American house music singer/songwriter, producer, and artist.

Born: 25 May 1949 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Died: 24 November 2016 in New York City, New York, USA (aged 67).

Raised in New York, Abrams was one of the first artists to bring house music into the mainstream notably with the [m=87978] in 1984. This began a string of dance hits that capitalized on the electronic sounds that were popular in the mid-1980s. He continued to chart on the Dance and R&B charts into the mid-1990s and released music sporadically through the early part of the 2000s. He formed his own short-lived label [[label:Colonel Records]] in 1996.

In 2019, The New York Times Magazine listed Colonel Abrams among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in [[label:Universal Music Group]]'s 2008 back catalog fire.

2000s3 works

2002

Could It Be?

2002 · 3 for sale

2001

Don't Give Me A Love That I Can't Use

2001

2000

Music Is My Life

2000 · 4 for sale

1990s11 works

1998

99 1/2

1998 · 2 for sale

1996

Who Do You Love?

1996

1996

You're The One For Me

1996 · 3 for sale

1996

As I Take You Back

1996 · 4 for sale

1996

Heartbreaker

1996

1995

Victim Of Loving You

1995 · 4 for sale

1994

Should Be Dancin'

1994

1994

Get With You

1994 · 1 for sale

1994

So Confused

1994 · 2 for sale

1993

As Quiet As It's Kept

1993 · 2 for sale

1993

I'm Caught Up

1993 · 5 for sale

1980s9 works

1987

How Soon We Forget

1987 · 4 for sale

1987

You And Me Equals Us

1987 · 1 for sale

1986

I'm Not Gonna Let You

1986 · 9 for sale

1986

Speculation

1986

1986

I'm Not Gonna Let / You Can Do It

1986 · 4 for sale

1985

The Truth

1985 · 4 for sale

1985

Trapped

1985 · 27 for sale

1985

Colonel Abrams

1985

1984

Music Is The Answer

1984 · 6 for sale

4 copies

Feel Free (Love Is What We Need) '97 Mixes

Livin' Large

Electronic

12"VG → F

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Trapped (Next Level)

Colonel Abrams

Electronic

CDM → F

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Love Is What We Need

Livin' Large

Electronic

12"NM → F

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I'm Not Gonna Let (12" Version)

Colonel Abrams

Electronic

12"NM → P

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Music Is My Life

Colonel Abrams

Electronic

12"M → G+

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As I Take You Back

Nick Jones Experience

Electronic

12"M → P

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The Truth (12" Version)

Colonel Abrams

Disco

12"M → VG

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£120.31

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£162.54

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Sweet Love

Colonel Abrams

Electronic

12"F → P

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Victim Of Loving You

Colonel Abrams

Electronic

12"M → G

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£212.00

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Celebrate

Colonel Abrams

Electronic

12"NM → P

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Music Is The Answer

Colonel Abrams

Disco

7"NM → P

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Trapped '97

Colonel Abrams

Electronic

12"M → F

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How Soon We Forget (Extended Version)

Colonel Abrams

Disco

12"NM → P

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Trapped '97

Colonel Abrams

Electronic

12"NM → F

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I'm Not Gonna Let / You Can Do It

Colonel Abrams

Disco

12"M → P

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Hurt My Feelings

Trouble Men

Electronic

12"VG → F

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So Proud

Colonel Abrams

Electronic

12"NM → G

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Could It Be?

Paul Simpson

Electronic

12"M → VG

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Trapped (7" Version)

Colonel Abrams

Disco

7"VG → F

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I'm Not Gonna Let (Remixes)

Colonel Abrams

Electronic

12"NM → F

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£159.62

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Trapped '97

Colonel Abrams

Electronic

CDF → P

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I'm Caught Up

Colonel Abrams

Electronic

12"G+ → P

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3 copies

Trapped 2001 (Part 2)

Colonel Abrams

Electronic

12"NM → G

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Trapped

Colonel Abrams

Electronic

12"VG+ → VG

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$189.43

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So Confused

Colonel Abrams

Electronic

12"G → F

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You're The One For Me

House Of Correction

Electronic

12"M → G

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Music Is The Answer

Colonel Abrams

Electronic

12"VG+ → G+

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£146.00

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As Quiet As Its Kept

Colonel Abrams

Electronic

12"G+ → P

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I'm Not Gonna Let You

Colonel Abrams

Disco

12"M

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£76.23

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Trapped (Evil Nine Remix)

Colonel Abrams

Electronic

12"M → G+

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€70.97

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99 1/2

Colonel Abrams

Electronic

12"P

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£129.25

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I'm Caught Up

Colonel Abrams

Electronic

12"VG+ → G

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€191.00

1 copy

Trapped 2001 (Part 1)

Colonel Abrams

Disco

12"G+

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£121.00

1 copy

Get With You

Colonel Abrams

Electronic

12"P

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£79.47

1 copy

Trapped (12" Version)

Colonel Abrams

Electronic

12"G+

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€192.57

1 copy

You're The One For Me

Central Hill

Electronic

12"VG

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$159.27

1 copy

You And Me Equals Us

Colonel Abrams

Electronic

LPP

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