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Jody Watley Born Jan. 30 1959 Chicago Emerged From The R&B Group Shalamar To Score A String Of Solo Hit Singles Chiefly From 1987 To 1990 A Period In Which She Reached The Top 10 Of The Billboard Hot 100 Six Times. Watley Got Her Start As A Dancer On The Television Dance Show Soul Train Which Led To Her Being Tapped For A Spot In Shalamar. Her First Solo Album Jody Watley Yielded #2 Hit Looking For A New Love Which Was Followed By Two More Top 10 Singles — Don’t You Want Me #6 And Some Kind Of Lover #10 . Two Other Singles From The Album Charted — Still A Thrill #56 And Most Of All #60 . The Success Propelled Her To A Best New Artist Grammy Win For 1987. Subsequent Album Larger Than Life Produced Another Three Top 10 Singles Real Love #2 Everything #4 And Friends #9 . Her Only Other U.S. Top 40 Appearances Came In 1992 With I’m The One You Need #19 And As One Of Several Featured Artists On Babyface’s This Is For The Lover In You #6 In 1996. She Is Ranked #21 On Billboard’s Greatest Of All Time Top Dance Club Artists.
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"Don't You Want Me" Is The Third Single From Singer Jody Watley's Eponymous Debut Album. The Song Was Produced By Bernard Edwards Of Chic-Fame And Written By Jody Watley Franne Golde And David Paul Bryant. Watley's Previous Single "Still A Thrill " Fared Well In Dance And R&B Markets But Less-So In The Mainstream. This Prompted Her Label MCA To Go In A More Pop-Friendly Direction. "Don't You Want Me" Was One Of The Biggest Crossover Singles For The Year 1987 Reaching Top Ten On The Billboard Pop And R&B Charts And Becoming A Number-One Dance Club Hit. "Don't You Want Me" Landed In The Top 40 Of The U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart The Week Of October 24 1987 Advancing From #56 To #40. The Song Would Go On To Peak At #6 On The Hot 100 And Would Beginning December 19 1987 Remain There For Three Consecutive Weeks. The Song Also Reached Number 24 On The Canadian Singles Chart Number 55 On The UK Singles Chart And Number 46 On The New Zealand Singles Chart.
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Jody Watley Born Jan. 30 1959 Chicago Emerged From The R&B Group Shalamar To Score A String Of Solo Hit Singles Chiefly From 1987 To 1990 A Period In Which She Reached The Top 10 Of The Billboard Hot 100 Six Times. Watley Got Her Start As A Dancer On The Television Dance Show Soul Train Which Led To Her Being Tapped For A Spot In Shalamar. Her First Solo Album Jody Watley Yielded #2 Hit Looking For A New Love Which Was Followed By Two More Top 10 Singles — Don’t You Want Me #6 And Some Kind Of Lover #10 . Two Other Singles From The Album Charted — Still A Thrill #56 And Most Of All #60 . The Success Propelled Her To A Best New Artist Grammy Win For 1987. Subsequent Album Larger Than Life Produced Another Three Top 10 Singles Real Love #2 Everything #4 And Friends #9 . Her Only Other U.S. Top 40 Appearances Came In 1992 With I’m The One You Need #19 And As One Of Several Featured Artists On Babyface’s This Is For The Lover In You #6 In 1996. She Is Ranked #21 On Billboard’s Greatest Of All Time Top Dance Club Artists.
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"Don't You Want Me" is the third single from singer Jody Watley's eponymous debut album. The song was produced by Bernard Edwards of Chic-fame and written by Jody Watley, Franne Golde and David Paul Bryant.
Watley's previous single, "Still a Thrill," fared well in Dance and R&B markets, but less-so in the mainstream. This prompted her label, MCA, to go in a more pop-friendly direction. "Don't You Want Me" was one of the biggest crossover singles for the year 1987, reaching top ten on the Billboard pop and R&B charts and becoming a number-one dance club hit. "Don't You Want Me" landed in the Top 40 of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart the week of October 24, 1987, advancing from #56 to #40. The song would go on to peak at #6 on the Hot 100 and would (beginning December 19, 1987), remain there for three consecutive weeks. The song also reached number 24 on the Canadian Singles Chart, number 55 on the UK Singles Chart and number 46 on the New Zealand Singles Chart. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.