Jack Radics

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Love & Laughter
  DE 41 08/02/1999 (8 weeks)
  AT 37 08/15/1999 (6 weeks)
Singles
Twist and Shout ( Chaka Demus & Pliers feat. Jack Radics and Taxi Gang)
  DE 32 January 31, 1994 (14 weeks)
  AT 12 02/06/1994 (8 weeks)
  CH 17th 02/13/1994 (14 weeks)
  UK 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 12/18/1993 (15 weeks)
My Girl Josephine (Supercat feat. Jack Radics)
  UK 22nd 05/06/1995 (4 weeks)
No matter
  DE 31 04/12/1999 (20 weeks)
  AT 13 07/18/1999 (13 weeks)
  CH 25th 08/29/1999 (8 weeks)

Jack Radics (* as Balfour Bailey in Kingston , Jamaica ) is a singer and songwriter who enjoyed commercial success in Europe in the 1990s .

biography

Balfour Bailey came to New York at the beginning of his career . There he worked for Sound System New World in 1975. For his first record he chose Get Down on It , a song by Kool & The Gang . In the early 1980s, the Jamaican moved to London , where he sang a duet with Debbie Ryvers and recorded his first solo single ( Walk on By ) as Jack Radics in 1985 . After returning home in 1988, he had his first national hits there with Dream Merchant and Conversation . The debut album Jack was released in 1991. From then on, working with other artists, including Sly & Robbie , Freddie McGregor , Ali Campbell , Mr. President and Big Youth , became part of everyday life.

Jack Radics made use of his music in the classics of reggae and mixed the sound of Motown - and Stax - Soul , Calypso and Pop . Twist and Shout , which feature with Chaka Demus & Pliers , gave the singer the end of 1993 his first number-one hit in the UK . The single went platinum and received an entry in the Guinness Book of Records . His 1994 album Open Rebuke was voted the best reggae album of the year by Black Music magazine Echoes .

For the 1998 World Cup, the title Go for Jamaica! in the record stores. The collaboration with the German producer Rüdiger Nieschmidt, whom Radics had met a few years earlier in Jamaica, resulted in new songs and the 1999 album Love & Laughter . The single No Matter was not only successful in German-speaking countries , but also a radio hit in South Africa . With the producers Grant Michael B. and Pomez di Lorenzo, songs were created for the 2001 long player Always Around .

Discography

Albums

  • 1991: Jack
  • 1992: Something
  • 1994: Open Rebuke
  • 1994: I'll Be Sweeter
  • 1996: Affairs of the Heart
  • 1999: Love & Laughter
  • 2001: Always Around

Singles

  • 1985: Walk on By
  • 1987: Rough Life
  • 1991: Something Reminds Me
  • 1992: Special Occasion (Adapted)
  • 1992: Sexy Thing
  • 1992: All of Me
  • 1992: Groovin '
  • 1992: Loves on Fire
  • 1992: If Loving You Is Wrong / Wait in Vain (Glenn Ricks / Jack Radics)
  • 1992: Good Loving
  • 1993: Twist and Shout ( Chaka Demus & Pliers with Jack Radics & Taxi Gang)
  • 1993: Sweet Surrender / Wear Ring (Jack Radics / Simpleton)
  • 1994: Heart Skip a Beat
  • 1994: Nobody but Yu
  • 1994: Do Good ( Yami Bolo , Josie Wailes, Jack Radics, Charlie Chaplin )
  • 1995: My Girl Josephine (Super Cat feat. Jack Radics)
  • 1996: I Can't Keep My Hands off You
  • 1996: It's in Her Kiss ( feat.Gwen Dickey and Red Dragon )
  • 1996: Traveling Man (with Shaggy )
  • 1997: See Left Me Crying / Find a Way (Nerius Joseph / Jack Radics)
  • 1998: People Cry's / Time for Love ( Morgan Heritage / Jack Radics)
  • 1998: Can We Get It On
  • 1998: Go for Jamaica
  • 1999: No Matter
  • 1999: All I Ever Wanted to Be
  • 2000: Always Around
  • 2001: I Need Sunshine
  • 2003: Legalize It
  • 2003: Dance with My Baby / Put People First (Jack Radics / Elijah Prophet)
  • 2004: Still Waiting for Your Love
  • 2004: All in You / True Love (Jack Radics / Gentle Man )
  • 2004: Wrapped Up in Your Love / Respect (Chico / Jack Raddicks)
  • 2004: Classic Encounter
  • 2006: Troubled Time
  • 2006: Did'nt Mean It

further singles (unsorted)

  • Dream Merchant
  • Conversation
  • Don't sleep in the subway
  • Rise to Your Goal ( Tony Rebel & Jack Radics)
  • Accept My Apology (Jack Radics / Red Dragon)
  • Fill it with love
  • Mr Mension
  • Its Not Hard to Love You (Jack Radics / Undivided Roots)
  • Come with me
  • How do you
  • On and on
  • What a Difference a Day Makes
  • This Is the Way / Purify ( Beres Hammond / Jack Radics)

swell

  1. ↑ Chart sources: DE, AT, CH UK1 UK2

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Radics, Jack
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bailey, Jordan (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Jamaican pop singer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Kingston, Jamaica