Alyson Williams

Alyson Williams (born May 11, 1962 in Harlem , New York ) is an American R&B singer.

biography

Williams, the daughter of jazz trumpeter Bobby Booker, had nine hits in the American R&B charts between 1987 and 1992, five of which reached the top 10: Sleep Talk , Just Call My Name (1989), I Need Your Lovin ' ( 1990), Can't Have My Man and Just My Luck (1992). I Need Your Lovin ' was also her only top 10 hit in the UK singles charts. At that time Williams was under contract with the renowned hip-hop label Def Jam .

In late 1989 she received a gold award in Great Britain for her debut album Raw . Their second album was far less successful. After a long break, a new work was not published until 2004.

Before her hits, Williams sang in the background with artists such as Melba Moore , Evelyn "Champagne" King , Kurtis Blow and Bobby Brown . He also created duets with Tashan , Oran “Juice” Jones and Chuck Stanley . She was also a member of the R&B band High Fashion , which had only one top 40 hit: Feelin 'Lucky Lately (1982, 32nd).

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		UK	R&B
1989	Raw	UK29 gold (21 weeks)UK	R&B25 (69 weeks) R&B	Def Jam
1992	Alyson Williams	-	R&B31 (24 weeks) R&B	OBR / Columbia

More albums

• 1990: Cooked (Def Jam, remix album)
• 2004: It's About Time (Expansion)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		UK	R&B
1987	Make You Mine Tonight Raw	-	R&B66 (8 weeks) R&B	with Chuck Stanley
1989	Sleep Talk Raw	UK17 (9 weeks) UK	R&B3 (16 weeks) R&B
	My Love Is So Raw Raw	UK34 (5 weeks) UK	R&B12 (14 weeks) R&B	feat. Nikki D
	Just Call My Name Raw	-	R&B4 (18 weeks) R&B
	I Second That Emotion	UK44 (5 weeks) UK	-
1990	I need your lovin ' raw	UK8 (11 weeks) UK	R&B5 (16 weeks) R&B
	Not on the Outside Raw	-	R&B35 (10 weeks) R&B
1992	Can't Have My Man Alyson Williams	-	R&B7 (17 weeks) R&B
	Just My Luck Alyson Williams	-	R&B6 (15 weeks) R&B
	Everybody Knew But Me Alyson Williams	-	R&B63 (7 weeks) R&B

More singles

• 1986: Yes We Can Can

Web links

• Alyson Williams at Allmusic (English)
• Alyson Williams at Discogs (English)
• Alyson Williams in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Joel Whitburn: Top R&B Singles 1942-1995, 1996 ISBN 0-89820-115-2
2. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: UK US
3. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK