Mr. Burnette started in 1982 with his debut-album , Doin' Alright , which title-track is a great orchestrated midtempo soulstepper .

A sample here from the album-opener : Right From The Start

http://mp3.juno.co.uk/MP3...-02-04.mp3

Studio-bassist Melvin Lee Davis ( Lee Ritenour / Chaka Khan / Crusaders / etc )
was a composer-force , working with him .






His 2nd album ( 1983 ) , including the Soul Train theme .









One year later , he released the Be My Lover-album ,
including the Lovelite-single and x-rated video :

http://www.youtube.com/wa...FM4W93IXCw







Another x-rated one from the same album

http://www.youtube.com/wa...n4ihvgH3eU







Tenderoni , from his last album ( 1986 ) .
After that album it became very quiet around him .

http://www.youtube.com/wa...szVngfoNuA


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O'Bryan had some great songs.....

The Gigolo
Still Water (Love)
I'm Freaky
Soul Train's 'A Comin'
Shake
I'm In Love Again
You And I
Lovelite

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100MPH said:

I thought it was 1981. I could be wrong though because I remember years of songs by school year. That particular year I was in the the ninth grade, 1981-1982.

vainandy said:[quote]
LOL , did you buy some 45's from it back then ?
I bought Right From The Start about 2 years ago .

I used to have the 7" for "Lovelite". That was a #1 R&B song in the states. You couldn't escape it.

sextonseven said:

Did the video ever appear on some US-channels ?

100MPH said:

I didn't have cable in the early eighties so my exposure to videos back then was limited to whatever was shown on Friday's 'New York Hot Tracks'. I don't remember it ever being aired on there.

When the songs were in style, I bought the 45 of "The Gigolo", then I bought his second album ("You and I" I think is the title), the 12 Inch of "Soul Train's A Comin'", and the 45 of "Lovelite". A few years ago, I bought the "Best Of" CD.
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ahhhhh I see MICHAEL JACKSONS JACKET!

I remember when that song first came out. A DJ said O'Bryan spent thousands on that jacket.

vainandy said:

O'Bryan said in a 1984 interview that he spent $5,000 for that Spanish troubador jacket, which would by today's standards would cost about twice that amount.

I was an O'Bryan fan growing up in the early '80s. In fact, I ended up on this site by doing a search on O'Bryan and found an O'Bryan thread. His style of music was similar to Babyface's, though he was not quite as commercially bent or as prolific as 'Face.

His 2nd album ( 1983 ) , including the Soul Train theme .




Dazzlin' Lady was thee jam!!!!

I like his three main hits:

"The Gigolo" (1981)
"I'm Freaky" (1983)
"Lovelite" (1984)


I have his second album 'You and I' on vinyl.This is the one where he's wearing a red leather jacket on the cover.Also contains the slammin' "Soul Train's-A-Coming" theme song.

100MPH said:

Yes,it did.But they only showed the clean version.I had never seen these R-rated versions that are now popping up on YouTube wonder where these videos came from?

sextonseven said:

A huge hit in the early summer of '84...around the same time that Prince's "When Doves Cry" was taking the world by storm

vainandy said:[quote]


I'm pretty sure that the single "The Gigolo" was released in late 1981.The album was probably released in early 1982,though.

vainandy said:

I know you like the first single "I'm Freaky" because that song is FAST!! This song puts todays' midtempo R&B crap songs to shame!

SoulAlive said:

Damn right! O'Bryan had some good material. I was a fan of the same songs you mentioned earlier. The bass synths on his songs were killer! I always wondered what happened to dude.
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SoulAlive said:

BlaqueKnight said:

http://youtube.com/watch?...ed&search=

He had me just a'screamin'...



WOOOOO!!!!!



WOOOOO!!!!!



I could feel him underneath me and...uh...he made my big toe stand up in my boot



Cause he gave it ALL to ya honey!



And that's what we really want...all or nuthin'.

100MPH said:

Thanks.

BlaqueKnight said:

Nvncible1 said:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=M9eZQbdCVJ4

Najee said:

Great looking gimmick , and it was cool to see him wearing it in the Lovelite video .
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My favorite song by O'bryan is "Lady I Love You". It is one of my all time favorite songs. I bought his greatest hits specifically for it. I wonder what he's up to today.

aikam said:

I love that song. It's my favorite O'bryan song too.


you ask me ifI love you
all I can do is say ohhhhh
lady I love you
I love you
never met girl so right
and I pray that you
can love me too
I need you more than sunlight
lady I love you

PurpleCharm said:

That's it...time to pull out the O'bryan CD. I have'nt heard it in a minute.

100MPH said:

that actually looks interesting! I wanna see it