Songoftheday 5/2/18 - You the thought of you brings happiness to me, I can't deny it no more you mean more than the world to me...
from the album First Time (1991)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #29 (two weeks)
Weeks in the Top-40: 6
Today's song of the day comes from jazz-soul artist Chris Walker, who grew up in Houston in a musical family where he sang gospel, before moving to New York to play with jazz great Ornette Coleman. Setting off on a solo career by the end of the 1980's Walker released his debut album First Time in 1991. The lead single from the record, "Giving You All My Love", sounded quite like a mesh between Flyte Tyme ballad (like "Human") and early 90s adult soul like Jodeci ("Stay"), and climbed to #4 on Billboard's R&B chart, though it missed the pop Hot 100 altogether. That was remedied with the second release, the upbeat advice song "Take Time". Written by Walker, it would become his biggest success...
"Take Time" became Walker's sole American top-40 pop hit in May of 1992. The song also climbed to #6 on Billboard's R&B chart, and was a decent success on their Adult Contemporary (or "easy listening") list at #17. Internationally, the record peaked just outside the top-40 in Canada at #43. The third single from First Time, the slow jam "No Place Like Love", made it to #19 on the R&B chart.
In 1993, Walker released his sophomore record, Sincerely Love. The lead track "Love Tonight" only reached #47 on the R&B chart, followed by "How Do You Heal A Broken Heart" which topped out at #87. After a long break, he re-emerged in 2011 with his Zone album. From it the single "I Got That Love" reached #76 on the main R&B chart and #20 on Billboard's Adult R&B format tally. That was followed by "Everyday Woman", which went to #69 R&B/#18 Adult R&B.
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There was a separate mix with a rap break from Shazzy that was serviced to pop and R&B stations...
Up tomorrow: Metal-punk rockers are totally not into you.
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