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...
Jheri Curl June: Klymaxx’s “Meeting in the Ladies Room”
What would Ladies' Week be without a tribute to Klymaxx: one of the few all-female, self-formed groups in pop music history? Meeting in the Ladies Room, Klymaxx's fourth studio album,...
Jheri Curl June: Mary Jane Girls’ “All Night Long”
The Mary Jane Girls were essentially Rick James' answer to Vanity 6: the girl group Prince constructed as the prostitute foil to The Time's pimp image. In this case, though,...
Jheri Curl June: Mtume’s “Juicy Fruit”
Ladies' Week continues with "Juicy Fruit," another jheri-ballad from 1982 by Mtume. The band is named for its founder and lead songwriter, former Miles Davis percussionist James "Mtume" Forman; but...
Jheri Curl June: Evelyn “Champagne” King’s “Love Come Down”
It's Day Two of our informal Ladies' Week for Jheri Curl June, which means it's time to break out the Champagne. "Love Come Down" is the first single from Evelyn...