Juicy was an American musical duo consisting of siblings Jerry Barnes and Katreese Barnes.[1] The group is best known for the songs "Sugar Free" and Beat Street feature song "Beat Street Strut".
Juicy | |
|---|---|
| Genres | R&B, dance |
| Years active | 1982–1987 |
| Labels | CBS Associated Records Arista Records |
| Past members | Jerry Barnes Katreese Barnes |
Career
editTheir debut single "Don't Cha Wanna" was released in 1982 by Arista Records. In the same year they also released their first eponymous album, which made it into Billboard R&B chart the next year.[2]
In 1984, their song "Beat Street Strut", released by the same label, appeared in the 1984 musical-drama movie Beat Street and its gold-certified soundtrack.[3] The song peaked at #46 on Billboard Dance chart in July 1984.[4]
Their second album It Takes Two was released in 1985. The album featured an answer record to the Mtume song "Juicy Fruit" called "Sugar Free".[5] It peaked at #13 on the Billboard R&B chart and #45 on the UK Singles Chart.[6] Another moderately successful single from the album include "Nobody but You", reaching number 59 on the R&B chart.[7]
Their last album, Spread the Love, released in 1987, was commercially unsuccessful, resulting in Juicy's disbanding. Katreese Barnes later became a producer, songwriter and the musical director for Saturday Night Live.[1] She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics twice for composing music for SNL, first in 2007 as co-writer of The Lonely Island's "Dick in a Box" and again in 2011 for writing a monologue for Justin Timberlake.[8][9] Katreese Barnes died of breast cancer on August 3, 2019 at the age of 56.[1]
Discography
editStudio albums
edit| Year | Album | Peaks | Record Label | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US R&B [2] | ||||||||||||||
| 1982 | Juicy | 57 | Arista | |||||||||||
| 1985 | It Takes Two | 32 | Private I | |||||||||||
| 1987 | Spread the Love | — | CBS Associated | |||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||
Singles
edit| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [10] |
US R&B [7] |
US Dan [11] |
UK [6] | |||||||||||
| 1982 | "I've Got Something" | — | — | — | — | Juicy | ||||||||
| "Don't Cha Wanna" | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| 1983 | "Love's a Merry-Go-'Round" | — | 75 | — | — | |||||||||
| "You're Number One" | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| 1984 | "Beat Street Strut" | 107 | 76 | 27 | — | Beat Street | ||||||||
| 1985 | "Bad Boy" | — | 41 | — | — | It Takes Two | ||||||||
| "It Takes Two" | — | 72 | — | — | ||||||||||
| 1986 | "Sugar Free" | — | 13 | — | 45 | |||||||||
| "Nobody but You" | — | 59 | — | — | ||||||||||
| 1987 | "After Loving You" | — | — | — | 84 | Spread the Love | ||||||||
| "All Work, No Play" | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b c Russonello, Giovanni (August 16, 2019). "Katreese Barnes, a Musical Force Behind the Scenes, Dies at 56". The New York Times. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
- ^ a b Joel Whitburn's Top R&B Albums, 1965-1998 (illustrated ed.). Record Research. 1999. ISBN 9780898201345.
- ^ Osborne, Jerry (2002). Movie/TV Soundtracks and Original Cast Recordings Price and Reference Guide (4th ed.). Jerry Osborne Enterprises. p. 1995. ISBN 0-932117-37-6.
- ^ "Billboard (r) Dance Top 80 (tm)". Billboard/Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 96: 13. July 21, 1984. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ Hogan, Ed. "Juicy Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
- ^ a b "UK Charts > Juicy". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
- ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles, 1942-2004 (5th ed.). California, U.S.: Record Research Inc., 2004 (originally) the University of California). p. 723. ISBN 0-89820-160-8.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
- ^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
- ^ "Juicy Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography". Music VF. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
- ^ "US Charts > Juicy". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 25, 2022. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
