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Hits and Milestones

Important awards and milestones in my career.

 
 
Produced Madonna’s debut album “Madonna” (75%, 6 of 8 tracks), 5x platinum + in the U.S., 10 million worldwide, 2 top 10 singles,”Borderline“(10) and “Lucky Star“(4), top 5 singles in U.K.,Holland, and Australia, composed Borderline”, her first top 10 single, and “Physical Attraction”. 1983
 
 
 
Produced and composed Stephanie Mill’sWhat Cha Gonna Do” LP with partner James Mtume. Gold album, gold single, #12 R&B, #22 Pop. 1979
 
 
 
Produced Sweet Sensationfor Stephanie Mills with partner James Mtume. Gold album, #16 pop, #3 R&B, Gold single “Never Knew Love Like This“, #6 Pop, #12 R&B, #5 Adult contemporary. 1980
 
 
 
Received, with partner James Mtume, a Grammy award for best R&B song of 1980, “Never Knew Love Like This
 
 
 
Composed “The Closer I Get To You” for Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway with partner James Mtume. Gold single, #2 Pop, #1 R&B, #3 Adult Contemporary. 1978
 
Composed “Back Together Again” for Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway with James Mtume, #8 R&B. 1980
 
Lead and produced the group Sunfire’s album “Sunfire” on Warner Bros. Top 20 single in U.K.  (“Young, Free, and Single”).
 
 
 
Produced gold album “Stephanie” for Stephanie Mills with partner James Mtume, #3 R&B, #30 Pop. 1981
 
Produced, with partner James Mtume, album “You Know How to Love Me” for Phyllis Hyman  which reached #10 R&B, and #50 Pop. The single “You Know How To Love Me” reached #12 in the  R&B charts and #6 in the Dance charts. 1979
 
Produced Randy Crawford’s Abstract Emotions, which produced the single, and her composition,”Al Maz” which reached #4 in the UK singles charts in 1986