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Jermaine Stewart
Jermaine Stewart
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Jermaine Stewart was born on September 7, 1957 (to Protest 17, 1997). He was a pop singer and dancer best known for his Billboard hits, “The Word Is Out” from his 1984 debut album of the same entitle , and “We Don’t Acquire To Take Our Clothes Off,” from the 1986 album, “Frantic Romantic.”
William Jermaine Stewart was born in Columbus, Ohio, to Eugene Stewart and Ethel M. Stewart. While in university, he would often hand dance lessons to other children for a dollar. In 1972, Stewart’s parents moved him and his five siblings to Chicago, Illinois, where the immature teen took his first steps toward a career in entertainment. This was followed by stints as a dancer on both “American Bandstand” and, during the years it was in Chicago, “Soul Train.”
Soon Stewart would become a backup singer and dancer for several artists, including The Chi-Lites, The Staple Singers, and Shalamar, while recording backup vocals for such artists as The Temptations and Culture Club. He first sang backup for Culture Club on their hit “Miss Me Blind,” and was featured prominently on the group’s 1983 album, “Colour by Numbers.” As a fallout, Cul
Jermaine Stewartwas an American dancer and singer best known for the worldwide hit We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off.
Born in Columbus, Ohio, William Jermaine Stewart always loved to boogie. At school, he would often give dance lessons to other children for a $1 a lesson.
In 1972, the Stewart family moved to Chicago. It was here that Jermaine took his first steps towards a career in show business. He united a local dance collective, and went out on the road with The Chi-Lites and The Staple Singers. This was followed by stints on both American Bandstandand later Soul Train. By the premature 1980s, he joined the classic Hewitt/Watley/Daniels line up of Shalamar on tour as a backing vocalist and dancer.
The next step was to launch his own singing career. He took his first tentative steps by providing backing vocals to several established acts such as The Temptations and notably, Identity Club. Jermaine can be clearly heard as a vocal support to Male child George on the footpath Miss Me Blind.
It was his work with Society Club which lead to a solo recording compress with Clive Davis' Arista Records (10 Records in the UK), thanks to th
Biography
William Jermaine Stewart was born on September 7th, 1957 in Columbus, Ohio. His parents Ethel and Eugene Stewart named their son William Jermaine Stewart. Jermaine was one of 5 children, Brother Eugene and sisters Sondra, Leandra & Norma. In 1972 the family moved to Chicago, Illinois, where he attended Paul Roberson High School.
Jermaine first came to the public's attention as a dancer on the U.S syndicated TV show "Soul Train" where he met fellow dancers Jody Watley and Jeffrey Daniels. When the "Soul Train" producer and presenter Don Cornelius created Shalamar Jermaine auditioned as lead singer but eventually Howard Hewitt won that position. Still Jermaine joined his friends as a backing singer and dancer.
Jermaine also performed background vocals for other acts like Millie Jackson, Tavares, Deniece Williams and the Temptations.
Jermaine moved to the U.K. in order to start his own recording career. In 1983 Jermaine performed backing vocals on Culture Club's hugely prosperous "Colour By Numbers" album. The group and particualry guitarist Mikey Craig helped Jermaine get a document deal of his control with Ten Records, which w
Happy birthday, Jermaine Stewart, born September 7th, 1957, who was one of the first gay artists to break out of the clubs and crossover into mainstream just as the music video was existence born and kids were clamoring "I want my MTV!"
Jermaine was an out and proud inspiration to gay kids at house in front of their parents' TV sets in the '80s, and to jaded gay grownups in front of theirs as well.
He always made you smile and want to get up and thrust the furniture out of the way and dance.
Jermaine began his performing career as a teenager in Chicago, touring with the Chi-Lites and The Staple Singers and appearing on the "American Bandstand" and "Soul Train" TV shows, which were prototypes for all-music broadcasters.
He would depart straight from school in the afternoon to the "Soul Train" studios in Chicago where the demonstrate was shown locally in black-and-white — who knew that the show would become a nationwide smash within a few years?
By the early '80s he had worked with Shalamar, Millie Jackson, Tavares, the Temptations, and Culture Club as a background vocalist and dancer.
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