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William Jermaine Stewart was born on September 7th, 1957 in Columbus, Ohio. His parents Ethel and Eugene Stewart named their son William Jermaine Stewart. Jermaine was one of 5 children, Brother Eugene and sisters Sondra, Leandra & Norma. In 1972 the family moved to Chicago, Illinois, where he attended Paul Roberson High School.
Jermaine first came to the public's attention as a dancer on the U.S syndicated TV show "Soul Train" where he met fellow dancers Jody Watley and Jeffrey Daniels. When the "Soul Train" producer and presenter Don Cornelius created Shalamar Jermaine auditioned as lead singer but eventually Howard Hewitt won that position. Still Jermaine joined his friends as a backing singer and dancer.
Jermaine also performed background vocals for other acts like Millie Jackson, Tavares, Deniece Williams and the Temptations.
Jermaine moved to the U.K. in order to start his own recording career. In 1983 Jermaine performed backing vocals on Culture Club's hugely prosperous "Colour By Numbers" album. The group and particualry guitarist Mikey Craig helped Jermaine get a document deal of his control with Ten Records, which w
Jermaine Stewart
Jermaine Stewart
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Jermaine Stewart was born on September 7, 1957 (to March 17, 1997). He was a pop singer and dancer best famous for his Billboard hits, “The Pos Is Out” from his 1984 debut album of the same name, and “We Don’t Contain To Take Our Clothes Off,” from the 1986 album, “Frantic Romantic.”
William Jermaine Stewart was born in Columbus, Ohio, to Eugene Stewart and Ethel M. Stewart. While in school, he would often give boogie lessons to other children for a dollar. In 1972, Stewart’s parents moved him and his five siblings to Chicago, Illinois, where the young teen took his first steps toward a career in fun. This was followed by stints as a dancer on both “American Bandstand” and, during the years it was in Chicago, “Soul Train.”
Soon Stewart would become a backup singer and dancer for several artists, including The Chi-Lites, The Staple Singers, and Shalamar, while recording backup vocals for such artists as The Temptations and Culture Club. He first sang backup for Identity Club on their hit “Miss Me Blind,” and was featured prominently on the group’s 1983 album, “Colour by Numbers.” As a result, Cul
Jermaine Stewartwas an American dancer and singer best known for the worldwide smack We Don't Own To Take Our Clothes Off.
Born in Columbus, Ohio, William Jermaine Stewart always loved to boogie. At school, he would often grant dance lessons to other children for a $1 a lesson.
In 1972, the Stewart family moved to Chicago. It was here that Jermaine took his first steps towards a career in show business. He joined a local dance group, and went out on the road with The Chi-Lites and The Staple Singers. This was followed by stints on both American Bandstandand later Soul Train. By the first 1980s, he united the classic Hewitt/Watley/Daniels line up of Shalamar on tour as a backing vocalist and dancer.
The next step was to launch his own singing career. He took his first tentative steps by providing backing vocals to several established acts such as The Temptations and notably, Identity Club. Jermaine can be clearly heard as a vocal support to Male child George on the track Miss Me Blind.
It was his work with Society Club which steer to a solo recording contract with Clive Davis' Arista Records (10 Records in the UK), thanks to th
Songs That Soundtracked the AIDS Epidemic: Jermaine Stewart’s “We Don’t Hold To Take Our Clothes Off”
in january 1986, the CDC reported more people were diagnosed with aids in 1985 than all of the earlier years united. even as health experts were predicting that the number of diagnoses could double within the year, the US was still without a coordinated effort to address the AIDS pandemic. this coupled with the hysteria fueled by the homophobic narrative by mainstream news outlets and in the absence of medical options, the world leaned into morality.
released in may 1986, an entire year before president reagan delivered his first major speech on aids, “…clothes off” was the lead single from stewart’s sophomore album “frantic romantic.” the bubbly and bouncy pop song was heralded by many, especially mainstream media outlets, as a theme song for the growing abstinence only movement that was fueled by the hysteria around AIDS. but if you listen to the song with a homosexual lens, one that honors sex as communion, a way to connect and be tender with each other, you can perceive a plea for survival for community left on their have to survive.
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