"Silly" by Deniece Williams! I just remember being really young and hearing that song on the radio all of the time. Haven't heard it in years though. Whatever happened to her anyway? I know she started doing gospel a while back but I havn't heard about her for years now.

At one point in my life This Is Niecy was the most important album for me to buy and hear. Let's Hear It For The Boy is the only thing I can remember from her now.

This is Niecy is a great album cover!!!!!

I like it when Niecy comes up here. Silly is a beautiful song, and probably one that best shows off her vocal talent. I get steamed when people talk about Whitney or Mariah having the best voice and wonder if they've ever heard anything of Deniece Williams' outside of that dreadful Let's Hear It for the Boy.

my favorites are Black Butterfly (essential listening !!! hit dem notes girl)..and I've Got the next Dance...

"Silly" is one my favorites by Deniece.

meltwithu said:

Those are also my favorites along with her first single release which was Free.

Yet another R&B singer Gary

Cuz U Love Me Baby

dancerella said:

Deniece primarily sings gospel these days,but she occasionally performs at those "Super Oldies" R&B shows that take place here on the West Coast.I saw her a few years ago,she performed "God Is Amazing" (acapella), "It's Gonna Take A Miracle","Silly","Let's Hear It For The Boy" and a wonderful version of her debut hit "Free".

meltwithu said:

on more than one occasion,I was gonna start a thread devoted to "Black Butterfly".That's such a powerful song and message!

DavidEye said:

thats an amazing song,i get chills everytime i hear it..

YES!!! I love "Silly" its one of my all time favorite songs to sing in the shower.

Black butterfly is another good song from her as well.

VanitySixx said:

I completely forgot about "black butterfly". It's amazing how she never gets mentioned as a great singer but as someone said before on this thread they've probably never heard of her.

Yo what happened to Stacy Lattisaw? I know i'm going way back now, lol!

dancerella said:

Well, the younger orgers probably wouldn't know about her b/c they were just being born or weren't born when some of her stuff was coming out. I remember Bl;ack Butterfly coming out in the 80's and Free coming out in the mid 70's.

Hotlegs said:

free came out in the summer of 1976 aka ( The best summer ever) dont care whatcha say summer of 76 was the best summer. if ya'll werent born yet?.. ya sure missed one hell of a summer

TheRealFiness said:

I will agree it was the best summer...hee hee I was born that summer...love Denice...Because you love me baby that was my song...

This song is on the radio right now as I clicked on this thread!

Hotlegs said:

Yep, "Free" is the shit! So is "Black Butterfly". Love that title.

DavidEye said:

Write that thread David. Good topic.

FunkMistress said:

are you serious? if so, that is too weird. honestly, i can't remember the last time i heard that song. must have been 15 years ago, at least.

dancerella said:

Yeah, it really was. There's a great "classic soul" station here in Boston, the only problem being that it's on an AM station that shuts off after dark.

I'm still playing it in my head.

Oh, love, oh, love...stop making a fool....of me.....

FunkMistress said:

That's insane! So before today, when was the last time you heard that song?

FunkMistress said:

do you think someone should ever do a cover of that song? maybe j lo? just kidding. seriously though, what about mariah?

I sang "Silly" at a singing contest back when I was in the 2nd grade. Won a box of candy for it

But my fave song is "If You Don't Believe".

From this sucka,,,,

Harlepolis said:

Wow, this definitely takes me back in the day. My favorite songs on this album are Free, I Got The Next Dance With You, and That's What Friends Are For.

Hotlegs said:

i got the next dance was released in 1979

TheRealFiness said:

Oops My bag Finess. I stand corrected.

Harlepolis said:

I love this album! Produced by Maurice White of Earth Wind and Fire

i like the fact that niecy's 1st few albums have that signature earth, wind, & fire sound cause it's the 1n sound no1n can duplicate...