Anita Denise Baker is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for her soulful ballads,particularly from the height of the quiet storm period in the 1980s.
Exiles is an album by the American musician Dan Fogelberg,released in 1987. It includes the A/C hits "Lonely in Love" and “Seeing You Again”and the pop hit "She Don't Look Back". Fogelberg supported the album by touring with Wendy Waldman.
No Secrets is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon,released by Elektra Records on November 28,1972.
Playing Possum is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon,released by Elektra Records,on April 21,1975.
The Poet is the thirteenth studio album by American musician Bobby Womack. The album was released in November 1981,by Beverly Glen Music. The album reached the top of the Billboard Top Black Albums chart due to the success of the single "If You Think You're Lonely Now",which peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart.
Warm Thoughts is an album by the American musician Smokey Robinson,released in 1980. It features the top 40 hit,"Let Me Be the Clock". The album was arranged by Reginald "Sonny" Burke. This album also featured the semi-autobiographical tune "Wine,Women and Song",which proved to be the closest thing to a Miracles reunion that occurred in the 1980s,with Smokey doing a duet with his then-wife,former Miracle Claudette Robinson,and Miracle Marv Tarplin,with whom he shared songwriting credits,on guitar. The song "Travelin' Thru'" was written by Smokey's real-life sister,Rose Ella Jones,and two songs written by Robinson with fellow Motown artist,Stevie Wonder,and singer,songwriter,and former Starsky and Hutch star,David Soul. This album was a success,reaching the Top 20 of The Billboard 200 Pop Album chart,peaking at No. 14,and the Top 10 of Billboard's R&B Album Chart,peaking at No. 4.
Rapture is the second album by American vocalist Anita Baker,released in 1986. This became Baker's breakout album and earning her two Grammy Awards. The album's first track,"Sweet Love",was a top 10 Billboard hit in addition to winning a Grammy Award. The music video for the track "Same Ole Love" was filmed at Baker's Keyboard Lounge.
"Sweet Love" is a song by American R&B singer and songwriter Anita Baker from her second studio album,Rapture (1986). It was written by Anita Baker,Louis A. Johnson,and Gary Bias,and produced by Michael J. Powell. It was released in May 1986 as the album's first single.
Giving You the Best That I Got is the third album by American R&B/soul singer Anita Baker,released in 1988. It was Baker's first and only #1 Pop album in the US,her second #1 R&B Album,and was certified 3×platinum in 1989 by the RIAA. The title track was released as the first single from the album and became Baker's highest-charting single in the US,peaking at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album earned Baker three Grammy Awards and three Soul Train Music Awards.
Compositions is the fourth album by American R&B/soul singer Anita Baker. The album peaked at #5 on the US Billboard 200 and was certified platinum in 1990,making it Baker's third platinum selling album. The album also won the Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance at the 1991 Grammy Awards. Two of its tracks charted on the Billboard Hot 100,with "Talk to Me" peaking at number 44 for three consecutive weeks on July 28 and August 4 and 11 and "Soul Inspiration" at number 72 on October 13,1990. Compositions would be the last album and collaboration between Baker and producer Michael J. Powell.
Rhythm of Love is the fifth album by American R&B/soul singer Anita Baker,released in 1994. The album peaked at #3 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and #1 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip Hop chart and was certified double platinum,giving Baker her fourth platinum selling album.
My Everything is the sixth studio album by American singer Anita Baker. It was released by Blue Note Records on September 7,2004 in the United States. It was Baker's first album for the label and her first album of new material in ten years. For her comeback album,Baker wanted to be "in control" of everything,and once again teamed up with Barry J. Eastmond and George Duke. Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds also contributed. Baker wrote or co-wrote eight of the album's ten tracks. The last track,"Men in My Life" was written for her then-husband and two sons.
The Best of Anita Baker is a compilation album by the American R&B/soul singer Anita Baker. It was released on June 18,2002,in the United States by Rhino Records,and compiles material from Baker's career spanning 1983–2002. As of March 2004,the album has sold 402,000 copies and been certified Gold by the RIAA. The album spent 92 weeks on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart,becoming the longest-charting album by a female artist on the chart and 16 weeks on the Billboard 200.
"You Belong to Me" is a song written by American singer-songwriters Carly Simon and Michael McDonald. Originally recorded by McDonald's rock group The Doobie Brothers for their seventh studio album,Livin' on the Fault Line (1977),the song was made famous by Simon when she recorded it for her seventh studio album,Boys in the Trees (1978). A live version of the song from The Doobie Brothers' 1983 album Farewell Tour would later chart on the Pop Singles chart at No. 79 in August 1983.
When Love Comes Calling is an album by American singer Deniece Williams,released in June 1979 on ARC/Columbia Records. The album peaked at No. 27 on the Billboard Top Soul LPs chart.
Brenda Russell is the self-titled debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Brenda Russell,released on 25 July 1979 by A&M Records on the Horizon label. The album peaked at No. 20 on the Billboard R&B albums chart.
Truly Blessed is the eleventh studio album by R&B singer Teddy Pendergrass,released in March 1991 on the Elektra label. The single was written by Gabriel S. Hardeman Jr,Annette Guest Hardeman,and G Syier Hawkins Brown. Co Produced by Teddy Pendergrass and G Syier Hawkins Brown. Three tracks were produced by Pendergrass,with four of the tracks produced by him and Terry Price,and the remaining three produced by Derek Nakamoto and Craig Burbidge.
The Two of Us is the debut album by the R&B duo Yarbrough &Peoples,released in 1980 on Mercury Records. It was produced by LA based producer Lonnie Simmons,who would go on to form Total Experience Records the following year,and veteran songwriter Jonah Ellis.
If I Were Your Woman is the eleventh studio album by American recording artist Stephanie Mills,released on June 1,1987 on MCA Records. The album peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and No. 30 on the Billboard 200 chart. If I Were Your Woman was also certified Gold and Platinum in the US by the RIAA.
Let Me Tickle Your Fancy is the ninth studio album by Jermaine Jackson,released in 1982. It was his final album for Motown Records. It reached No. 46 on the Billboard Top LPs chart and No. 9 on the Top R&B LPs chart. The title track peaked at No. 5 on the soul singles chart.
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