] (née Lattisaw; born November 25, 1966)[1] is an American R&B singer from Washington, D.C., United States.[3]
Career[edit]
The 1979 song "Ring My Bell" was originally written for then twelve-year-old Lattisaw, as a teenybopper song about kids talking on the telephone.[4] When Lattisaw signed with a different label, Anita Ward was asked to sing it instead, and it became Ward's only major hit.[5]
Lattisaw recorded her first album for Cotillion Records at the age of 12 in 1979, under the direction of record producer Van McCoy.[6] However, it was not until she affiliated with Narada Michael Walden, a former drummer with the Mahavishnu Orchestra who was just beginning a career as a producer, that she found larger success.[6] Under Walden's direction, she scored several R&B hit albums between 1981 and 1986.[6] She also opened for the Jacksons' Triumph Tour in 1981.[7]
During the 1980s and early 1990s, Lattisaw had several US R&B hit singles, and a 1980 top 3 hit in the UK with her song "Jump to the Beat". She also scored three moderate hits on the US Hot 100 chart; "Let Me Be Your Angel" (US No. 21), "Love on a Two-Way Street" (US No. 26), and "Miracles" (US No. 40).[7][8] She signed with Motown Records in 1986. She scored her only No. 1 R&B hit with duet partner Johnny Gill, titled "Where Do We Go from Here", in 1989. Since the 1990s, she has exclusively sung gospel music.[1] Her official website stated that she was to work on a gospel CD. In 2010, Lattisaw's music career was chronicled on the TV One docu-series Unsung, in which she also appeared.
Discography[edit]
Studio albums[edit]
| Year | Album | Peak chart positions | Record label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [9] |
US R&B [10] | |||
| 1979 | Young and in Love | — | — | Cotillion |
| 1980 | Let Me Be Your Angel | 44 | 9 | |
| 1981 | With You | 46 | 8 | |
| 1982 | Sneakin' Out | 55 | 11 | |
| 1983 | Sixteen | 160 | 26 | |
| 1984 | Perfect Combination (with Johnny Gill) | 139 | 27 | |
| 1985 | I'm Not the Same Girl | — | — | |
| 1986 | Take Me All the Way | 131 | 36 | Motown |
| 1988 | Personal Attention | 153 | 24 | |
| 1989 | What You Need | — | 16 | |
| "—" denotes the album failed to chart | ||||
Compilation albums[edit]
- The Very Best of Stacy Lattisaw (1998, Rhino)
- Stacey Lattisaw - The Cotillion Years 1979 - 1985 (2021, Robinsongs)
Singles[edit]
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [8] |
US R&B [11] |
US Dan [8] |
US A/C [8] |
UK [12] |
IRL [13] | |||
| 1979 | "When You're Young and in Love" | — | 91 | — | — | — | — | Young and in Love |
| 1980 | "Dynamite!" | — | 8 | 1 | — | 51 | — | Let Me Be Your Angel |
| "Jump to the Beat" | — | — | — | 3 | 11 | |||
| "Let Me Be Your Angel" | 21 | 8 | — | 34 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | "Love on a Two Way Street" | 26 | 2 | — | 19 | — | — | With You |
| "It Was So Easy" | — | 61 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Feel My Love Tonight" | — | 71 | 36 | — | — | — | ||
| 1982 | "Don't Throw It All Away" | 101 | 9 | — | — | — | — | Sneakin' Out |
| "Attack of the Name Game" | 70 | 14 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Hey There Lonely Boy" | 108 | 71 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983 | "Miracles" | 40 | 13 | — | — | — | — | Sixteen |
| "Million Dollar Babe" | — | 52 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984 | "Perfect Combination" (with Johnny Gill) | 75 | 10 | — | — | — | — | Perfect Combination |
| "Baby It's You" (with Johnny Gill) | 102 | 37 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Block Party" (with Johnny Gill) | — | 63 | 48 | — | — | — | ||
| 1985 | "I'm Not the Same Girl" | — | 52 | — | — | — | — | I'm Not the Same Girl |
| "He's Just Not You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Can't Stop Thinking About You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986 | "Nail It to the Wall" | 48 | 4 | 2 | — | 76 | — | Take Me All the Way |
| 1987 | "Jump into My Life" | — | 13 | 3 | — | 79 | — | |
| "Every Drop of Your Love" | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | Personal Attention | |
| 1988 | "Let Me Take You Down" | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | |
| "Call Me" | — | 80 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989 | "What You Need" | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | What You Need |
| "Where Do We Go from Here" (featuring Johnny Gill) | — | 1 | 20 | — | — | — | ||
| "Dance for You" (featuring Johnny Gill) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990 | "I Don't Have the Heart" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes the single failed to chart | ||||||||
See also[edit]
- List of disco artists (S–Z)
- List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance Club Songs chart
- List of people from Washington, D.C.
- List of artists who reached number one on the Billboard R&B chart
- List of number-one dance singles of 1980 (U.S.)
- List of number-one R&B singles of 1990 (U.S.)
- American Music Awards of 1982
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Stacy Lattisaw Page". Soulwalking.co.uk. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ^ "Stacy Lattisaw Jackson". stacylattisaw.org. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
- ^ "Ebony Jr., Vol. 12, No. 5". The Journal of Negro Education : A Quarterly Review of Problems Incident to the Education of Negroes. Johnson Publishing Company. November 1984. p. 47. ISSN 0022-2984.
- ^ ""Ring My Bell" – Anita Ward". Super Seventies. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ^ "Ring My Bell by Anita Ward". Songfacts. Retrieved June 12, 2014.
- ^ a b c Colin Larkin, ed. (1993). The Guinness Who's Who of Soul Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 158. ISBN 0-85112-733-9.
- ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Stacy Lattisaw Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography". Music VF. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ^ "Chart History - BILLBOARD 200". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 18, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ^ "Chart History - TOP R&B/HIP-HOP ALBUMS". Billboard. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ^ "Chart History - HOT R&B/HIP-HOP SONGS". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 19, 2022. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ^ "Stacy Lattisaw Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 29, 2009.
- ^ "Displaying 1 for "Stacey Lattisaw"". The Irish Charts - All There Is To Know. IRMA. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
External links[edit]
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- American women singers
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- American dance musicians
- African-American women singers
- American rhythm and blues singers
- American gospel singers
- American sopranos
- Living people
- Motown artists
- Atlantic Records artists
- Winners of Yamaha Music Festival
- Singers from Washington, D.C.
- Dance-pop musicians
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