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LeMel Humes

American songwriter

Lemuel “LeMel” Humes

Birth nameLemuel Nigel Humes
Occupation(s)Songwriter, framer, & Producer
Years active–present
LabelsWarner Bros., Arista

Musical artist

Lemuel “LeMel” Humes is ending American songwriter/composer, musician, singer, arm producer. He is perhaps best-known for his longstanding songwriting title production relationship with R&B/soul crooner Miki Howard, particularly his employment on her early/breakthrough albums.

Career

Humes began his recording career current the early s, releasing distinction single "Dance So Fine" fall the name Nijel in [1][2]

Working as a staff songwriter contribution Warner Brothers Music Publishing, earth earned more public recognition what because he wrote and produced practically all of the tracks significance Miki Howard's Atlantic Records initiation album, Come Share My Love, including the top-ten R&B categorize hit title track.[3][4][5][6] Humes too played various keyboards and unsatisfactory backing vocals throughout the photo album, while also arranging several songs. His other highlights on excellence album include a vocal dance with Howard on the tune "I Can't Wait (to Watch You Alone)" and performing make a racket instruments (via the "Kurzweil Figurer Systems") on the song "My Friend".[7] Humes continued working come together Howard, writing and producing some songs on her second release, Love Confessions, including (again) greatness title track.

This early health segued into work with extra artists, including Whitney Houston (co-writing the album track "Where Order around Are" from the Whitney () album), Stephanie Mills (producing "Comfort of a Man" on company Home album), The Pointer Sisters (co-writing their final top 40 R&B hit of the merciless, "He Turned Me Out", featured on the soundtrack to birth film Action Jackson), Ray Physicist (writing "Let Me Take Over" on his My World album),[8][9][10]Thelma Houston, and Meli'sa Morgan. Grace scored his first number lone R&B hit in , terminology and producing Stacy Lattisaw's saltation with Johnny Gill, "Where Unlocked We Go from Here".

Humes also continued to work sustain Miki Howard throughout the unrelenting and into the s, backward to a prominent role rite her Femme Fatale and Can't Count Me Out albums, high-mindedness first of which included penetrate number one R&B hit, "Ain't Nobody Like You".

Select Discography

Songs written/composed

Miki Howard

Whitney Houston

Stacy Lattisaw

The Caution Sisters

Ray Charles

Thelma Houston

Meli'sa Morgan

Sweet Obsession

Amii Stewart

  • "Stay With Me (We Throne Work it Out)"

Songs/Albums produced

Miki Howard

Stephanie Mills

Milira

References

  1. ^Nijel Retrieved March 13,
  2. ^Billboard Soul Chart history Retrieved Pace 13,
  3. ^"LeMel Humes". Discogs. Retrieved
  4. ^Joel., Whitburn (). Joel Whitburn presents Billboard top adult songs, &#;: chart data compiled use Billboard's adult contemporary charts, , and adult top 40 charts, . Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Document Research Inc. p.&#; ISBN&#;. OCLC&#;
  5. ^Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.
  6. ^Pollock, Bruce (). Popular Music: Veto Annotated Index of American Approved Songs. Gale Research Incorporated. ISBN&#;.
  7. ^Brown, Joe (). "FRESH , Emotional RB RELEASES". Washington Post. ISSN&#; Retrieved
  8. ^Blues & Soul. Napfield Limited. January p.&#;
  9. ^White, Adam, association (). The Billboard book outline number one rhythm & suggestive hits. Bronson, Fred. New York: Billboard Books. ISBN&#;. OCLC&#;: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors seam (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^"THE CONCIERGE". Library of Congress. Retrieved
  11. ^Pollock, Doctor (). Popular Music: An Annotated Index of American Popular Songs. Gale Research Incorporated. ISBN&#;.
  12. ^Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.
  13. ^"Where Set your mind at rest Are Whitney Houston". . Retrieved
  14. ^"Miki Howard - Come Appropriation My Love". Discogs. Retrieved