In 1999, they produced the hit " Open My Heart" by Yolanda Adams which helped her popularity. Blige, Chaka Khan, Mariah Carey, Prince, Mýa, Bryan Adams, Spice Girls, Vanessa Williams, George Michael, Melanie B, Rod Stewart, Kelly Price, Gwen Stefani, New Edition, Eric Benet, Pia Zadora, SOLO, and the Human League.
In an illustrious career that has spanned more than three decades, Jam and Lewis have worked with artists such as Lionel Richie, Herb Alpert, TLC, Sounds of Blackness, Yolanda Adams, Jordan Knight, Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin, Boyz II Men, Usher, Johnny Gill, Patti LaBelle, Mary J. Executive produced by Jam and Lewis, the soundtrack featured cuts from Mint Condition, Ralph Tresvant and Caron Wheeler, as well as a duet by Janet Jackson and Luther Vandross. A highlight for Perspective was the opportunity to release the soundtrack for the 1992 motion picture Mo Money, which starred Damon Wayans, Stacey Dash and Marlon Wayans. Other successes followed with Blackness as well as music from labelmates Mint Condition, Lo-Key? and Solo. The song served as a summer and fall anthem and began propelling Jam and Lewis' new boutique label towards the top. Their debut single, " Optimistic", served as a groundbreaking anthem stressing positivity and encouragement. Later that year, their newly minted label experienced success with a Minneapolis-based gospel/R&B collective of artists known as Sounds of Blackness. In 1991, they founded a record label, Perspective Records - an A&M Records distributed label that has since been closed and then reactivated. Their collaboration continued and remained highly successful, especially on the Billboard 200 No.1 albums janet., The Velvet Rope, All For You and Unbreakable. Their collaboration on her next album, 1989's Rhythm Nation 1814, proved even more successful as the album became one of the top-selling albums in history with four Billboard Hot 100 No. After working with other artists such as Cherrelle and Alexander O'Neal, Jam and Lewis were introduced to Janet Jackson and produced her breakthrough album Control in 1986, for which the duo won a Grammy Award. The duo was noted for early use of the Roland TR-808 drum machine, which was used in most of its productions. The duo would rejoin the Time for two albums: 1990's Pandemonium and the 2011 album Condensate under the name the Original 7ven. However, one of the tracks they were producing, " Just Be Good to Me", became a hit and sealed the duo's reputation, as well as that of the S.O.S. The pair were fired by Prince from a tour after a blizzard left them unable to rejoin during a short break to produce music for the S.O.S. Additionally, Andrews shopped the duo to many of the executives and artists who used their services, such as Klymaxx, Cheryl Lynn ("Encore"), and executives such as John McClain ( Janet Jackson). Band, Cherrelle, Alexander O'Neal and Change. The producers went on to produce several other masters for Avant under Dina Andrews Management for the S.O.S. Andrews set-up Jam and Lewis's company Flyte Tyme Productions as a business entity, and continued shopping them to her other record executive colleagues. They produced their first masters for Avant for the S.O.S. The pair asked Andrews to manage them, and through her relationships Andrews first introduced Jam and Lewis to Music Executive Clarence Avant. Andrews, who was then an employee of Dick Griffey's SOLAR Records, where they would be mentored by record producer Leon Sylvers III. In 1982, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis were introduced to the music executive Dina R. As members of the Time, they played instruments on all but one of the group's five albums ( Ice Cream Castle ), including Condensate which the group recorded as the Original 7ven. In 1981, they were joined by Morris Day and toured with Prince as his opening act. Later came Flyte Tyme, which evolved into the Time. Harris formed or joined an 11 piece band called Mind & Matter. They did not meet in class, however, but while attending a TRIO Upward Bound program on the University of Minnesota campus. Jimmy Jam met Lewis while he was a student at Washburn High School in Minneapolis. Jimmy Jam is the son of Cornbread Harris, a Minneapolis blues and jazz musician. In 2022, the duo were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the Musical Excellence category. They have written 31 top ten hits in the UK and 41 in the US. They have enjoyed great success since the 1980s with various artists, most intensively with Janet Jackson. James Samuel "Jimmy Jam" Harris III (born June 6, 1959) and Terry Steven Lewis (born November 24, 1956) are an American R&B/ pop songwriting and record production team.
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