The Deele
The Deele was a American Soul - and Synth - radio - band from Cincinnati , Ohio , by Babyface and LA Reid became known. From 1983 to 1988, the group placed three albums on the Billboard 200 and two singles on the Billboard Hot 100 . The Deele was even more successful in the Billboard R&B charts, where eight singles were placed alongside the three albums.
| The Deele | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Cincinnati , Ohio United States |
| Genre (s) | Synth pop , soul , funk |
| founding | 1981, 2007 |
| resolution | 1987 |
Band history
Bobby G. Summers and LA Reid founded The Deele in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1981. There were lead singers Carlos "Satin" Greene, Darnell "Dee" Bristol, Stanley Burke and Kevin Roberson. A little later, Babyface, who was previously a member of the funk band Manchild , who had a small R&B hit with Especially for You in 1977 , joined them.
The Deele got a recording deal with Dick Griffey 's Solar label and had their first hit, Body Talk , in 1983 . The song reached number 3 on the R&B and number 77 on the pop charts. The associated album Street Beat then rose to number 9 on the R&B and number 78 on the pop charts. Other releases that made it into the R&B hit list in 1984 are Just My Luck (25th place) and Surrender (66th place).
The album Material Thangz was released in 1985, but fell short of expectations. In the R&B charts, the record rose to number 29 and in the pop charts to number 155. The title track that was released was number 14 on the R&B charts, the follow-up single Suspicious only to number 66. In the following years, Reid and Babyface made names for themselves as songwriters and producers , for example for The Whispers ' Rock Steady and Pebbles' Girlfriend , both of which climbed to # 1 on the R&B charts in 1987.
The success of the two musicians also helped the 1987 The Deele album Eyes of a Stranger to great attention. The record came to number 5 on the R&B and number 54 of the pop charts and was awarded gold . Although the first release, Can-U-Dance , did not go beyond number 48 on the R&B charts, the follow-up single Two Occasions became the band's biggest hit and climbed to number 4 on the R&B and number 10 on the pop charts. The formation's last chart success was Shoot 'Em Up Movies , which reached number 10 on the R&B charts in 1988.
The band's career was then interrupted when Babyface and LA Reid continued their careers as producers and songwriters. After a break of several years, The Deele was reactivated in 1993, but without Babyface, Reid and Roberson. The album An Invitation to Love , released in January, missed the charts, after which the band was disbanded again. Over ten years later, Greene, Bristol, Roberson and Burke came together to revive the band. They released the singles The Only 1 and All I Want for Christmas in 2007 . The album announced for 2008 was not released. The Deele continued to perform well into the 2010s.
Discography
Studio albums
| year | Title music label |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 US
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R&B
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| 1983 | Street Beat Solar 60285 |
US78 (19 weeks) US |
R&B9 (37 weeks) R&B |
First published: December 1983
Producer: Reggie Calloway |
| 1985 | Material Thangz Solar 60410 |
US155 (8 weeks) US |
R&B29 (14 weeks) R&B |
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| 1987 | Eyes of a Stranger Solar 72555 |
US54  (25 weeks)US |
R&B5 (40 weeks) R&B |
First published: July 22, 1987
Producers: Antonio Reid, Kenneth Edmonds |
More studio albums
- 1993: An Invitation to Love (Solar 72571; release: January 5th)
Compilations
- 1994: Greatest Hits (Solar 82078; release: March 2nd)
- 1996: The Best of the Deele (feat. LA Reid and Babyface; Deepbeats 001)
- 2002: Shoot 'Em Up: The Best of the Deele (Castle Music 529; release: August 13th)
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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US
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R&B
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| 1983 | Body Talk Street Beat |
US77 (8 weeks) US |
R&B3 (22 weeks) R&B |
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| 1984 | Just My Luck Street Beat |
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R&B25 (14 weeks) R&B |
First published: February 1984
Author: Kenny Edmonds |
| Surrender street beat |
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R&B66 (7 weeks) R&B |
First published: July 1984
Authors: Bill Simmons, Bobby Lovelace, Darnell Bristol |
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| 1985 | Material Thangz Material Thangz |
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R&B14 (14 weeks) R&B |
First published: April 1985
Author: Carlos Greene |
| Suspicious Material Thangz |
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R&B66 (8 weeks) R&B |
First published: August 1985
Authors: Carlos Greene, Darryl Simmons, Kevin Robertson, Antonio Reid, Kenny Edmonds |
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| 1987 | Can-U-Dance Eyes of a Stranger |
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R&B48 (10 weeks) R&B |
First published: July 1987
Authors: Carlos Greene, Dwain Mitchell, Antonio Reid, |
| Two Occasions Eyes of a Stranger |
US10 (21 weeks) US |
R&B4 (24 weeks) R&B |
First published: November 1987
Authors: Antonio Reid, Darnell Bristol, Sid Johnson |
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| 1988 | Shoot 'Em Up Movies Eyes of a Stranger |
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R&B10 (15 weeks) R&B |
First published: May 1988
Author: Kenny Nolan |
More singles
- 1983: Video Villain
- 1993: Imagination
- 2007: The Only One
- 2007: All I Want for Christmas
swell
- ↑ a b Chart sources: Billboard Hot 100 Billboard 200
- ↑ a b gold / platinum database US
- ^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9
- ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0-89820-186-4