I used to LOVE "Gotta Get You Home Tonight" & "Don't Say No Tonight", bought a greatest hits (which I still can't believe he has, lol) just for those two. Anybody remember him? Chocolate skin, cheap tweed suits, a curl MJ would have killed for??? MEMORIES, y'all!

Speaking of curls, what the hell happened to Carl Carlton?? :O That song was straight COMEDY, and being shirtless in the video was priceless!

she's a bad mammajamma
ooh she's bad
just as fine as she could be
hey!

CalhounSq said:

Gotta Get You Home Tonight & Don't Say Not Tongigh are also 2 of my favorites from him but he also had one called Diana that was very nice. A little trivia for the record Carl Carlton's She's A Bad Mama Jama was a hot track but some people don't know that it was James Ingram And Howard Hewett singing the chorus, it was very early in their careers.

Me, in the 80s saturday afternoon there was the us top 40 with the dj Gary Bird& I remember Eugene Wilde nostalgi@

eldog98 said:

I remember Eugene Wilde and Carl Carlton! Funny how everyone remembers Carlton for "Bad mamma jamma," but how soon we forget "Everlasting Love":

Open up your eyes
Then you'll realize
Here I stand with my
Everlasting Love
Need you by my side
Girl to be my bride
You'll never be denied
Everlasting Love

btw, I didn't know about James Ingram and Howard Hewett singing the chorus! Speaking of Ingram he had a brother in the group Switch. (Did you think they were ALL Debarges?

"Ron Broomfield, aka Eugene Wilde, seemed ready to become a megastar in the mid-'80s. The Miami-based vocalist, who had formerly been with Life, had a resonant, authoritative voice and very confident manner. He scored number one R&B hits in 1984 and 1985 recording for Philly W. Records. "Gotta Get You Home Tonight" and "Don't Say No Tonight" were lyrically predictable, but expertly produced and sang with plenty of suggestiveness and sentimental appeal. Wilde scored one more Top Ten hit with "Diana" in 1986, but switched to MCA and soon lost his momentum. Wilde later sang lead vocals for Cabo Frio on their Zebra/MCA LP before trying again in vain with I Choose You Tonight in 1989." — Ron Wynn

Who sang Aint Nuthin Gonna Break My Stride lol. I tought that Eugene.

Carl Carlton.The Bad CC. Workin that tight ass curl..."oooh she bad."

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eldog98 said:

I Remember Eugene&if He was out now He would Huge.Blackstreet did a Crap Re-Make of that song IMHO.Carl Carlton was tight.James Ingram Played the Moog Synth on "Bad Mama Jama".before James wore Tux's&Hung with Quincy Jones&His Crew James was a Funky Board Player gigin with Ray Charles&Leon Haywood among others in Between."Everlasting Love" was my Cut&Gloria Estifan truly Fucked it up.Yikes Re-make.

UptownDeb said:

I've never heard that song!

eldog98 said:

Diana did nothing for me, don't know why I played Gotta Get You Home Tonight & Don't Say No Tonight on a loop for about an hour last night :O Scary, I know, but I never got sick of them! He was mediocre, but in the best way, you know??

Didn't he do an awesome jam called "I'm In Love" (NO, not the jam by Joe in 1991), or was that Lillo Thomas?

They both had funky hairstyles either way! (Let's not get in2 the irony of that last comment!!!)



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Oooh Calhoun...look at you gettin inside the wayback machine. Nobody kept a jheri curl longer than Ready For The World though. In the 90s them brothers had high top fades will the jheri curl on top. They REFUSED to let go.

chickengrease said:

how about Full Force? in "House Party 2" back in 92 the Smerry Curl was Extra Drip Dry all over the Leather Seats.

rdhull said:

"Break My Stride" is by Matthew Wilder (1983),it's one of my favorite songs too.


As for Carl Carlton,"She's A Bad Mama Jama" (1981) is a KICKASS song,one of the funkiest jams from the summer of '81.

Thanks for bringin Eugene up. Made me go dig out his first album. Some good shit on there. What about Glenn Jones? That brother could SANG!

Well, what about Walter Jackson? Anyone remember him and one of his greatest hits, "Tell Me Where It Hurts"?

CalhounSq said:

Me. Unfortunately...

I'll do you guys three better:

The Sylvers - Boogie Fever & Hot Line

Skyy - Call Me

Mother's Finest - Baby Love & Love Changes

Yes, I remember Eugene Wilde. Special times and who can't forget the nights when you could fill up video tapes with Video Soul shows.
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JoeKelley said:

Ain't that the truth! I still have 3 or 4 tapes with New York Hot Tracks!. Who remembers Carlos?

Ifsixwuz9 said:

Ooh, ooh! How about: The Sylvers - FOREVER YOURS :LOVE:

I remember Skyy & Mother's Finest also



Who remembers when Narada Michael Waldon was on the charts (I think)?

CalhounSq said:

Narada I was Blasting "I Should've Loved You" about a week back.Mother's Finest take on Smokey Robinson&The Miracles"Mickey's Monkey"s is something else.I got there Best of set from a few years back.dig the Sylvers.Leon Sylvers is a Badd Ass Producer.dug Sky alot.