Stacy Lattisaw

Stacy Lattisaw Jackson^[2] (née Lattisaw; born November 25, 1966)^[1] is an American R&B singer from Washington, D.C..^[3]

Stacy Lattisaw
Born	(1966-11-25) November 25, 1966 (age 58) Washington, D.C., U.S.[1]
Genres	Soul dance-pop freestyle R&B gospel
Occupation	Singer
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	1979–1992
Labels	Cotillion Records/Atlantic Records (1979–1985) Motown (1986–1992)

Career

When she was 11 years old, singer/songwriter Frederick Knight attempted to sign Lattisaw to his production company, writing the song "Ring My Bell" for her as a teenybopper song about kids talking on the telephone.^[4] When Lattisaw signed with a different label, Anita Ward was asked to sing it instead (with some rewriting), and it became Ward's only major hit.^[5]

Lattisaw recorded her first album for Cotillion Records at the age of 12 in 1979, under the direction of record producer Van McCoy.^[6] However, it was not until she became affiliated with Narada Michael Walden, a former drummer with the Mahavishnu Orchestra who was just beginning a career as a producer, that she found larger success.^[6] Under Walden's direction, she released several R&B hit albums between 1981 and 1986.^[6] She also opened for the Jacksons' Triumph Tour in 1981.^[7]

During the 1980s and early 1990s, Lattisaw had several US R&B hit singles, and a 1980 top 3 hit in the UK with her song "Jump to the Beat". She had three moderate hits on the US Hot 100 chart; "Let Me Be Your Angel" (No. 21), "Love on a Two-Way Street" (No. 26), and "Miracles" (No. 40).^[7][8] She signed with Motown in 1986. She scored her only No. 1 R&B hit with duet partner Johnny Gill, titled "Where Do We Go from Here", in 1989. She retired from pop music in 1992 to concentrate on being a mother in her family, although she has performed gospel music in the years since.^[1] Lattisaw's last recorded appearance in secular music was singing background vocals on the Tanya Blount 1994 single, "Through the Rain". In 2010, her music career was chronicled on the TV One docu-series Unsung, in which she also appeared.

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album	Peak chart positions		Record label
		US [9]	US R&B [10]
1979	Young and in Love	—	—	Cotillion Records
1980	Let Me Be Your Angel	44	9
1981	With You	46	8
1982	Sneakin' Out	55	11
1983	Sixteen	160	26
1984	Perfect Combination (with Johnny Gill)	139	27
1985	I'm Not the Same Girl	—	—
1986	Take Me All the Way	131	36	Motown
1988	Personal Attention	153	24
1989	What You Need	—	16
"—" denotes the album failed to chart

Compilation albums

• The Very Best of Stacy Lattisaw (1998, Rhino Entertainment)
• Stacey Lattisaw - The Cotillion Years 1979 - 1985 (2021, Robinsongs)

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions						Album
		US [8]	US R&B [11]	US Dan [8]	US A/C [8]	UK [12]	IRL [13]
1979	"When You're Young and in Love"	—	91	—	—	—	—	Young and in Love
1980	"Dynamite!"	—	8	1	—	51	—	Let Me Be Your Angel
	"Jump to the Beat"	—	—		—	3	11
	"Let Me Be Your Angel"	21	8	—	34	—	—
1981	"Love on a Two Way Street"	26	2	—	19	—	—	With You
	"It Was So Easy"	—	61	—	—	—	—
	"Feel My Love Tonight"	—	71	36	—	—	—
1982	"Don't Throw It All Away"	101	9	—	—	—	—	Sneakin' Out
	"Attack of the Name Game"	70	14	—	—	—	—
	"Hey There Lonely Boy"	108	71	—	—	—	—
1983	"Miracles"	40	13	—	—	—	—	Sixteen
	"Million Dollar Babe"	—	52	—	—	—	—
1984	"Perfect Combination" (with Johnny Gill)	75	10	—	—	—	—	Perfect Combination
	"Baby It's You" (with Johnny Gill)	102	37	—	—	—	—
	"Block Party" (with Johnny Gill)	—	63	48	—	—	—
1985	"I'm Not the Same Girl"	—	52	—	—	—	—	I'm Not the Same Girl
	"He's Just Not You"	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Can't Stop Thinking About You"	—	—	—	—	—	—
1986	"Nail It to the Wall"	48	4	2	—	76	—	Take Me All the Way
1987	"Jump into My Life"	—	13	3	—	79	—
	"Every Drop of Your Love"	—	8	—	—	—	—	Personal Attention
1988	"Let Me Take You Down"	—	11	—	—	—	—
	"Call Me"	—	80	—	—	—	—
1989	"What You Need"	—	30	—	—	—	—	What You Need
	"Where Do We Go from Here" (featuring Johnny Gill)	—	1	20	—	—	—
	"Dance for You" (featuring Johnny Gill)	—	—	—	—	—	—
1990	"I Don't Have the Heart"	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes the single failed to chart

See also

• List of disco artists (S–Z)
• List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance Club Songs chart
• List of people from Washington, D.C.
• List of artists who reached number one on the Billboard R&B chart
• List of number-one dance singles of 1980 (U.S.)
• List of number-one R&B singles of 1990 (U.S.)
• American Music Awards of 1982