Jheri Curl June: The Egyptian Lover’s “Freak-a-Holic”
I'm going on record now to say that the Egyptian Lover's "Freak-a-holic" is the ultimate jheri curl track. It has everything you could possibly ask for: a thumping artificial drumbeat,...
Jheri Curl June: Rick James’ “Glow”
Rick James never actually sported a jheri curl, yet he inarguably made some of the best jheri curl music of the first half of the 1980s. By his 1985 album...
Jheri Curl June: Ready for the World’s “Love You Down”
Today we give a shout-out to Flint, Michigan's own sultry jheri-ballad kings, Ready for the World. They were discovered by the WJLB Detroit radio personality The Electrifying Mojo in 1982,...
Dystopian Road Mix Vol. 2: Eastern Michigan to Washington, D.C. (Part 1)
It seems like it was less than a month ago when I last hit the road for the thirteen-hour drive from Kansas City, Missouri to Port Huron, Michigan--probably because it was....
Jheri Curl June: Cameo’s “Candy”
William Shakespeare once wrote, "Be not afraid of jheri-curl: some are born jheri-curl, some achieve jheri-curl, and some have jheri-curl thrust upon them" (note: I may be misremembering this quote)....
Jheri Curl June: The System’s “The Pleasure Seekers”
Most of our choices for Jheri Curl June so far have fallen between 1981 and 1983, and for good reason: those years were arguably the high point of jheri curl's...