Cherelle
Cherrelle hit number one R&B with "Everything I Miss at Home" written and p… Read Full Bio ↴Cherrelle hit number one R&B with "Everything I Miss at Home" written and produced by Jimmy Jam and
Terry Lewis. Her other hits with the duo include "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On," "When I Look in Your Eyes," and a couple of debuts with Alexander O' Neal -- "Saturday Love" and "Never Knew Love Like This."
Born Cheryl Week Norton in 1958 in Los Angeles, CA, her cousin is singer Pebbles. When her family moved to Detroit, MI, she met bassist/singer Michael Henderson who had hits with Norman Conners ("Valentine Love," a number ten hit duet with Jean Carn and "You Are My Starship," a number four summer 1976 hit). In 1977, Henderson was recording his gold album In the Night-Time ("Take Me I'm Yours," "In the Night-Time") and invited Cheryl to the studio. She come there in the evenings after she'd finished working at the bank. She became Cherrelle because her boss would be stressed because she was always late for work. She'd yell, "Cher---relle, you're late!"
Cherrelle went on tour with Michael Henderson and Luther Vandross. Later, she recorded a demo that came to the attention of Tabu Records owner Clarence Avant. Her attorney father negotiated the recording contract with Avant's label that was distributed by A&M Records. Teamed with producers/songwriters Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, who had hits with Tabu recording act the S.O.S. Band, Cherrelle began to have a steady stream of hits: Fragile from summer 1984 produced the singles "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On" and the popular radio-aired "When I Look in Your Eyes"; High Priority had the number two R&B hit "Saturday Love," a duet with labelmate Alexander O' Neal.
Jam & Lewis decided to apply a concept LP format for Cherrelle's third album like they'd used for O'Neal's Hearsay album, Affair. The concept was the songs would be based around a romantic relationship that went bad. The LP's first single was another Cherrelle/O'Neal duet, "Never Knew Love Like This," which parked at number two R&B for two weeks on Billboard's charts in early 1988. The duo decided that "Everything I Miss at Home" should have a jazz piano lounge feel to it. It went to number one R&B in late 1988. Affair, which went to number 15 R&B in late 1988, also yielded "Affair," a number four R&B hit, in early 1989.
Her last charting LP, The Woman That I Am, with production by Narada Michael Walden, boasted "Never in My Life," "Tears of Joy," "Still in Love With You," and a cover of Carla Thomas' "Gee Whiz."
Cherrelle appears on LPs by Alexander O' Neal ("In the Middle"/"Your Precious Love" from his 1993 LPLove Makes No Sense and "Baby Come to Me" from 1997's Lovers Again) and Pebbles ("Always" from her gold Always album and on her 1995 Straight From My Heart album). Cherrelle resurfaced in 1999 with her The Right Time CD. ~ Ed Hogan, All Music Guide
Terry Lewis. Her other hits with the duo include "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On," "When I Look in Your Eyes," and a couple of debuts with Alexander O' Neal -- "Saturday Love" and "Never Knew Love Like This."
Born Cheryl Week Norton in 1958 in Los Angeles, CA, her cousin is singer Pebbles. When her family moved to Detroit, MI, she met bassist/singer Michael Henderson who had hits with Norman Conners ("Valentine Love," a number ten hit duet with Jean Carn and "You Are My Starship," a number four summer 1976 hit). In 1977, Henderson was recording his gold album In the Night-Time ("Take Me I'm Yours," "In the Night-Time") and invited Cheryl to the studio. She come there in the evenings after she'd finished working at the bank. She became Cherrelle because her boss would be stressed because she was always late for work. She'd yell, "Cher---relle, you're late!"
Cherrelle went on tour with Michael Henderson and Luther Vandross. Later, she recorded a demo that came to the attention of Tabu Records owner Clarence Avant. Her attorney father negotiated the recording contract with Avant's label that was distributed by A&M Records. Teamed with producers/songwriters Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, who had hits with Tabu recording act the S.O.S. Band, Cherrelle began to have a steady stream of hits: Fragile from summer 1984 produced the singles "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On" and the popular radio-aired "When I Look in Your Eyes"; High Priority had the number two R&B hit "Saturday Love," a duet with labelmate Alexander O' Neal.
Jam & Lewis decided to apply a concept LP format for Cherrelle's third album like they'd used for O'Neal's Hearsay album, Affair. The concept was the songs would be based around a romantic relationship that went bad. The LP's first single was another Cherrelle/O'Neal duet, "Never Knew Love Like This," which parked at number two R&B for two weeks on Billboard's charts in early 1988. The duo decided that "Everything I Miss at Home" should have a jazz piano lounge feel to it. It went to number one R&B in late 1988. Affair, which went to number 15 R&B in late 1988, also yielded "Affair," a number four R&B hit, in early 1989.
Her last charting LP, The Woman That I Am, with production by Narada Michael Walden, boasted "Never in My Life," "Tears of Joy," "Still in Love With You," and a cover of Carla Thomas' "Gee Whiz."
Cherrelle appears on LPs by Alexander O' Neal ("In the Middle"/"Your Precious Love" from his 1993 LPLove Makes No Sense and "Baby Come to Me" from 1997's Lovers Again) and Pebbles ("Always" from her gold Always album and on her 1995 Straight From My Heart album). Cherrelle resurfaced in 1999 with her The Right Time CD. ~ Ed Hogan, All Music Guide
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Cherrelle Lyrics
7 Days A Week Sitting here looking out my window Waiting for the phone to…
Affair do you call this thing we haveAm I your woman,…
Always Cherelle? Yes, Pebbs Have you ever loved someone so much …
Artificial Heart Artificial heart, baby Artificial heart, baby Must have had…
Baby It's You It's not the way you smile that touched my heart…
Didn't Mean to Turn You On When I took you out I knew what you were all…
Discreet (Backwards message) What song are we doing now, Jimmy Jam? …
Everything I Miss At Home me. You know, I never meant for this to happen. (Oooooohoooo…
Foolin' Around Lately when I'm with you, you seem so far away Rumor…
Fragile Handle With Care Ooh Ooh A gentle touch It means so much Attention…
Fragile... Handle With Care Ooh Ooh A gentle touch It means so much Attention…
Fragile...Handle With Care Ooh Ooh A gentle touch It means so much Attention…
Fragile Handle With Care Ooh Ooh A gentle touch It means so much Attention…
Gee Whiz Gee whiz, look at his eyes Gee whiz, how they…
Happy That You're Happy With Me Whoo! Oh, oh! Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh, oh-oh Oh, oh, oh…
High Priority Our love has just begun But I pride myself on knowing…
Home me. You know, I never meant for this to happen. (Oooooohoooo…
I Didn When I took you out I knew what you were all…
I Didn't Mean To Turn You On When I took you out I knew what you were all…
I Didn´t Mean To Turn You On When I took you out I knew what you were all…
I Need You Now Need you now Show you how Turn around Need you now Eve…
I Will Wait For You I remember how it was before you came along I always…
Keep It Inside I never knew how hard it would be Living without you Oh! …
Like I Will Satisfy me to free your conscience And make the right decis…
Looks Aren't Everything Whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo! Ooh, yeah Oh, boy You look good…
Lucky Something told me it wasn't the one for me But someday,…
My Friend Ooh-hoo... Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo... Hey-hey... Ooh-hoo... I …
Never In My Life All these years, you and I Living in paradise From so deep…
Never Knew Love Like This You are my favourite lady and you are my favourite…
Never Knew Love Like This feat Alexander O'Neal Ooh...ooh...oh...oh...girl Oh...oh... Ho...ho...ho... …
New Love One, two, three, ha, oh, oh Hey, hey, oh-ooh, hey, go Got…
Nothing's Ever Gonna Stop No matter how hard times may get go to bed Happy…
Oh No It's U Again Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha, that was good! What's the matter with …
Pick Me Up He sure does look fine (Ow!) But I can't change my…
Saturday Love Its been a long time I didn't think I was…
Stay With Me In the morning Don't say you love me 'Cause I'll only kick…
Still In Love With You Visions haunt my memory They hold on, hold on desperately Yo…
Tears Of Joy Ooh-ooh... Ooh-ooh, yeah Oh-oh-oh-oh... Ooh-ooh... I n…
The Right Time Yo, this is funky Stevie J (Yeah) this is funky (Word) Che…
Turn You On When I took you out I knew what you were all…
What More Can I Do For You Hey, tune! Can I get a little more vibe? One, two, three…
When You Look In My Eyes As long as I live I'll never forget the love we…
Where Do I Run To Where do I run to? Why must I cry? The love that…
Who Oh, oh, oh, ah, yeah Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,…
Will You Satisfy You know every one looks for pleasure And a woman enjoys…
You Look Good To Me You look good to me You look good to me It was…
You Look Good To Me Mix © You look good to me, you look good to me Oh,…