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Jermaine Stewart

Jermaine Stewart toured Live in Concert for Darrin McGillis Productions

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Jermaine Stewart - best known for his Billboard mega-hits, "The Word Is Out" and "We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off".

Born in Columbus, Ohio, on September 7, 1957, Jermaine always enjoyed dancing and in school would often give dance lessons to other children for $1 each lesson. In 1972, his family moved to Chicago, Illinois, where he took his first steps toward a career in entertainment. This was followed by stints on television music shows like American Bandstand and later Soul Train as a professional dancer.

Later in his career he become the backup/background singer and dancer for artists such as “The Chi-Lites”, “The Staple Singers” and “Shalamar” to name a few. While recording backup vocals for Boy George’s group “Culture Club”, Boy George was so impressed he decided to feature him prominently on the group's 1983 multi-platinum album “Colour by Numbers”. As a result Boy George used his influence to get Jermaine a major recording contract with Clive Davis, Arista Record company.

Jermaine’s album “Frantic Romantic” with the mega-hit single "We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off" quickly went multi-platinum. The next single “Jody” reached both the United Kingdom and United States top 50 pop hits.

Jermaine's third album was probably his most successful internationally. Entitled “Say It Again”, the production was handled largely by André Cymone who had previously worked with Prince and Jody Watley. The result was a collection of pop and dance funk tracks, of which almost any song could have been a successful single. Supported by international live dates with his band, "The Party", the title track became Jermaine's second U.S. top 40 Billboard hit and also reached the R&B top 10. In the U.K., it made it all the way to number 7, helping the album into the top 40.

In 1992, Jermaine teamed up with famed Chicago producer Jesse Saunders for his last recorded work, an album for Reprise Records, entitled “Set Me Free”, the album marked a return to the dance funk style of “Say It Again”. The title track was released as a single in the U.S., but found little success. The complete album has never been released.

In 2003, Jermaine’s mega-hit "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off", was placed #76 in VH1's 100 Greatest One-hit Wonders.

Sadly, Jermaine Stewart died of Cancer at his Chicago home in 1997.