Jerry Braxton

Track Listings

1. Money Ain't Everything

2. Way We Roll

3. If I Can't Have You

4. Oooh Weee

5. Tell Me

6. Down

7. Ayanna

8. Yo Te Quiero (I Love You)

9. Must Be Love

10. Beautiful You

Jerry Braxton,Jerry Braxton,Jns International,Jazz-Pop,Pop,R&B,Urban

Jerry Braxton

Tracks:

Neighborhood
Young Blood
Falling
Ruby Baby
Dance With Me
Neighborhood (Reprise)
Keep On Rollin'
Searchin'
Kansas City
Trouble
Love Me/ Don't
Fools Fall In Love
Poison Ivy
Don Juan
Shoppin' For Clothes
I Keep Forgettin'
On Broadway
D. W. Washburn
Saved

Tracks:

Baby, That Is Rock & Roll
Yakety Yak
Charlie Brown
Stay A While
Pearl's A Singer
Teach Me How To Shimmy
You're The Boss
Loving You
Treat Me Nice
Hound Dog
Little Egypt
I'm A Woman
There Goes My Baby
Love Potion #9
Some Cats Know
Jailhouse Rock
Fools Fall In Love
Spanish Harlem
I (Who Have Nothing)
Neighborhood (Reprise)
Stand By Me
Neighborhood (reprise 2)

Amazon.com

As good as Pomus and Gordy were, they can't compare with the premier rock & roll songwriters of the pre-Beatles era: Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Chuck Berry, and Percy Mayfield. The team of Leiber (the lyricist) and Stoller (the composer) created such enduring standards as "Kansas City," "Hound Dog," "Stand By Me," "Spanish Harlem," "Jailhouse Rock," and many more. Those songs and 33 more were assembled into a bookless Broadway musical called Smokey Joe's Cafe, which was nominated for eight Tony Awards. If this soundtrack album is any indication, the show was an abomination, an act of self-betrayal by Leiber and Stoller, who not only participated in putting the show together but also co-produced the album with Arif Mardin. Instead of remaining true to the songs' rock & roll roots, the soundtrack producers have allowed the obscure stage performers to commit Broadway's worst sins: excessive earnestness, undernourished rhythms, and bombastic over-singing. Everyone in the cast has a good singing voice, but no one has a distinctive musical personality. Michael Park's Presley parody on "Jailhouse Rock," B.J. Crosby's confusion of vocal power for vocal attitude on "Hound Dog," and Victor Trent Cook's syrupy version of "I (Who Have Nothing)" prove Broadway chorus dancers are no substitute for real rock & roll singers. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful performances.......2007-07-31

This was a great show. The arrangements of the songs were masterful. A pleasure to listen to.

Great.......2007-03-30

The album is great, i needed it because i work at a dance studio and i have a dance to the song Trouble. The song and whole album is awesome.

Smokey Joe's Cafe.......2007-01-24

Smokey Joe's Cafe is an execellent Broadway play and the musical soundtrack is great listening. The songs of Leiber and Stoller bring back memories of the 50 and 60's. The songs are classics that last for all time.

THE BEST.......2006-04-02

Wow, they can dance AND sing! When the blond does the shimmy my heart stops. Like to crack an egg on her a**

competing dances.......2005-08-06

I think this is a cd with great selection of good music. It has great musioc for solo and duo and even small and large group songs for competion. dance competions!!!!!

Average customer rating:

If I Can't Have You

Manufacturer: Jns International
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | R&B | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000HXIZ
Release Date: 1999-02-02

Average customer rating:

Blaxice
Enjoyable music for any age group or race.
This is the most diverse album ever, it's the bomb!

Jerry Braxton
Jerry Braxton
Manufacturer: Jns International
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

General | R&B | Styles | Music

General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000A4CD
Release Date: 1998-07-21

Tracks:

Money Ain't Everything
The Way We Roll
If I Can't Have You
Oooh Weee
Tell Me
Down
Ayanna
Yo Te Quiero (I Love You)
Must Be Love
Beautiful You

Customer Reviews:

Blaxice.......2002-10-31

I very talented young man who in this age of pre-packaged, radio-formatted stars is faced with not knowing which demographic to target. Should he play up the smooth balladeer and be another face in the crowd, or try his hand as the loveable street-wise hustler hanging with his homeys and risk being the summer flava-of-the month? Although his ballads are definitely a strenght, especially "Beautiful You", his squeaky clean image makes "The Way We Roll" and "OOOH WHEE" almost comical.

Not knowing which way to turn Braxton tries to hit all corners of the musical map, missing more times than hitting. This shotgun approach makes this effort sound like he won a talent contest and got a chance to cut a demo as the grand prize. Maybe he should have turned to his cousin,Toni (yes THAT Toni Braxton) for help.

Enjoyable music for any age group or race........1999-09-16

Jerry Braxton is a great (old school) new talent whose music is versatile and pleasant to listen to. I played his CD for our Christmas party at work, which is a versatile group of people and everyone enjoyed his music. The CD contains easy listening music as well as music that makes you want to get up and dance. I believe that this young man is going places. He is an excellent talent.

This is the most diverse album ever, it's the bomb!.......1998-09-14

I am very impressed with the quality of this recording. The smoothe R&B sounds, "If I Can't Have You", "Tell Me", "Ayanna" and the Top 40 with live instruments, "Money Ain't Everything" and "Down" along with the Hispanic sounding mixed with R&B "Yo Te Quiero" and the symphonic "Beautiful You" not to mention the Hip Hop sounding "The Way We Roll" and "Must Be Love" and the dance track "Oooh Weee". This guy is going to be the next super star. I saw the video on BET for "If I Can't Have You" and it was incredible. My wife insisted that I go out and buy the CD for her and her sisters. This is a must get, it's got something for EVERYBODY. I just wish you could sample it on the web.

Sincerely, Jimmy

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