#OTD 2.23.87 🎶🎉 Solo debut album “Jody Watley” was released!! 3 Top 10 singles US Billboard Hot 100 : Looking for a New Love (#2), Don’t You Want Me’ (#6) Some Kind of Lover” (#10) Top 40 hits Still A Thrill & Most Of All ; 3 #1 Dance Singles, 1 #1 R&B Single. 🧵 - ThreadSky

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jodywatley.bsky.social • 13 days ago

#OTD 2.23.87 🎶🎉

Solo debut album “Jody Watley” was released!!
3 Top 10 singles US Billboard Hot 100 : Looking for a New Love (#2), Don’t You Want Me’ (#6) Some Kind of Lover” (#10) Top 40 hits Still A Thrill & Most Of All ; 3 #1 Dance Singles, 1 #1 R&B Single. 🧵

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pskev.bsky.social•13 days ago

❤️❤️❤️❤️

jodywatley.bsky.social•13 days ago

“It was her debut album, released by MCA Records although she had minor success in former group Shalamar, the impact of this album made Watley a cultural style icon in contemporary R&B, pop and dance music.
Its success culminated in Watley winning a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1988

jodywatley.bsky.social•13 days ago

The album also produced 3 Top Ten singles on the US Billboard Hot 100 : “Looking for a New Love” (#2), “Don’t You Want Me” (#6) and “Some Kind of Lover” (#10), as well as the Top 40 hits “Still A Thrill” & “Most Of All“ ; 3 #1 Dance Singles, 1 #1 R&B Single.

jodywatley.bsky.social•13 days ago

The album also features a duet with superstar George Michael.

jodywatley.bsky.social•13 days ago

The album has now sold three million copies in the United States and over four million copies worldwide. Watley co-wrote 6 of the 9 songs.

The album was produced by Andre Cymone & David Z., Bernard Edwards (CHIC, Robert Palmer & Power Station) and Patrick Leonard.

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