Whistle was an American 1980s hip hop and contemporary R&B group that was composed of Jazzy Jazz, Kool Doobie, and DJ Silver Spinner. The group later brought in Kraze and then Terk after Kool Doobie left the group to go solo. Their biggest hit single as a hip hop group was "(Nothing Serious) Just Buggin'" in 1986.[1]
Whistle | |
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| Origin | United States |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1985–1992 |
| Labels | Select |
| Past members |
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Biography edit
The group's first two albums, Whistle (released in 1986) and Transformation (released in 1988) were produced by the Kangol Kid from UTFO and DJ Howie Tee.[2] Kangol and Howie brought in keyboardist/sound wizard Gary Pozner (who had already become a staff producer at Select Records) to handle the sound sampling and help with beat creation. Whistle's third album, Always and Forever, was released in 1990 and was also produced by Kangol Kid. A fourth album, Get the Love, was released in 1992.
After the release of their second album, the group gave up rapping in favor of a contemporary R&B sound ("Barbara's Bedroom" (1987), "Bad Habit" (1990) and love ballads, including "Chance for Our Love" (1986), "Please Love Me" (1986), "Still My Girl" (1987) and "Right Next to Me" (1988). The group's biggest R&B hit single was a cover version of Heatwave's "Always and Forever" (1990).[2] After this, the group disbanded, as Jazzy Jazz went on to form another group called G.H.P. (Group Home Productions) with Free Daydreamer of the group Entouch and Will Skillz of the group Pure Blend. Terk went on to become involved in local and national politics while continuing work as an entrepreneur in entertainment.
"Right Next to Me" became a popular song in the Philippines, with some Filipino singers covering it, such as Jed Madela, Aaron, Johann Escanan and Kimpoy Feliciano.[3]
Discography edit
Albums edit
- Whistle (1986)
- Transformation (1988)
- Always & Forever (1990)
- Get the Love (1992)
- The Best of Whistle (1995)
Singles edit
| Year | Song | US Billboard[4] | UK [1] |
Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hot 100 [5] |
R&B [5] |
Dance [5] | ||||
| 1986 | "(Nothing Serious) Just Buggin'" | — | 17 | 18 | 7 | Whistle |
| "Santa Is a B-Boy" | — | — | — | — | Live at the North Pole | |
| "Please Love Me" | — | — | — | 91 | Whistle | |
| 1987 | "Barbara's Bedroom" | — | 31 | — | — | |
| 1988 | "Falling in Love" | — | 41 | — | — | Transformation |
| "Still My Girl" | — | 95 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | "Transformation" | — | — | — | — | |
| "Right Next to Me" | 60 | 52 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | "Bad Habit" | — | 40 | 13 | — | Always and Forever |
| "Always and Forever" | 35 | 9 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | "Do You Care?" | — | 69 | — | — | |
| 1992 | "I Am" | — | 92 | — | — | Get the Love |
| "If You Don't Say" | — | 53 | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||
References edit
- ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 598. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ a b Kellman, Andy. "Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
- ^ "Covers of Right Next to Me by Whistle". WhoSampled.com. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
- ^ "Whistle - Chart history". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on June 25, 2015.
- ^ a b c "Whistle Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography". Music VF. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
