Jheri Curl June Special: Prince
I think we've already established that we are huge fans of Prince here at the ol' DDP, so we have to do something to celebrate his 56th birthday tomorrow, June...
Jheri Curl June: Dazz Band’s “Joystick”
In my introduction to Jheri Curl June, I noted that jheri curl music is an inherently hybrid, polyglot genre, blending funk and soul with rock, disco, and pop. Another prominent...
Jheri Curl June: Midnight Star’s “No Parking on the Dance Floor”
Today's Jheri Curl June entry is the title track from Midnight Star's 1983 album No Parking on the Dance Floor. It has all the necessary ingredients of a classic jheri-curl...
Jheri Curl June: Jesse Johnson’s “Be Your Man”
Jesse Johnson's birthday was Sunday, so this is a little bit of a belated birthday tribute. "Be Your Man," from Jesse Johnson's 1985 debut solo album Jesse Johnson's Revue, is quintessential...
Introduction to Jheri Curl June
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, a new form of predominantly African American popular music began to take shape. Rooted in soul and funk music, but largely stripped of...