Sherrick [2023] - Just Call (Alex Di Ciò Re​-​Edit) [Jus' Groove]

Another Alex Di Ciò mix this time a re​-edit of Sherrick's 1987 hit "Just Call" available from Bandcamp.

It was the title track from Sherrick's only album in 1987 which produced three singles in the US but another single was released in the UK not released stateside ("Let's Be Lovers Tonight"). Only two charted, "Just Call" (#8 R&B) and a cover of the Marvin Gaye penned hit for The Originals "Baby I'm For Real" (#53 R&B). In the UK "Just Call" peaked at #23 on the UK pop chart with the non US single "Let's Be Lovers Tonight" reaching #73.

Sherrick (Lamont Smith), according to Joel Whitburn's book, was born in 1962 in Austin, TX, yet Wikipedia and Discogs state that he was born in 1957 in Sacremento, CA.

He was signed to Motown by Berry Gordy's first wife Raynoma Gordy Singleton (after Gordy she married Eddie Singleton and set up, the now legendary, Shrine label in Washington D.C. in the 60s) to join Kagny & The Dirty Rats. They released a self-titled album in 1983 and recorded another in 1984 which was unreleased until 2021 and titled "Mind Control: the Unreleased LP" although one track was released as a single with another non album track. Only two singles were released by the group (although a few more were issued as promos only) with neither charting.

Whilst completing the recording of his debut album he was attending rehab sessions for cocaine addiction and allegedly whilst touring to promote the album disappeared on drug finding excursions. Work on a second album was aborted when he took advances of thousands of dollars and was never completed. Raynoma washed her hands of him and he  never recorded again. In 1999, claiming to be drug free, he proposed to make a comeback but died on 22 Jan 1999 aged 41 of unknown causes. 

More controversy followed when in 2021 TV presenter Wendy Williams claimed that Sherrick date raped her in the 80s.

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Details

Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Modern Soul / Re-Edit
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Jus' Groove
Cat No:	None
Date:	22/01/2023
Key/BPM:	N/A
Price:	€1.50

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