Jaki Graham - Heaven Knows (1985)
R&B, Soul/Funk, Electronic, Synth-pop | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (PNG) | 43:32 | 433,63 Mb
Label: EMI Records/Fame (UK) | Cat.# CD-FA 3181 (CDM 7 52067 2) | Released: 1985
Jaki made her singing debut at the school’s Christmas talent contest with Michael Jackson’s Ben and won with a clear victory. From then on, it was only a matter of time before she would sign her first record deal. The first band she joined was One Night Affair at the age of 17, followed by the SRO Band and then Ferrari. One day, Jaki recorded a session for a jazz funk group called Medium Wave Band and it is from this that she was spotted by talent scout, Brian Freshwater and signed with EMI in 1983. It took EMI to channel her image and style into the correct direction, to form the soul seductress she is today. Her single entitled "What’s the Name of Your Game?" gave Jaki her first TV appearance on the children’s TV programme Crackerjack. "Heaven Knows" became the title track of her debut album.