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Rock Me Tonight

Rock Me Tonight is the platinum-selling 1985 debut album from American R&B/Soul singer Freddie Jackson. Released on April 28, 1985, the album yielded four top-10 singles on the U.S. R&B chart, with the first two, "You Are My Lady" and "Rock Me Tonight ", reaching number one. The latter two, "Love Is Just a Touch Away" and "He'll Never Love You", peaked at Nos. 9 and 8, respectively. The album contains a cover of the Billie Holiday classic "Good Morning Heartache". The success of Rock Me Tonight garnered Jackson a Grammy Award nomination in 1986 for Best New Artist, losing out to Sade. Rock Me Tonight went on to top the R&B Albums chart for 14 nonconsecutive weeks, and peaked inside the Top 10 on the Billboard 200.

Personnel
• Freddie Jackson – lead vocals, backing vocals • Barry Eastmond – keyboards, synthesizers, Roland TR-808 drum programming • Eric Rehl – synthesizers • Paul Laurence – Yamaha DX7 (4, 5), Oberheim DMX drum programming (4, 5), keyboards (5), Kurzweil synthesizer (5), backing vocals (5) • Robert Aries – keyboards (8), Kurzweil synthesizer (8), drum programming (8) • Ira Siegel – acoustic guitar, guitars • Fareed Abdul-Haqq – guitars • Clarence Brice – guitars • Mike "Dino" Campbell – guitars • Thomas J. Flammia – guitars • Wayne Brathwaite – bass • Timmy Allen – bass (5) • Bernard Davis – drums • Richard Rodriguez – drums • Joel Rosenblatt – drums • Terry Silverlight – drums • Buddy Williams – drums • Bashiri Johnson – percussion • Steve Kroon – percussion • V. Jeffrey Smith – saxophone • Stanley Turrentine – sax solo (5) • Janice Dempsey – backing vocals • Dolly Eastmond – backing vocals • Danny Madden – backing vocals • Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals • Melba Moore – backing vocals • B.J. Nelson – backing vocals • Lillo Thomas – backing vocals • Audrey Wheeler – backing vocals • Reggie King – backing vocals (5) == Production ==
Production
• Executive Producers – Beau Huggins and Varnell Johnson • Producers – Barry Eastmond (Tracks 1–4, 6 & 7); Paul Laurence (Track 5); Robert Aries (Track 8). • Engineers – Ron Banks (Tracks 1–4, 6 & 7); Carl Beatty and Steve Goldman (Track 5); Frank Heller, Peter Robbins and Bob Rose (Track 8). • Second Engineer – Joe Marno (Track 5) • Assistant Engineers – Dean Cochren, Larry DeCarmine, Cathy Goode, Frank Heller and Kurt Upper (Tracks 1–4, 6 & 7); Mike Nicolette (Track 8). • Track 5 mixed by Steve Goldman at Right Track Recording (New York, NY). • Track 8 mixed by Peter Robbins at Unique Recording Studios. • Mastered by Jack Skinner at Sterling Sound (New York, NY) and Eddy Schreyer at Capitol Mastering (Hollywood, CA). • Production Coordination – Zack Vaz • Art Direction – Roy Kohara • Design – Roland Young • Photography – Chris Callis • Administrator – Anne Thomas • Management – Hush Productions ==Charts==
Charts
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