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Jheri Curl June: Full Force’s “Old Flames Never Die”
I actually love Full Force. I mean, they are an ’80s R&B group with Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure character bodies who all dress like “Macho Man” Randy Savage and have Jheri curls. What is there NOT to love?
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, 1985’s Touch Me, Fox returned to the studio to record her self-titled sophomore album, which further expands on her bad girl image. Fox enlisted the help…
Jheri Curl June: Full Force’s “Love is for Suckers (Like Me and You)”
As we discussed in a previous post, by the middle of the decade the popularity of jheri curl music was waning, thus making room for both hip-hop and New Jack Swing. Full Force, who released their first album in 1985, combine equal parts of all three genres, helping to bridge the gap between JCM and New…