Jody Watley and Deborah Cox Encourage You To Find Your Joy

Episode 3 snippet about finding your joy from The Jody Watley Show featuring Grammy nominated singer, songwriter, actress, Canadian Music Hall of Fame Inductee Deborah Cox.

Tune in to the final re-broadcast May 18, 2023 5 PM PST / 8 PM EST. Sirius XM The Groove, Channel 50, great conversation, music and vibes, On Demand on the SXM app.

“In a time when there’s so much negativity, artists blatantly disrespecting other artists, it’s important to me to bring forth uplifting and inspiring conversations. “The Jody Watley Show,” is representative of who I am. I feel blessed with the opportunity and freedom from Sirius XM to do this type of show which is also rooted in classic R&B music and what it continues to represent; love for one another, relationships, and feeling empowered, the wattage – the light.” – Jody Watley

Make a note “The Jody Watley Show” airs the second Sunday of each month 3 PM PST / 6 PM EST on Sirius XM The Groove, Channel 50.

Jody Watley. ‘Larger Than Life’ Happy 34th Anniversary

1000 Great Album Covers. Tashen Books.
Jody Watley. Photography by Legendary Fashion Photographer Steven Meisel, 1989.

Released March 27, 1989

Platinum second SOLO Album

Happy Music Anniversary

“Larger Than Life”

by GRAMMY® winner Jody Watleyhttps://jodywatley.net/jodywatleybio/

Billboard Multi-Chart Top 10 Hits

Gold single “Real Love” with it fashion forward video with Oscar winning director David Fincher which remains one of MTV’s Most Nominated Music Videos further establishing Jody Watley as a music and style Icon Trailblazer.

The groundbreaking “Friends” ft. Legendary® Eric B. & Rakim (the first R&B/HipHop/Pop/Dance collaboration to crossover Top 10 on multiple charts) and the poignant ballad “Everything”

Stream the album now with other Jody Watley releases at the digital platform of your choice!

The Jody Watley Show Digital Billboard in New York’s Times Square

What a blessing! No matter how many times people try to to write me off – I continue to make my own history by the grace of God, tenacity and always being ready for new opportunities and goals.

NEW Billboard in NYC Times Square went up for “The Jody Watley Show” will be up until Sunday, if you’re in the area. 

My new show airs monthly on SiriusXM The Groove Ch.50-next episode is April 9 with guest Tabitha Brown

Wattage! Always let your light shine – it may not be a Times Square Billboard – it could simply be The LIGHT that LIVES in YOU!

Jody Watley Flashback Friday – Harper’s Bazaar 10 Most Beautiful Women

Jody Watley. Harper’s Bazaar America’s 10 Most Beautiful Women Issue. September 1989

Cover Girl, Oscar Winning Actress Jodie Foster

Featured: Grammy Winning Solo Artist Jody Watley, Whitney Houston, actresses Jodie Foster, Susan Sarandon, Julia Roberts, Anjelica Houston, Kelly LeBrock, Melanie Griiffith, Geena Davis

Happy 36th Music Anniversary To The Multi-Platinum Debut: Jody Watley

Happy 36th Music Anniversary: Jody Watley via RNB Soul Effect TV

36th anniversary February 23 1987.

“Best New Artist 1987 GRAMMY winner” receives the award in 1988.

Looking For A New Love – GRAMMY nominated debut single spent three weeks at number-one on the Billboard R&B chart and The song also reached number-one on the RPM Singles Chart in Canada.

Looking For A New Love was held at the Number 2 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for an unprecedented 4 weeks behind mega rock band U2’s “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”

Looking For A New Love – One of the song’s key phrases became a popular saying: “Hasta la vista, baby.” It wound up on innumerable answering machines and was used by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1991 film Terminator 2: Judgment Day (see Hasta la vista, baby).

Looking For A New Love – Billboard Success

US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play No.1

US Billboard Hot R&B Singles No.1

US Hot Crossover 30 (Billboard) No.1

Canada Top Singles (RPM) No.1

US Billboard Hot 100 – No. 2

Still A Thrill – T-Boz of TLC cited this song as an example setting her vocal tone for her singing career. In a personal video, she sent to Watley (and was given permission to share on her YouTube channel) T-Boz thanked Watley for this song during her teenage years citing she was “hitting them notes” and helping her sing at a lower register to better suit her vocal range.

Still A Thrill – a major hit on both the R&B and dance charts in 1987. “Still a Thrill,” whose video was the first (and as yet unmatched) time a pop star flexed their skills at waacking, the underground Los Angeles dance that is a sibling to both breakdancing and voguing.

Don’t You Want Me – was one of the biggest crossover singles of 1987, reaching the Top Ten of the Billboard pop and R&B charts. The single was also popular in nightclubs, reaching the top spot of the Billboard dance chart.

Don’t You Want Me – was sampled extensively on the 49ers’ 1990 hit “Don’t You Love Me”. Remixed Eurodance versions have appeared on the Dancemania series of albums, including Dancemania SPEED 2 issued in 1999.

Some Kind of Lover – was Jody’s third top 10 pop single from the album, and third number-one of the US dance chart. The music video premiered in January 1988 and was nominated for two MTV Video Music Awards, for Best Female Video and Best New Artist in a Video, she also performed “Some Kind of Lover” at the award show that year.

Most Of All – was a success on the Dance Club Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts, where it reached numbers eight and eleven, respectively.

The multi-platinum seller also featured a duet with George Michael.

Watley co-wrote the bulk of the songs on the album with production by Andre Cymone w David Z., Bernard Edwards (CHIC, Power Station), and Patrick Leonard.

Jody Watley had many door opening fashion editorials of VOGUE, Harper’s Bazaar, Rolling Stone among others laying the template for future R&B/Pop crossovers superstars to come signaling a new era of music and style artist branding and cross promotion.

Style Icon Jody Watley.. Harper’s Bazaar 1988 in Chanel. Photography by Scavullo

SHEEN Magazine Celebrates Jody Watley In Black History Month Spotlight

Happy Black History Month!  Sheen Magazine salutes this amazingly inspiration iconic trendsetter in music, video, fashion and style, the fabulous JODY WATLEY!

Read Full Feature on SHEEN Magazine : Here

New Jody Watley Painting In The Fan Art Gallery

Jody Watley. Watercolor Painting by Paul Sidhu 2022

New in the Jody Watley Fan Art Gallery here on the site is this striking watercolor painting by Paul Sidhu, inspired by the photography of “Don’t You Want Me” in the Jean Paul Gaultier velvet cone bra.

Jody Watley Classic Image Of The Week.

“My style has always complimented my music.”

You can still rock this timeless look-can’t go wrong with a nice tailored suit or jacket.”

Archive Image 1989

Jody Watley

Photographer: Victoria Pearson

Makeup: Paul Starr

Hair: Ernie Banales

Custom Suit Design: Jody Watley

Real Love Video Style

Jody Watley – Real Love At Georgia State Capitol and Mable House Amphitheater -Photo Drop Recap

Jody Watley – A Portrait In Citron Green
Art by Shawn West.
Jody Watley. 2022
Jody Watley Day 2022. 6.2.22 Georgia State Capitol
Jody Watley Day – Georgia State Capitol 2022

I appreciate his comments very much!
Pamela Broussard – BN Motion PR & Jody Watley
My longtime merchandise guy and friend Bob Fierro Zebra Marketing
Jody Watley – Wattage!

Jody Watley – Mable House Amphitheater 2022- Photo by Desi
Love.
Jody Watley – Mable House Amphitheater 2022- Photo by Desi

Jody Watley – Mable House Amphitheater 2022- Photo by Desi

Up Next:

June 11 Motor City Pride – Detroit

June 12 – Capital Pride, Washington D.C.

Jody Watley Embraced By New Yorkers In Times Square Huge Digital Billboard For Contributions To Pop Culture

New Yorkers are showing love to chart-topping singer Jody Watley via Times Square’s huge digital billboard for her contributions to pop culture. The Grammy-winning trendsetting pioneer in music, video, fashion and style is celebrated around the world.

Read Full Feature on: Eurweb