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Some Kind Of Lover by Jody Watley
Jody Watley
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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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"Some Kind Of Lover" Was The Fourth Single From Jody Watley's Self-Titled Debut Jody Watley Released On January 4 1988. "Some Kind Of Lover" Was Jody's Third Top 10 Pop Single From The Album And Third Number-One Of The US Hot Dance Club Songs Chart Though The Single Found Huge Success In America Outside On The States The Single Only Reached Number 81 On The UK Singles Chart. Also The Song Charted On The Canadian Singles Chart Reaching Number 47. The Single Advanced Into The Top 40 Of The U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart During The Week Of February 27 1988 Finally Stalling At #10 The Week Of April 16 1988. "Some Kind Of Lover" Kept Watley In The Top 20 Of The Singles Chart For Six Weeks. The Music Video Premiered In January 1988. In 1988 The Song Was Nominated For Two MTV Video Music Awards For Best Female Video And Best New Artist In A Video She Also Performed "Some Kind Of Lover" At The Award Show That Year.
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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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"Some Kind of Lover" was the fourth single from Jody Watley's self-titled debut, Jody Watley released on January 4, 1988. "Some Kind of Lover" was Jody's third top 10 pop single from the album, and third number-one of the US Hot Dance Club Songs chart, though the single found huge success in America, outside on the states the single only reached number 81 on the UK Singles Chart. Also the song charted on the Canadian Singles Chart, reaching number 47.
The single advanced into the top 40 of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart during the week of February 27, 1988, finally stalling at #10 the week of April 16, 1988. "Some Kind of Lover" kept Watley in the Top 20 of the singles chart for six weeks. The music video premiered in January 1988.
In 1988 the song was nominated for two MTV Video Music Awards, for Best Female Video and Best New Artist in a Video, she also performed "Some Kind of Lover" at the award show that year.
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