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Rock Me Tonight is the platinum selling 1985 debut album from American R&B/Soul singer Freddie Jackson. Released on April 28, 1985, the album yielded four top–10 singles on the U.S. R&B chart, with the first two, "You Are My Lady" and "Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)", reaching number one. The latter two, "Love Is Just a Touch Away" and "He'll Never Love You", peaked at Nos. 9 and 8, respectively. The album contains a cover of the Billie Holiday classic "Good Morning Heartache". The success of Rock Me Tonight garnered Jackson a Grammy Award nomination in 1986 for Best New Artist, losing out to Sade. Rock Me Tonight went on to top the R&B Albums chart for 14 nonconsecutive weeks, and peaked inside the Top 10 on the Billboard 200.

Rock Me Tonight
Studio album by
Freddie Jackson
ReleasedApril 28, 1985
RecordedJanuary–March 1985 at Digital By Dickinson (Bloomfield, NJ); Celestial Sound Studios and Unique Recording Studios (New York, NY).
Genre
  • R&B
  • soul
Length41:26
LabelCapitol
Producer
  • Paul Laurence
  • Robert Aries
  • Barry Eastmond
Freddie Jackson chronology
Rock Me Tonight
(1985)
Just Like the First Time
(1986)
Singles from Rock Me Tonight
  1. "Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)"
    Released: April 2, 1985
  2. "You Are My Lady"
    Released: August 13, 1985
  3. "He'll Never Love You (Like I Do)"
    Released: 1985
  4. "Love Is Just a Touch Away"
    Released: 1986
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Track listing


  1. "He'll Never Love You (Like I Do)" (Keith Diamond, Barry Eastmond) – 4:43
  2. "Love Is Just a Touch Away" (Freddie Jackson, Barry Eastmond) – 5:19
  3. "I Wanna Say I Love You" (Freddie Jackson, Barry Eastmond) – 4:40
  4. "You Are My Lady" (Barry Eastmond) – 4:44
  5. "Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)" (Paul Laurence) – 7:12
  6. "Sing a Song of Love" (Barry Eastmond) – 5:02
  7. "Calling" (Keith Diamond, Barry Eastmond) – 5:30
  8. "Good Morning Heartache" (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) – 4:28

Personnel



Production



Charts



Singles


Year Single Chart positions[7]
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 US
R&B
1985 "Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)" 18 1
"You Are My Lady" 12 1
"He'll Never Love You (Like I Do)" 25 8
1986 "Love Is Just A Touch Away" - 9

See also



References


  1. Lytle, Craig. Freddie Jackson: Rock Me Tonight > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
  2. "Freddie Jackson Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  3. "Freddie Jackson Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 150. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  5. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1985". Billboard. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  6. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1985". Billboard. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  7. "Freddie Jackson US singles chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved October 3, 2011.





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