Ray Parker Jr.
Born May 1, 1954, in Detroit, Michigan USA
Guitarist/songwriter/producer Ray Parker Jr. had hits as Raydio (the million-selling Jack and Jill, You Can't Change That), Ray Parker Jr. and Raydio (Two Places at the Same Time, A Woman Needs Love [Just Like You Do]"), Ray Parker Jr. (the number one R&B and pop gold single "Ghostbusters"), and co-wrote hit songs for Rufus and Chaka Khan (the number one "You Got the Love" from fall 1974) and Barry White ("You See the Trouble With Me" from spring 1976).
Parker also wrote and produced hits for New Edition ("Mr. Telephone Man" - Parker originally recorded this with Jr. Tucker for his 1983 self-titled Geffen album), Randy Hall ("I've Been Watching You [Jamie's Girl]," the refreshing "Gentleman"), Cheryl Lynn ("Shake It Up Tonight" from In the Night), Deniece Williams (the 1979 ARC/Columbia LP When Love Comes Calling, the 1981 Bang LP Brick, Summer Heat), and Diana Ross ("Upfront" from her 1983 RCA LP Ross).
Albums
A Woman Needs Love (1981)
The Other Woman (1982)
Woman Out of Control (1983)
Chartbusters (1984)
Sex and the Single Man (1985)
After Dark (1987)
I Love You Like You Are (1991)
Tracks currently playing on the station
She needs to get some featuring FatherMC (Album: I Love You Like You Are)
Lets go back to bed (Album: I Love You Like You Are)
A woman needs love (Album: A Woman Needs Love)
For those who like to groove (Album: Two Places at the Same Time)
soul2soul favourites/recommended
A woman needs love (Album: A Woman Needs Love)
I don't think that man should sleep alone (Album: After Dark)
Loving you (Album: After Dark)
Over you - duet with Natalie Cole (Album: After Dark)
Love is so strange (Album: I Love You Like You Are)
Lets go back to bed (Album: I Love You Like You Are)
No matter what happens (Album: I Love You Like You Are)
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