Judy Cheeks

Judy Cheeks is a female dance music singer born in Miami, Florida in 1954 and is the daughter of gospel singer and preacher Rev. Julius Cheeks. In 1978 she hit #10 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart with "Mellow Lovin'," and then had a career resurgence in the 1990s, when she re-emerged with a string of dance chart hits, including two #1s in 1995, "Respect" and "As Long As You're Good To Me", as well as "Reach", which appeared on the Summer Hitmix '94 CD released by ZYX Records. Her 1978 album Mellow Lovin' was produced by Anthony Monn (best known for his work with gay icon Amanda Lear) in Giorgio Moroder's Musicland Studios in Munich.

Cheeks also appears as a backing vocalist on Lear's 1979 album Never Trust A Pretty Face and on Boney M.'s Ten Thousand Lightyears and Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy Songs as a member of vocal trio La Mama. In 1986, she worked as a studio musician (providing backing vocals) on Alphaville's album Afternoons in Utopia.

Discography

"Mellow Lovin'" (Ariola 1977, Salsoul 1978) U.S. #65, US Dance #10
"The Little Girl in Me" (Ariola, 1978)
"Don't Wanna Love You Again" (Ariola, 1979)
"Mercy" (Ariola, 1980)
"Fascination" (Dureco, 1983)
"You'll Never Walk Alone" (Polydor 1987)
"I Still Love You" (1988)
"So In Love (The Real Deal)" (1993) UK #27
"Reach" (1994) UK #17
"This Time" / "Respect" (1995) UK #23, US Dance #1 ("Respect")
"You're The Story Of My Life" / "As Long As You're Good To Me" (1995) UK #30, US Dance #1 ("As Long As You're Good To Me")
"Reach" (remix) (1996) UK #22

^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 102. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.