Chuckii Booker

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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.

Cover of Booker's now-rare debut album Chuckii.

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 also wrote, performed and produced the single "Crypt Jam" from the CD soundtrack Tales From The Crypt

Chuckii has recorded & produced with several very prominent recording artist through the years, including 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, He was music director and keyboardist for TLC & their CrazySexyCool tour as well as New Edition (Coming Home tour). Recently, he was one of the producers 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 arranger on Lionel Richie's Collection of Holiday Classics album for NBC's "Sounds of the Season" series of CDs for Christmas. He was also the pianist for Tina Turner for her "Wildest Dreams" tour in 1997 replacing Kenny Moore who succumbed to a heart attack during the tour.

Chuckii has carved a sizeable niche for himself as a record producer for artists such as Lalah Hathaway, Troop, En Vogue, Angela Winbush, Diana Ross, Anastacia, Commissioned, Lionel Richie, and Bette Midler. He is currently the musical director for Mary J Blige