Stacy Lattisaw

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Stacy Lattisaw (born November 25, 1966) is an American singer.Ebony Jr.-November 1984
==Career==
When she was a teenager in the early 1980s, Lattisaw had a string of Top 40 R&B hits, with several songs— "Let Me Be Your Angel", "Jump to the Beat", "Love on a Two-Way Street", and "Miracles"—crossing over to the pop mainstream. Lattisaw recorded her first album for Cotillion Records at the age of 12 in 1979, under the direction of record producer Van McCoy. However it was not until she affiliated with Narada Michael Walden, a former drummer with the Mahavishnu Orchestra who was just beginning a career as a producer, that she found success. Under Walden's direction, she had five hit albums between 1981 and 1986. She also opened for the Jacksons Triumph Tour in 1981. From Lattisaw's 1982 album Sneakin' Out, Mariah Carey used a sample of the song "Attack of the Name Game" (R&B #14) for her 1999 #1 hit "Heartbreaker." Lattisaw continued recording into the late 1980s, signing with Motown in 1986. She scored her only #1 R&B hit with frequent duet partner Johnny Gill, titled "Where Do We Go from Here", in 1989. While the success was great, she grew increasingly disenchanted with the record industry. By the early 1990s, she decided to retire from the music industry and concentrate on raising her family. Since the 1990s, she has exclusively sung gospel music. Her official website stated that she was to work on a gospel CD. In 2010, Lattisaw's music career was chronicled on the TV One docu-series Unsung, in which she also appeared.
==Discography==
===Studio albums===
Year 	Album 	Peak chart positions 	Peak chart positions 	Record label
Year 	Album 	US 	USR&B 	Record label
1979 	Young and in Love 	— 	— 	Cotillion
1980 	Let Me Be Your Angel 	44 	9 	Cotillion
1981 	With You 	46 	8 	Cotillion
1982 	Sneakin' Out 	55 	11 	Cotillion
1983 	Sixteen 	160 	26 	Cotillion
1984 	Perfect Combination (with Johnny Gill)	139 	27 	Cotillion
1985 	I'm Not the Same Girl 	— 	— 	Cotillion
1986 	Take Me All the Way 	131 	36 	Motown
1988 	Personal Attention 	153 	24 	Motown
1989 	What You Need 	— 	16 	Motown
"—" denotes the album failed to chart	"—" denotes the album failed to chart 	"—" denotes the album failed to chart	"—" denotes the album failed to chart	"—" denotes the album failed to chart
===Compilation albums===
*The Very Best of Stacy Lattisaw (1998, Rhino)
===Singles===
Year 	Title 	Peak chart positions 	Peak chart positions 	Peak chart positions 	Peak chart positions 	Peak chart positions 	Album
Year 	Title 	US 	USR&B 	USDan 	USA/C 	UK 	Album
1979 	"When You're Young and in Love" 	— 	91 	— 	— 	— 	Young and in Love
1980 	"Dynamite!" 	— 	8 	1 	— 	51 	Let Me Be Your Angel
1980 	"Jump to the Beat" 	— 	— 	1 	— 	3 	Let Me Be Your Angel
1980 	"Let Me Be Your Angel" 	21 	8 	— 	34 	— 	Let Me Be Your Angel
1981 	"Love on a Two Way Street" 	26 	2 	— 	19 	— 	With You
1981 	"It Was So Easy" 	— 	61 	— 	— 	— 	With You
1981 	"Feel My Love Tonight" 	— 	71 	36 	— 	— 	With You
1982 	"Don't Throw It All Away" 	101 	9 	— 	— 	— 	Sneakin' Out
1982 	"Attack of the Name Game" 	70 	14 	— 	— 	— 	Sneakin' Out
1982 	"Hey There Lonely Boy" 	108 	71 	— 	— 	— 	Sneakin' Out
1983 	"Miracles" 	40 	13 	— 	— 	— 	Sixteen
1983 	"Million Dollar Babe" 	— 	52 	— 	— 	— 	Sixteen
1984 	"Perfect Combination" (with Johnny Gill) 	75 	10 	— 	— 	— 	Perfect Combination
1984 	"Baby It's You" (with Johnny Gill) 	102 	37 	— 	— 	— 	Perfect Combination
1984 	"Block Party" (with Johnny Gill) 	— 	63 	48 	— 	— 	Perfect Combination
1985 	"I'm Not the Same Girl" 	— 	52 	— 	— 	— 	I'm Not the Same Girl
1985 	"He's Just Not You" 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	I'm Not the Same Girl
1985 	"Can't Stop Thinking About You" 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	I'm Not the Same Girl
1986 	"Nail It to the Wall" 	48 	4 	2 	— 	76 	Take Me All the Way
1987 	"Jump into My Life" 	— 	13 	3 	— 	79 	Take Me All the Way
1988 	"Every Drop of Your Love" 	— 	8 	— 	— 	— 	Personal Attention
1988 	"Let Me Take You Down" 	— 	11 	— 	— 	— 	Personal Attention
1988 	"Call Me" 	— 	80 	— 	— 	— 	Personal Attention
1989 	"What You Need" 	— 	30 	— 	— 	— 	What You Need
1989 	"Where Do We Go from Here" (featuring Johnny Gill)	— 	1 	20 	— 	— 	What You Need
1989 	"Dance for You" (featuring Johnny Gill) 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	What You Need
1990 	"I Don't Have the Heart" 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	What You Need
"—" denotes the single failed to chart	"—" denotes the single failed to chart 	"—" denotes the single failed to chart	"—" denotes the single failed to chart	"—" denotes the single failed to chart	"—" denotes the single failed to chart	"—" denotes the single failed to chart	"—" denotes the single failed to chart
==See also==
*List of disco artists (S-Z)
*List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart
*List of people from Washington, D.C.
*List of artists who reached number one on the Billboard R&B chart
*Number-one dance hits of 1980 (USA)
*R&B number-one hits of 1990 (USA)
*American Music Awards of 1982
==References==
==External links==
*Stacy Lattisaw on Myspace
*Stacy Lattisaw at YouTube
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Category:1966 births
Category:American female singers
Category:American dance musicians
Category:American rhythm and blues singers
Category:Living people
Category:Motown artists
Category:Winners of Yamaha Music Festival
Category:Singers from Washington, D.C.