Rafael Cameron (born 1951)[1] is a Guyanese American singer-songwriter best known for his boogie song "Boogie's Gonna Get Ya", which was remixed by François Kevorkian. His most successful single in his career was, however, "Magic Of You (Like The Way)"/"Get It Off".
Rafael Cameron | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Rafael Cameron |
| Born | 1951 Georgetown, Guyana |
| Origin | United States |
| Genres | R&B Post-disco Boogie Funk |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 1980– |
| Labels | Salsoul |
His albums and singles were produced by Randy Muller of Skyy.[2]
Career
editIn 1980, Cameron was signed to a prominent disco and post-disco label Salsoul Records. He recorded three albums in total, which all entered the Billboard pop and R&B charts. All of his work was mostly written by Randy Muller and the Cameron himself. His most successful work include singles like "Let's Get It Off" (Club #17), "Magic of You" (R&B #16) and "Funtown U.S.A." (Club #55).[1] [3]
Studio albums
edit| Year | Album | Chart positions [1] |
Record label | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B |
UK | |||
| 1980 | Cameron | 67 | 18 | — | Salsoul |
| 1981 | Cameron's in Love | 101 | 29 | — | |
| 1982 | Cameron All the Way | — | 43 | — | |
| "—" denotes the album failed to chart. | |||||
Singles
edit| Year | Single | Chart positions[4] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B |
US Dance |
UK | |||||
| 1980 | "Funkdown" | — | 33 | — | — | |||
| "Let's Get It Off" | — | — | 17 | — | ||||
| "Magic of You" | — | 16 | — | — | ||||
| 1981 | "Boogie's Gonna Get Ya'" | — | 53 | — | — | |||
| "Feelin's" | — | 67 | — | — | ||||
| "Funtown U.S.A." | — | 21 | 55 | — | ||||
| "—" denotes the single failed to chart | ||||||||
Other singles
edit- 1982: "Desires" (Salsoul-SG 373)
- 1982: "Shake It Down" (Salsoul-S7 7035) - R&B #81[5]
- 1981: "All That's Good To Me" (Salsoul-SALT 10) - UK release only
- 1981: "Daisy" (Salsoul-SG 355)
References
edit- ^ a b c "Rafael Cameron - Albums (discography)". Allmusic, Billboard. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
- ^ Production notes on Rafael Cameron's albums/singles. Courtesy of Salsoul.
- ^ "Rafael Cameron (discography)". Discogs. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
- ^ "Rafael Cameron - Singles (discography)". Allmusic, Billboard. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/hip-hop singles, 1942-2004 (5th ed.). California, U.S.: Record Research Inc., 2004 (originally) the University of California). p. 737. ISBN 0-89820-160-8.