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The album spent 63 weeks on the Billboard charts, peaking at No. 16 on the R&B albums [2] chart and No. 50 on the Top Pop Albums chart. [3] In 1987, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance, Vocal or Instrumental [4] and the song "Since I Fell for You" earned a nomination for Al Jarreau in the category Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male.
James's 1981 song "Sign of the Times" was sampled by Warren G and Nate Dogg in their 1994 single "Regulate". His 1980 song "Snowbird Fantasy" was sampled by French house musician and Le Knight Club member Eric Chedeville , also Known as "Rico the Wizard", in his 2009 single "Spell of Love", which was remixed later by DJ Sneak .
Touchdown is the sixth album by Bob James, released in 1978 on his Tappan Zee label thru Columbia.. The album's title is a reference to this being James' sixth solo album (a touchdown being worth six points in American football), a pattern also followed by his previous album Heads (featuring a five cent coin on its cover) and next album Lucky Seven.
One is the first solo album, and third album overall, by jazz keyboardist Bob James.It was an important album in the early smooth jazz genre and is famous for its end track, "Nautilus", which became important to hip hop as one of the most sampled tracks in American music.
The album is the second of a series of jazz-funk classics (along with One, Three and BJ4).Released in 1975, the album charted at number two on the Jazz Album Charts.
The song is also used in the first few scenes of the film adaptation of Mary Higgins Clark best selling novel, All Around The Town. A version by Blondie was used in the ending montage of the HBO drama The Deuce. There is a 1981 live album by Bob James recorded at different concert locations in New York City called All around the town.
Bob James (country singer) (born 1960), English singer, former representative of CMT Europe, 1995–97; Bob James, saxophonist and guitar player for British progressive rock band Skin Alley; Bobby James (American football), American football coach; Bobby James, a song from the 2001 N.E.R.D. album In Search of...
Hands Down is the tenth studio album by Bob James), released in 1982. This was a turning point in James career, with the tracks "It's Only Me" and "Spunky" being early exponents of electronic jazz . At the time electronica was transforming popular music in reaction to the big orchestrations of the late 1970s (prevalent on James' previous works).