Featuring female solo artist
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| Vanessa Williams gold certified album |
Actress, fashion model and singer Vanessa Williams became the
next female artist to enjoy success with a more updated Philly soul sound. The
number one single “Dreamin’” produced by Donald Robinson was taken from her
gold-certifed debut album “The Right Stuff” which was released on February 1st
1988 on Wing/Mercury Records. “Dreamin’” peaked at number one week-ending
February 18th 1989 (2 weeks) on the Billboard Hot Soul and R&B
Singles Chart.
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| The gold certified album by Regina Belle |
Around this time, when Vanessa Williams was enjoying success
with her debut single and album, Jean Carne made her final top forty album
“You’re a Part of Me” released by Atlantic/Omni Records (1988). The album
features a remake of Aretha Franklin’s classic “Ain’t No Way”, produced by Nick
Martinelli, which peaked at number twenty-three on the Billboard Hot Black Singles Chart.
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| Jean Carne last studio album during the 1980s featuring the soul classic Ain't No Way" recorded during the 1970s originally by Aretha Franklin |
This was followed by
Regina Belle during the same period with her second studio album which
went gold with the help of Nick
Martinelli who produced five tracks on the “Stay with Me” album, which reached number
one on the Billboard Hot Soul and R&B Albums Chart week-ending December 2nd
1989 (1 week). Taken from the album was
the number one single “Make It Like Was” (produced by Nick Martinelli) which
peaked at the top of the Billboard Hot Black Singles Chart week-ending February 3rd 1990 (1 week).
During that period in the late 1980s, Jean Carne recorded a remake of the Aretha Franklin classic "Ain't No Way" on her solo album "You're a Part of Me" which was released in 1988, using many of famous session musicians who played on many Philly classic records during the 1970s.
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