The A Side: Every Shade Of Love (Keith Cohen Remix) 7:34 The B Side: Every Shade Of Love (Original Version) 4:44 Love Struck (House Mix) 6:40 The Brief: The UK 12” for Jesse Johnson’s “Every Shade Of Love” single included the 12” West Coast Remix by Keith Cohen and Steve Beltran and a House Mix [...]
The A Side: Every Shade Of Love (East Coast) (7″ Edit) Every Shade Of Love (East Coast) (12″ Remix) The B Side: Every Shade Of Love (West Coast) (7″ Edit) Every Shade Of Love (West Coast) (12″ Remix) The Brief: Only two singles were released from the ‘Every Shade Of Love‘ LP. The title track [...]
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Tags: 12 Inch, 1988, A&M Records, Keith Cohen, MPLS, Promo, R&B, Shep Pettibone, Steve Beltran, Steve Peck 
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The A Side: Love Struck (Dance Mix) 8:00 Love Struck (7″ Mix) 4:30 The B Side: Love Struck (Dub Mix) 6:48 Love Struck (Instrumental) 6:15 Love Struck (A Cappella) 3:59 The Brief: In April of 1988, Jesse Johnson released his third solo album: ‘Every Shade Of Love‘. The first single released was “Love Struck”. This [...]
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The A Side: Love Struck (7″ Version) 4:30 The B Side: Do Yourself A Favour 5:16 The Brief: In April of 1988, Jesse Johnson released his third solo album: ‘Every Shade Of Love‘. The first single released was “Love Struck”. This 45 contains the 7″ version of the single plus, on the B-Side, an extended [...]
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The A Side: Baby Let’s Kiss (Extended Version) 7:38 The B Side: Baby Let’s Kiss (7″ Edit) 3:58 Fool’s Paradise 5:23 The Brief: Today’s post is the 12” release of Jesse Johnson’s single “Baby, Let’s Kiss” in an extended version along with the 7” edit and “Fool’s Paradise”. The Billboard Charts: Chart Debuted Debut Pos. [...]
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The A Side: Baby Let’s Kiss (Remix) 3:58 The B Side: Fool’s Paradise 5:23 The Brief: Jesse Johnson‘s ‘Shockadelica‘ LP reached #70 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, #15 on the Hot Black Albums chart and sold over 1 million copies worldwide. The third single released from the album was a remix of “Baby Let’s [...]
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The A Side: She (I Can’t Resist) (Remix) 7:22 She (I Can’t Resist) (Dub) 4:47 The B Side: She (I Can’t Resist) (Live Remix) 7:06 She (I Can’t Resist) (7″ Edit Live Remix) 4:26 The Brief: Jesse Johnson‘s second single in support of the ‘Shockadelica‘ LP was “She (I Can’t Resist)”. This 12″ single release [...]
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The A Side: She (I Can’t Resist) 4:50 The B Side: She (I Can’t Resist) (Edit Live Remix) 4:26 The Brief: Jesse Johnson‘s second single in support of the ‘Shockadelica‘ LP was “She (I Can’t Resist)”. This promo 7″ single contains the album version on Side A and an edit of the “Live Remix” on [...]
The A Side: Crazay (Featuring Sly Stone) (Remix) 8:18 Crazay (Featuring Sly Stone) (Dub Version) 6:45 The B Side: Crazay (Featuring Sly Stone) (Paul Edit) 4:21 Crazay (Featuring Sly Stone) (7″ Remix) 4:32 The Brief: Jesse Johnson returned to the charts in 1986 with his sophomore solo album ‘Shockadelica‘. The first single from the album [...]
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The A Side: Crazay (Featuring Sly Stone) (Extended Version) 7:08 The B Side: Drive Yo Cadillac 6:12 The Brief: Jesse Johnson returned to the charts in 1986 with his sophomore solo album ‘Shockadelica‘. The first single from the album brought Sylvester Stewart, better known as Sly Stone, out of retirement to duet with Jesse on [...]
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The A Side: Crazay (Featuring Sly Stone) 3:59 The B Side: Drive Yo Cadillac 4:49 The Brief: Jesse Johnson returned to the charts in 1986 with his sophomore solo album ‘Shockadelica‘. The first single from the album brought Sylvester Stewart, better known as Sly Stone, out of retirement to duet with Jesse on “Crazay”. The [...]
The A Side: Let’s Have Some Fun 4:00 The B Side: She’s A Doll 4:58 The Brief: The fourth and final single released from the ‘Jesse Johnson‘s Revue’ album is “Let’s Have Some Fun”. The final tally for the LP was a peak of #43 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and #15 on the [...]
The A Side: I Want My Girl 4:46 The B Side: Fast Girls 6:40 The Brief: And, today we present the 12” release of “I Want My Girl” from Jesse Johnson’s Revue. The a side is the LP version of the song while the b side is an extended version of “Fast Girls”. The Billboard [...]
The A Side: I Want My Girl (Specially Remixed Version) 3:38 The B Side: Fast Girls 4:16 The Brief: The third single released from the ‘Jesse Johnson‘s Revue’ album is a specially remixed version of “I Want My Girl”. On the other side is the non-album B-Side track, Jesse’s version of “Fast Girls” that he [...]
The A Side: Can You Help Me (Extended Version) 6:09 The B Side: Free World (Extended Version) 7:00 The Brief: Here is the 12” version of “Can You Help Me” by Jesse Johnson’s Revue featuring extended versions of both “Can You Help Me” and “Free World”. The Billboard Charts: Chart Debuted Debut Pos. Peak Pos. [...]
The A Side: Can You Help Me 4:10 The B Side: Free World 4:20 The Brief: After posting a Top 5 on the R&B charts with his first single as a solo artist, Jesse Johnson followed that up with “Can You Help Me” in support of the ‘Jesse Johnson’s Revue’ album. The single also featured [...]
The A Side: Be Your Man (Specially Remixed Version) 7:05 The B Side: Special Love 4:25 The Brief: Today’s post is a 12” release of Jesse Johnson’s Revue debut single release with a specially remixed version of “Be Your Man”. The Billboard Charts: Chart Debuted Debut Pos. Peak Pos. Wks on Chart Hot 100 3/16/85 [...]
The A Side: Be Your Man 3:45 The B Side: Special Love 4:25 The Brief: In 1981, Jesse Johnson hooked up with Morris Day in a band called Enterprise. Enterprise and the band Flyte Tyme were later brought together by Prince to form The Time. Jesse took the role of lead guitarist in The Time [...]
The A Side: Jesse Johnson and Stephanie Spruill – Heart Too Hot To Hold 3:49 The B Side: Gary Chang – Dream Montage (Instrumental) The Brief: So, where were we? Oh yeah… If you don’t like Jesse Johnson… you’re going to hate February… In February of 1985, the John Hughes directed movie, The Breakfast Club [...]
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