Jermaine Stewart

Jermaine Stewart (born September 7, 1957 in Columbus , Ohio - † March 17, 1997 Chicago , Illinois ) was an American pop singer . He became known in the second half of the 1980s through hits like We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off , Get Lucky and Don't Talk Dirty to Me .

Career

Stewart first caught on in the 1970s as a dancer on the television show Soul Train . He later became a substitute singer and dancer for various artists including The Chi-Lites , The Staple Singers , Shalamar and Culture Club . In 1988 Stewart had two top ten hits in Germany with Get Lucky and Don't Talk Dirty to Me .

In 1988, he starred in an episode of the Miami Vice series , where he performed his hit Don't Talk Dirty to Me in front of prison inmates (which led to rioting and prisoners breaking out).

In 2003 the title We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off was included in the list of the 100 greatest one-hit wonders by the American broadcaster VH1 .

Jermaine Stewart died in 1997 of liver cancer as a result of the immune deficiency disease AIDS .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	CH	UK	US	R&B
1984	The Word Is Out	-	-	-	US90 (11 weeks) US	R&B30 (24 weeks) R&B	First published: November 1984 in Canada as Finally published. Producer: Peter Collins
1986	Frantic Romantic	-	-	UK49 (4 weeks) UK	US32 (25 weeks) US	R&B31 (22 weeks) R&B	First published: March 1986 Producers: Narada Michael Walden , Jellybean , Peter Collins
1988	Say it again	-	-	UK32 (8 weeks) UK	US98 (12 weeks) US	R&B45 (11 weeks) R&B	First published: February 1988 Producers: Clive Davis , André Cymone, Aaron Zigman , Jerry Knight

More albums

• 1989: What Becomes a Legend Most
• 1992: Set Me Free

Compilations

• 2005: Attention: A Tribute to Jermaine Stewart
• 2011: In Loving Memories of… Jermaine Stewart: His Greatest Hits

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	CH	UK	US	R&B	Dance
1984	The Word Is Out The Word Is Out	-	-	-	US41 (15 weeks) US	R&B17 (19 weeks) R&B	Dance4 (12 weeks) Dance	First published: September 1984 Producer: Peter Collins , Text: Greg Craig Music: Jermaine Stewart, Julian Stewart-Lindsay
1986	We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off Frantic Romantic	-	-	UK2 silver (23 weeks)UK	US5 (22 weeks) US	R&B64 (15 weeks) R&B	Dance41 (4 weeks) Dance	First published: February 1986 Producer: Narada Michael Walden Writer: Preston Glass
	Jody Frantic Romantic	-	-	UK50 (4 weeks) UK	US42 (9 weeks) US	R&B18 (12 weeks) R&B	Dance9 (9 weeks) Dance	First published: August 1986 Producer: Narada Michael Walden Authors: Jeffrey Cohen, J. Stewart, NM Walden
1987	Don't Ever Leave Me Frantic Romantic	-	-	UK76 (3 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First published: January 1987 Producer: Narada Michael Walden Authors: Jeffrey Cohen, J. Stewart, NM Walden
1988	Say It Again Say It Again	-	-	UK7 (12 weeks) UK	US27 (12 weeks) US	R&B15 (14 weeks) R&B	-	First published: January 1988 Producers: Aaron Zigman , Jerry Knight Authors: Walter B. Sigler, Carol Davis
	Get Lucky Say It Again	DE6 (19 weeks) DE	CH6 (11 weeks) CH	UK13 (9 weeks) UK	-	R&B69 (8 weeks) R&B	Dance12 (9 weeks) Dance	First published: March 1988 Producers: Aaron Zigman, Jerry Knight Authors: Errol Brown , Simon Climie
	Don't Talk Dirty to Me Say It Again	DE4 (18 weeks) DE	CH14 (7 weeks) CH	UK61 (3 weeks) UK	-	-	Dance13 (9 weeks) Dance	First published: September 1988 Producer: André Cymone Authors: André Cymone, Jermaine Stewart
1989	Is It Really Love? Say it again	DE41 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	-	First published: March 1989 Producer: André Cymone Authors: André Cymone, Jody Watley
	Tren de Amor What Becomes a Legend Most	-	-	UK97 (3 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First published: October 1989 Producers: Phil Harding, Ian Curnow Writer: Jermaine Stewart
1990	Every Woman Wants To What Becomes a Legend Most	-	-	UK95 (1 week) UK	-	-	-	First published: February 1990 Producer: Richard Scher Writer: Dorothy Sea Gazeley

More singles

• 1985: I Like It
• 1985: Get Over It
• 1986: Frantic Romantic
• 1988: You Promise (with Roy Carter)
• 1989: Hot & Cold (from Always Trouble With Bernie )
• 1992: Set Me Free
• 2009: Clothes Off! (Miami Starfish feat. Jermaine Stewart)

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: Singles Albums DE UK US1 US2
2. ↑ ^{a b} UK gold / platinum database
3. ^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9 .
4. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0-89820-186-4 .
5. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot Dance / Disco 1974-2003, ISBN 978-0-89820-156-7 .

Web links

• Jermaine Stewart in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Jermaine Stewart at Allmusic (English)
• Jermaine Stewart at Discogs (English)