Judy Cheeks

Judy Cheeks (born February 13, 1954 in Miami ) is an American disco , pop and house singer.

Career

Judy Cheeks began singing in church at a young age. Her father, the gospel singer and preacher Reverend Julius Cheeks, was a member of the gospel groups The Sensational Nightingales and The Soul Stirrers . Her own career began in 1973 with United Artists . The LP Judy Cheeks produced by Ike and Tina Turner with the single releases Endlessly and You Flu did not bring the hoped-for breakthrough.

It wasn't until a few years later, when Cheeks lived in Germany and was under contract with Ariola, that she achieved an international disco hit with Mellow Lovin ' . In the USA, the recording was released on the Salsoul label, which specializes in disco music, and Tom Moulton mixed the piece. It reached number 10 on the American disco and number 65 on the pop charts. Cheeks recorded a second LP and also sang a duet with Udo Juergens . Once when you go was a minor hit in the Netherlands (1978 place 21). In the following years other singles such as Don't Wanna Love You Again (1979), Mercy and Starting Again (On a New Love Affair) (1980) as well as an LP for the Italian market were released.

After the failure of the LP No Outsiders , Cheeks made an amazing comeback in the mid-1990s. With the house compositions So in Love (The Real Deal) and Reach , she had great success, especially in Great Britain. In 1995, things went even better in the USA, when their two consecutive number one hits with Respect and As Long As You're Good to Me hit the disco charts. The 1996 album Respect contained the aforementioned hits as well as the single You're the Story of My Life , a dramatic ballad written by Desmond Child .

Despite these great successes in dance, Cheeks became quiet again in the following years. She withdrew into her private life for several years. In 2013 she released a new single, Happy , which brought her back to her gospel roots. The album True Love Is Free followed in the summer of the same year .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		UK
1995	Respect	UK99 (1 week) UK

More albums

• 1973: Judy Cheeks
• 1978: Please Give Me This Night ( Mellow Lovin in the US )
• 1983: Hard on the Heels of Love (released only in Italy)
• 1988: No Outsiders
• 2013: True Love Is Free
• 2018: Danger Zone
• 2019: A Deeper Love

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		UK	US	Dance	R&B
1977	Mellow Lovin ' Mellow Lovin'	-	US65 (5 weeks) US	Dance10 (12 weeks) Dance	R&B53 (9 weeks) R&B
1988	I Still Love You No Outsiders	UK98 (1 week) UK	-	-	-
1993	So In Love (The Real Deal) Respect	UK27 (3 weeks) UK	-	Dance25 (9 weeks) Dance	-
1994	Reach respect	UK17 (5 weeks) UK	-	Dance21 (8 weeks) Dance	-
1995	Respect Respect	UK23 (2 weeks) UK	-	Dance1 (13 weeks) Dance	-	B-side of This Time
	You're The Story Of My Life Respect	UK30 (3 weeks) UK	-	-	-
	As Long As You're Good To Me Respect	-	-	Dance1 (11 weeks) Dance	-	B-side of You're The Story Of My Life
1996	Reach (Remix)	UK22 (3 weeks) UK	-	-	-

More singles

• 1973: Crazy 'Bout You Baby
• 1974: Endlessly
• 1978: The Little Girl in Me
• 1979: Don't Wanna Love You Again
• 1980: Mercy
• 1983: Fascination
• 1987: You'll Never Be Alone
• 2013: Happy
• 2013: I Love Prasing You
• 2013: Without Love We're Lost
• 2018: Crying In The Rain

Web links

• Official website of Judy Cheeks
• Judy Cheeks at Allmusic (English)
• Judy Cheeks at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Single cover and chart info
2. ↑ Discography, RateYourMusic.com
3. ^ Billboard Charts, Allmusic
4. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: UK US