About Stacy Lattisaw
R'n'B - dance - pop singer
Born on 25 November 1966 in Washington, D.C., U.S. She released ten albums between 1979 - 1990 (seven albums at [[label:Cotillion]] and three at [[label:Motown]] and then she retired from the pop industry, to devote herself to gospel music. She recorded her debut at the age of 12, produced by [[artist:Van McCoy]], from the second on up to sixth, [[artist:Narada Michael Walden]] was her producer, on her seventh [[artist:Michael Masser]] and in the [[label:Motown]] years, a variety of producers took hold like [[artist:Kashif]], [[artist:John "Jellybean" Benitez]], [[artist:Steve Barri]], [[artist:Tony Peluso]], [[artist:Leon Sylvers]], [[artist:Brownmark]], [[artist:Vincent Brantley]], [[artist:Aaron Zigman]], [[artist:Jerry Knight]], [[artist:Ron Kersey]], [[artist:Lou Pace]], [[artist:Gordon Williams]], [[artist:Phillip Damien]], [[artist:Hubert Eaves III]], [[artist:Kenni Hairston]], [[artist:Trevor Gale]] and [[artist:LeMel Humes]]. She released a whole album of duets with [[artist:Johnny Gill]] (1986) and two more singles with him in 1989. She achieved crossover hits with ["Jump To The Beat"](http://www.discogs.com/Stacy-Lattisaw-Jump-To-The-Beat/release/263327) (No.3 in the U.K., No.1 in U.S. Hot Dance chart) and her biggest hits in T'n'b charts were ["Dynamite"](http://www.discogs.com/Stacy-Lattisaw-Dynamite-Dreaming/release/1710853) (No.8, 1980), ["Let Me Be Your Angel"](http://www.discogs.com/Stacy-Lattisaw-Let-Me-Be-Your-Angel/release/1313402) (No.8, 1980), her cover on the [[artist:Moments]] classic from 1970 ["Love On A Two Way Street"](http://www.discogs.com/Stacy-Lattisaw-Love-On-A-Two-Way-Street/release/1148789) (No.2, 1981), her cover of [[artist:Gary Benson]]'s hit from 1975 ["Don't Throw It All Away"](http://www.discogs.com/Stacy-Lattisaw-Dont-Throw-It-All-Away-Down-For-You/release/1208222) (No.9, 1982), ["Nail It To The Wall"](http://www.discogs.com/Stacy-Lattisaw-Nail-It-To-The-Wall/release/155384) (No.4, R'n'B, No.2 Dance, 1986) and her duet with [[artist:Johnny Gill]], ["Where Do We Go From Here"](http://www.discogs.com/Stacy-Lattisaw-Featuring-Johnny-Gill-Where-Do-We-Go-From-Here-What-You-Need/release/2873710) (No.1). She has also covered hits of [[artist:Marvelettes]] from 1967 ["When You're Young And In Love"](http://www.discogs.com/Stacy-Lattisaw-When-Youre-Young-And-In-Love-Rock-With-Me/release/1434077) (1979), [[artist:Peaches & Herb]] from 1977 "Love Is Here Beside Us" (1979), "Spinning Top", a song that [[artist:Ruth Waters]] released the same year (1979), [[artist:Shirelles]] from 1958 "Dedicated To The One I Love", [[artist:Petula Clark]] from 1964 "Downtown" (1979), "Guys Like You (Give Love A Bad Name)" a song that [[artist:Donna Washington]] released the same year (1982), [[artist:Eloise Laws]] from 1982 "I've Loved You Somewhere Before" (1983), [[artist:Shirelles]] from 1961 ["Baby It's You"](http://www.discogs.com/Stacy-Lattisaw-Johnny-Gill-Baby-Its-You/release/3483314) (1984, a duet with [[artist:Johnny Gill]]), [[artist:Brenda K. Starr]] from 1985 "Love Me Like The First Time" (1986), [[artist:Donna Washington]] from 1982 "One More Night" (1986), [[artist:Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell ]] from 1967 "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (1988, duet with [[artist:Howard Hewett]]), ["I Don't Have The Heart"](http://www.discogs.com/Stacy-Lattisaw-I-Dont-Have-The-Heart/release/4860441) a song that [[artist:James Ingram]] released the same year (1990) peaking at No.1. In 1987 she contributed to the soundtrack of ["Police Academy 4: Citizens On Patrol"](http://www.discogs.com/Various-Police-Academy-4-Citizens-On-Patrol/release/481599) with "Dancin' Up A Storm". Her single ["Attack Of The Name Game"](http://www.discogs.com/Stacy-Lattisaw-Attack-Of-The-Name-Game/release/1185708) (1982) was sampled on the album version of [[artist:Mariah Carey]]'s No.1 hit ["Heartbreaker"](http://www.discogs.com/Mariah-Heartbreaker/release/132112) in 1999.