Rock Me Tonight is the platinum-selling 1985 debut album from American R&B/Soul singer Freddie Jackson. Released on April 28, 1985, the album yielded four top-10 singles on the U.S. R&B chart, with the first two, "You Are My Lady" and "Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)", reaching number one. The latter two, "Love Is Just a Touch Away" and "He'll Never Love You", peaked at Nos. 9 and 8, respectively. The album contains a cover of the Billie Holiday classic "Good Morning Heartache". The success of Rock Me Tonight garnered Jackson a Grammy Award nomination in 1986 for Best New Artist, losing out to Sade. Rock Me Tonight went on to top the R&B Albums chart for 14 nonconsecutive weeks, and peaked inside the Top 10 on the Billboard 200.
Track listing
Personnel Freddie Jackson – lead vocals, backing vocals Barry Eastmond – keyboards, synthesizers, TR-808 drum programming Eric Rehl – synthesizers Paul Laurence – Yamaha DX7 (4, 5), Oberheim DMX drum programming (4, 5), keyboards (5), Kurzweil synthesizer (5), backing vocals (5) Robert Aries – keyboards (8), Kurzweil synthesizer (8), drum programming (8) Ira Siegel – acoustic guitar, guitars Fareed Abdul-Haqq – guitars Clarence "Binky" Brice – guitars Mike "Dino" Campbell – guitars Thomas J. Flammia – guitars Wayne Brathwaite – bass Timmy Allen – bass (5) Bernard Davis – drums Richard Rodriguez – drums Joel Rosenblatt – drums Terry Silverlight – drums Buddy Williams – drums Bashiri Johnson – percussion Steve Kroon – percussion V. Jeffrey Smith – saxophone Stanley Turrentine – sax solo (8) Janice Dempsey – backing vocals Dolly Eastmond – backing vocals Danny Madden – backing vocals Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals Melba Moore – backing vocals B.J. Nelson – backing vocals Lillo Thomas – backing vocals Audrey Wheeler – backing vocals Reggie King – backing vocals (5)
Production Beau Huggins – executive producer Varnell Johnson – executive producer Anne Thomas – administrator Zack Vaz – production coordinator Roy Kohara – art direction Roland Young – design Chris Callis – photography Freddie Jackson – sleeve notes Hush Productions, Inc. – management
Technical credits Jack Skinner – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY) Ron Banks – engineer (1–4, 6, 7) Carl Beatty – engineer (5) Steve Goldman – engineer (5), mixing (5) Peter Robbins – engineer (8), mixing (8) Bob Rose – engineer (8) Dean Cochren – assistant engineer (1–4, 6, 7) Larry DeCarmine – assistant engineer (1–4, 6, 7) Cathy Goode – assistant engineer (1–4, 6, 7) Frank Heller – assistant engineer (1–4, 6, 7), engineer (8) Kurt Upper – assistant engineer (1–4, 6, 7) Joe Marno – second engineer (5) Mike Nicolette – assistant engineer (8)
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1985) PeakpositionChart (1986)Peakposition99
Year-end charts Chart (1985) PositionUS Billboard 20074US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)6
Singles Year Single Chart positionsU.S. Billboard Hot 100 USR&B1985 "Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)" 18 1 "You Are My Lady" 12 1 "He'll Never Love You (Like I Do)" 25 81986 "Love Is Just A Touch Away" - 9
See also List of number-one R&B albums of 1985 (U.S.)
References
External links Rock Me Tonight at Discogs