Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)
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"Rock Me Tonight" is the debut single for Harlem
-born R&B/soul
singer Freddie Jackson
. The popular ballad was written and produced by Paul Laurence.
"Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)" is the debut single for Harlem
-born R&B/soul
singer Freddie Jackson
. The popular ballad was written and produced by Paul Laurence.
"Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)" is the debut single for Harlem
-born R&B/soul
singer Freddie Jackson
. The popular ballad was written and produced by Paul Laurence. It was the top-selling R&B single for 1985 and was Jackson's first of nine entries to hit the number-one spot on the R&B chart.
"Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)" was number one for six weeks on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart and reached number eighteen on the Hot 100 singles chart. It also reached number eighteen in the UK Singles Chart
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Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands...
-born R&B/soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
singer Freddie Jackson
Freddie Jackson
Frederick Anthony "Freddie" Jackson is an American soul singer. He was an important figure in R&B during the 1980s and early 1990s...
. The popular ballad was written and produced by Paul Laurence.
"Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)" is the debut single for Harlem
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands...
-born R&B/soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
singer Freddie Jackson
Freddie Jackson
Frederick Anthony "Freddie" Jackson is an American soul singer. He was an important figure in R&B during the 1980s and early 1990s...
. The popular ballad was written and produced by Paul Laurence.
"Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)" is the debut single for Harlem
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands...
-born R&B/soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
singer Freddie Jackson
Freddie Jackson
Frederick Anthony "Freddie" Jackson is an American soul singer. He was an important figure in R&B during the 1980s and early 1990s...
. The popular ballad was written and produced by Paul Laurence. It was the top-selling R&B single for 1985 and was Jackson's first of nine entries to hit the number-one spot on the R&B chart.
"Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)" was number one for six weeks on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart and reached number eighteen on the Hot 100 singles chart. It also reached number eighteen in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
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