Judy Cheeks

Judy Cheeks is a female dance music singer born in Miami, Florida and is the daughter of gospel singer and preacher Rev. Julius Cheeks. In 1978 she hit #10 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart with "Mellow Lovin'," and then had a career resurgence in the 1990s, when she re-emerged with a string of dance chart hits, including two #1s in 1995: "Respect" and "As Long As You're Good To Me" as well as "Reach", which appeared on the "Summer Hitmix '94" CD released by ZYX Records. Her 1978 album "Mellow Lovin' " was produced by Anthony Monn (of gay icon, Amanda Lear, fame) in Giorgio Moroder's Musicland Studios in Munich.

Cheeks also appears as a backing vocalist on Lear's 1979 album "Never Trust A Pretty Face" and on Boney M.'s "Ten Thousand Lightyears" and "Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy Songs" as a member of vocal trio La Mama.

Discography

Albums

* "Judy Cheeks" (1973)
* "Mellow Lovin' " (1978)
* "No Outsiders" (1988)
* "Respect" (1996)

ingles

* "Mellow Lovin'" (1978) U.S. #65, U.S. Dance #10
* "I Still Love You" (1988) UK #98
* "So In Love (The Real Deal)" (1993) UK #27
* "Reach" (1994) UK #17
* "This Time" / "Respect" (1995) UK #23, U.S. Dance #1 ("Respect")
* "You're The Story Of My Life" / "As Long As You're Good To Me" (1995) UK #30, U.S. Dance #1 ("As Long As You're Good To Me")
* "Reach" (remix) (1996) UK #22

ee also

*List of number-one dance hits (United States)
*List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart