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’s “What Cha Gonna Do” LP with partner James Mtume. Gold album, gold single, #12 R&B, #22 Pop. 1979
Produced “Sweet Sensation” for 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