Oran "Juice" Jones
Oran "Juice" Jones | |
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Birth name | Oran Jones |
Born |
Houston, Texas, United States | March 28, 1957
Genres | R&B, soul, electro |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Instruments | Vocals |
Years active | 1986–1997 |
Labels |
Def Jam/Columbia Tommy Boy |
Oran "Juice" Jones (born March 28, 1957) is a retired American R&B singer.
Early life
Jones was born in Houston, Texas and raised in Harlem, New York.
Music Industry Career
Jones was the first musician signed to OBR Records, a subsidiary of Def Jam, and thus the very first R&B artist ever to sign to, much more record, for a record label oriented towards rap and/or hip hop at a time when rap and R&B were two so completely separate entities that it was then considered practically an insult to associate any rap artists with any genre remotely resembling R&B, whose "soothing" sounds clashed with hip hop's rebellious edge. Jones's signing with Def Jam's OBR subsidiary signaled a partnership between the two genres that continued as of early December 2016.
His song "The Rain" became a hit in 1986, peaking at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100. He followed it with "How to Love Again," a duet with labelmate Alyson Williams.
Jones earned two Grammy nominations for "The Rain" and released two more albums, but failed to have significant follow-up success. Two of his children, his son Oran II, who has also gone by Mookie, and his daughter Perri, have followed their father into the music business.
Discography
Studio albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
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U.S. 200 | U.S. R&B | ||
Juice | 44 | 4 | |
GTO: Gangsters Takin' Over | — | 36 | |
To Be Immortal | — | — | |
Player's Call |
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— | — |
Singles
Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
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U.S. Hot 100 |
U.S. R&B |
U.S. Dance |
U.K. Singles | |||
1986 | "Curiosity" | — | 45 | — | — | Juice |
"1.2.1." | — | — | — | — | ||
"The Rain" | 9 | 1 | 7 | 4 | ||
"You Can't Hide from Love" | — | 75 | — | — | ||
1987 | "Here I Go Again" | — | 45 | — | — | |
"Cold Spending My Money" | — | 41 | — | — | GTO: Gangsters Takin' Over | |
"I Just Can't Say Goodbye" | — | — | — | — | ||
"Not on the Outside" | — | — | — | — | ||
1989 | "Pipe Dreams" | — | 47 | — | — | To Be Immortal |
1990 | "Shaniqua" | — | — | — | — | |
1997 | "Poppin' That Fly" | — | — | — | — | Player's Call |
"Player's Call" | — | — | — | — |
References
External links
- Oran "Juice" Jones at AllMusic
- Soulwalking page
- SoulInStereo.com's update page, "Whatever Happened To...," on Oran "Juice" Jones, contributed by Edward Bowser on November 19, 2013