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Revision as of 01:48, 8 July 2008 by Misplaced Pages XP (talk | contribs) (Corrected some capitalization and added link)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Chuckii Booker (born December 19 1966 in Los Angeles, California) is an African American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and bandleader. Booker emerged in the late 1980s as a prominent urban contemporary R&B artist and producer. He began recording music after being signed by his godfather Barry White to his production company in 1984. Later, he played keyboards with a band called Tease for three years. Booker known throughout the industry as a keyboard player is considered by his music peers as a bass player.
Chuckii signed a recording contract with Atlantic Records and issued his debut album Chuckii in 1989 in which he played all the instruments and sang all vocals. The album fared well on the strength of hit singles "(Don't U Know) I Love U" and the #1 R&B single "Turned Away". The follow-up final album Niice 'N Wild was released in 1992 and yielded another chart-topping R&B hit "Games". Chuckii also wrote, performed and produced the single "Crypt Jam" from the CD soundtrack Tales From The Crypt
Chuckii has recorded & produced with several prominent recording artist throughout the years, including TROOP which yielded two #1 singles (All I Do Is Think of You & Spread My Wings) his godfather Barry White, Janet Jackson, CJ Anthony, Vanessa Williams,Kool & the Gang and many more. He was the musical director, producer and keyboardist for Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation Tour as well as the opening act, He was music director and keyboardist for TLC & their CrazySexyCool tour as well as New Edition (Coming Home tour). Recently, he was one of the producers for Lionel Richie's album "Coming Home" released in 2007 and still resides within as his producer and arranger. Chuckii also was the producer and arranger on Lionel Richie's Collection of Holiday Classics album for NBC's "Sounds of the Season" (2007) series of CDs for Christmas. He was also the pianist for Tina Turner for her "Wildest Dreams" tour in 1997 replacing Kenny Moore who succumbed to a heart attack during the tour.
Chuckii has carved a sizeable niche for himself as a record producer for artists such as Lalah Hathaway, Troop, En Vogue, Angela Winbush, Diana Ross, Anastacia, Commissioned, Lionel Richie, and Bette Midler. He is currently the musical director for Mary J Blige
Booker also attended the Pasadena Art Center College of Design on a scholarship program specializing in Graphic Arts. He is also known to have the most extensive comic book collections ranging from popular Marvel & D.C. comics to obscure paperback novels.
He was also co-owner of Aire L.A. Studios in Glendale CA. which is one of L.A.'s premiere private recording and mixing studios.
Chuckii comes from a vast musical background family which includes his Uncle, a jazz flautist, his Grandmother who is a gospel pianist as well as his Mother who has played and recorded with such Gospel artists as James Cleveland & Norman Hutchins
To date, Chuckii is one of the most sought after Musical Directors in the R&B and Pop Field.
Discography
Albums
- 1989: Chuckii (Atlantic) - US Pop #116, US R&B #18
- 1992: Niice 'n Wiild (Atlantic) - US R&B #13
Singles
- 1989: "Turned Away" - US Pop #42, US R&B #1
- 1989: "(Don't U Know) I Love U" - US R&B #4
- 1989: "Touch" - US R&B #13
- 1992: "Games" - US Pop #68, US R&B #1
- 1993: "I Should Have Loved You" - US R&B #38
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