Jody Watley

Songwriter: Jody Watley André Cymone

Producer: André Cymone

Georgia, my heart with love
Bring me the mystery
And all that goes with the joy
May it never go away

There is a quality
That hunts my soul to bleed
When there is precious love
It's the most important thing

Precious love
We are most guilty of
Precious love
Never go away, no, no

Precious love
Our love is such a thrill
Precious love
Precious love, precious love

I hope time stays on our side
And keeps the passion burning bright
?Cause nothing can compare to your tender kiss
A feeling I will surely miss

We can make it last
As long as we feel the need
Forever and ever I want you
To be by my side

Precious love
Precious love
Never go away, no, no

Precious love
Our love is such a thrill
Precious love
Precious love, precious love

Precious love
We are most guilty of
Precious love
Never go away, oh, no

Precious love
Our love is such a thrill
Precious love
Precious love, precious love

Precious love
We are most guilty of
Precious love
Never go away, oh, no

Precious love
Our love is such a thrill
Precious love
Precious love, precious love

Precious love
We are most guilty of
Never, never, never, never, never
Never, never go away

Precious love
Precious love
Precious love, precious love

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Jody Watley is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and producer that first danced her way to fame at 14-years-old as a dancer on Soul Train. That experience led show host Don Cornelius and booking agent Dick Griffey to place her and fellow dancer Jeffrey Daniel in the group Shalamar in 1977, with lead singer Howard Hewett added to the group in 1979. They produced the hits “Second Time Around,” “Make That Move,” “This is for the Lover in You,” and “A Night to Remember” before Watley left the group in 1983 due to conflict within the group and a lack of payment from Dick Griffey’s SOLAR Records label.

She released her self-titled debut album in 1987 featuring the #1 Dance hits “Don’t You Want Me,” “Some Kind of Lover,” and “Looking for a New Love,” which also peaked at #1 on the R&B Singles chart and #2 on the Pop chart. This album went Platinum and led to her winning the Grammy for Best New Artist in 1988. Her follow-up album Larger Than Life was released in 1989 and featured the Top 10 Pop hits “Everything,” “Friends” with Rakim, and the #1 Dance and R&B hit “Real Love.” She worked on these albums with Prince bassist André Cymone, who she would later marry in 1991 before separating in 1995.

She released nine studio albums between 1987 and 2006, and in 2008, she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Billboard Music Awards. Her last project was the 2014 EP Paradise on her own Avitone label and she made an appearance on DâM-FunK’s Invite the Light album in 2015 on the track “Virtuous Progression.” She also formed “Shalamar Reloaded” with two new members and continues to tour.

more tracks from the album

Larger Than Life

From the albums

Larger Than Life (1989)
Lady Power (1991)

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Larger Than Life