Oran "Juice" Jones

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Oran "Juice" Jones (born March 28, 1957 in Houston , Texas ) is an American R&B singer.

life and career

Oran Jones was born in Houston. He moved to Harlem and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1981 . Until 1986 he served as a sniper for the United States Marine Corps .

In the same year Jones signed a record deal with Def Jam Recordings and was one of the label's first performers. In September 1986, Jones released the song The Rain , which achieved worldwide success and earned him two Grammy Awards nominations . At the end of 1986 he released his debut album Juice with a small sales success , which also contained the duet How to love Again with Alyson Williams , which was also released at the same time . As with the duet, the chart successes of the follow-up productions under Def Jam Recordings failed to materialize. Jones therefore moved to Tommy Boy Entertainment in the 1990s . When the success did not materialize, Jones withdrew into private life. He took care of his terminally ill mother and supported his son Oran II, aka Mookie, and his daughter Perri Jones in their music careers. In 1997 Jones contributed with Poppin 'That Fly a soundtrack to the movie Nix to Lose .

Discography

Studio albums

year Title
music label 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US R&B R&B
1986 Juice
Def Jam 40367 		US44 (22 weeks)
US 		R&B3 (27 weeks)
R&B
First published: February 12, 1986
Producers: Russell Simmons , Vincent Bell
1987 GTO: Gangsters Takin 'Over
Def Jam 40955 		- R&B36 (9 weeks)
R&B
First published: October 1987
Producers: Russell Simmons, Vincent Bell

More studio albums

  • 1989: To Be Immortal ( OBR 45321; release: November 5th)
  • 1997: Player's Call (feat.Stu Large; Tommy Boy 1179; US release not until March 12, 2007)

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US R&B R&B Dance Dance
1986 You Can't Hide from Love
Juice 		- - - - - R&B75 (5 weeks)
R&B 		-
First published: April 1986
as Juice
Authors: Al Cleveland, Terry Johnson ,
Warren Moore, Smokey Robinson
The Rain
Juice 		DE3 (17 weeks)
DE 		AT16 (8 weeks)
AT 		CH12 (8 weeks)
CH 		UK4th
silver
silver

(16 weeks)UK 		US9
gold
gold

(19 weeks)US 		R&B1 (21 weeks)
R&B 		Dance7 (10 weeks)
Dance
First published: September 1986
Author: Vincent Bell
Curiosity
Juice 		- - - - - R&B45 (9 weeks)
R&B 		-
First published: November 1986
Author: Vincent Bell
1987 Here I Go Again
Juice 		- - - - - R&B45 (10 weeks)
R&B 		-
First published: February 1987
Authors: Al Cleveland, Terry Johnson,
Warren Moore, Smokey Robinson
Cold Spendin 'My $ Money
GTO: Gangsters Takin' Over 		- - - - - R&B41 (11 weeks)
R&B 		-
First published: September 1987
Authors: Frederick Gordon, Oran "Juice" Jones,
Russell Simmons , Vincent Bell
1989 Pipe Dreams
To Be Immortal 		- - - - - R&B47 (9 weeks)
R&B 		-
First published: November 1989
Authors: Oran "Juice" Jones, Sam Sever

More singles

  • 1984: Rock Your Body Down (as Juice; released April)
  • 1987: I Just Can't Say Goodbye (release: November)
  • 1990: Shaniqua
  • 1997: Poppin 'That Fly (Clark Kent Remix)
  • 1997: Player's Call (feat.Stu Large)

swell

  1. ^ Rare and Obscure Music: Oran "Juice" Jones . Musicrareobscure.blogspot.com (April 7, 2008). Retrieved December 7, 2012.
  2. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK Billboard Hot 100 Billboard 200
  3. ↑ a b Gold / Platinum databases: UK US
  4. ^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9 .
  5. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0-89820-186-4 .
  6. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot Dance / Disco 1974-2003, ISBN 978-0-89820-156-7 .

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personal data
SURNAME Jones, Oran "Juice"
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jones, Oran; Oran Juice (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American R&B singer
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Houston , Texas