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Jeffrey
Osborne was born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island. Osborne was
an integral part of the local music scene when he started singing
and playing drums in any number of local bands. Then, in 1970, he
was offered the opportunity to join LTD. Osborne was recruited after
the original drummer was dragged off to jail for fighting! After a
period of 12 years with LTD Jeffrey took on a solo career. To help
him shape a sound of his own he turned to George Duke. To Osborne,
it was important to make his solo debut with an uptempo song. Even
though he'd just finished fronting a band capable of both funk and
ballads, the image of Osborne solely as a balladeer threatened to
stick. The duo remedied this with the sleek and aggressive I really
don't need no light. The song reached No.3 on the R&B charts. Inspired
by the success of his first solo album they went on working together
on the 1983-released Don't you get so mad. After 2 more solo albums.
working with Joyce Kennedy and Dione Warwick, Jeffrey did some TV,
toured around the country and sang 'the hell out' of The Starspangled
Banner at the 1987 NBA-All Star game in Seattle. The, in 1988 released
One love - One dream album, gave Osborne his first No.1 as a solo
artist with She's on the left. In 1990 Osborne signed to Arista. This
new union was to be bittersweet. While Only human yielded a No.3 R&B
hit with it's title track, the song never even entered the pop chart,
with the LP itself stalling at a disappointing No.95. In the year
2000 That's for sure was released followed by a live recording from
the BET Jazz-channel released on DVD. |
