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Revision as of 21:27, 18 March 2008 by Youandmiibaby (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Chuckii Booker (born December 19 1966 in Los Angeles, California) is a African American singer, songwriter, instrumentalist and bandleader. Booker emerged in the late 1980s as a prominent urban contemporary R&B artist and producer. He began recording music after being signed by his godfather Barry White to his production company in 1984. Later, he played keyboards with a band called Tease for three years.
Chuckii signed a recording contract with Atlantic Records and issued his debut album Chuckii in 1989. The album fared well on the strength of hit singles "(Don't U Know) I Love U" and "Turned Away". The follow-up final album Niice 'N Wild was released in 1992 and yielded another chart-topping R&B hit "Games".
Chuckii has recorded & produced with several very prominent recording artist through the years. This is to include; Barry White, Janet Jackson, CJ Anthony,Troop,Vanessa Williams,Kool & the Gang and many more. He was the musical director, producer and keyboardist for Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation Tour as well as the musical director, producer, for Lionel Richie's album "Coming Home" released in 2007 and still resides within' as his producer and arranger. Chuckii also was the producer and arrager on Lionel Richie's Collection of Holiday Classics album for NBC's "Sounds of the Season" series of CDs for Christmas.
Since then, Chuckii has carved a sizeable niche for himself as a record producer and musician for artists such as Lalah Hathaway, Troop, En Vogue, Angela Winbush, Diana Ross, Anastacia, Commissioned, Lionel Richie, and Bette Midler.
Discography
Albums
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Chuckii
Atlantic Records
1989 -
Niice 'N Wild Atlantic Records 1992
Niice 'N Wild
Atlantic Records
1992
- 1989: Chuckii (Atlantic) - US Pop #116, US R&B #18
- 1992: Niice 'n Wiild (Atlantic) - US R&B #13
Singles
- 1989: "Turned Away" - US Pop #42, US R&B #1
- 1989: "(Don't U Know) I Love U" - US R&B #4
- 1989: "Touch" - US R&B #13
- 1992: "Games" - US Pop #68, US R&B #1
- 1993: "I Should Have Loved You" - US R&B #38
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