Jheri Curl June: The B.B. & Q. Band’s “(I’m a) Dreamer”
Probably the best thing about having a girlfriend whose mother is Black and lived through the 1980s is that I'm never short on jheri curl music recommendations. Just last week,...
Jheri Curl June: Yarbrough & Peoples’ “Guilty”
In many ways, Yarbrough & Peoples offer a much more pleasant male-female music partnership dynamic than earlier Jheri Curl June inductees René & Angela. Calvin Leon Yarbrough and Alisa Delois Peoples were childhood friends who eventually...
Dystopian Listening Party Podcast, Jheri Curl June Edition: Jamie Starr’s a Thief
Well, folks, it's our first-ever Jheri Curl June podcast--and before you ask, yes, we're talking about Prince again. This time, though, we're shedding light on a somewhat less-discussed side of...
Jheri Curl June: Wendy & Lisa’s “Satisfaction”
In our upcoming podcast (posting Monday!) on the musical side projects of Prince, we discuss the weird kind of Stockholm Syndrome that seems to have gripped everyone who collaborated with the little...
Jheri Curl June: Samantha Fox’s “Naughty Girls Need Love Too”
Samantha Fox began her career as a glamour model in 1983, but by the mid-'80s had made the natural transition to pop music. After the success of her debut album,...
Jheri Curl June: Starpoint’s “Object of My Desire”
I'll be the first to admit: when it comes to jheri curl music's holy trinity of "Star" groups (Midnight Star, Starpoint, and Atlantic Starr, in case you had to ask), Starpoint...