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BLP sources|date=July 2011Infobox musical artist|Img= || Name = Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis| | Img_capt =| Landscape =| Background = non_performing_personnel| Birth_name = James Harris III and Terry Lewis (respectively)| Alias = Jam & Lewis| Origin =| Instrument =| Genre = The Minneapolis Sound Pop music|Pop Contemporary R& B New Jack Swing Soul music|Soul | Occupation = Songwriter Musician Music producer|Producer | Years_active = 1982–present| Label = Flyte Tyme| Associated_acts = The Time (band)|The Time Prince (musician)|Prince Janet Jackson The SOS Band Cherrelle Alexander O'Neal Mariah Carey Mary J Blige New Edition Captain Rapp Karyn White | URL =| Current_members =| Past_members =| Notable_instruments = Roland TR-808 Oberheim OB-8 Yamaha DX-7 Ensoniq Mirage James Samuel "Jimmy Jam" Harris III (born June 6, 1959, Minneapolis, Minnesota ) and Terry Steven Lewis (born November 24, 1956, Omaha, Nebraska ) are an American Contemporary R& B|R& B and pop music|pop-music songwriting and record production team.cite news|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4576025.stm|title=The Hitmakers: Jam and Lewis|last=Savage|first=Mark|date=27 May 2005|work=BBC|accessdate=29 July 2011 They have enjoyed great success since the 1980s with various artists, most notably Janet Jackson .
History
Jimmy Jam is the son of Cornbread Harris , a Minneapolis blues and jazz musician. Jimmy Jam met Lewis in high school in Minneapolis and formed a band called Flyte Tyme (band)|Flyte Tyme , which evolved into The Time (band)|the Time . In 1981, they were joined by Morris Day and toured with Prince (musician)|Prince as his opening act. As members of The Time, they recorded three of the group's four albums ( The Time (The Time album)|The Time , What Time Is It? (album)|What Time Is It? and Pandemonium (The Time album)|Pandemonium ). The first two albums are said to have shaped early 1980s R& B musicAttribution needed|date=June 2011 (featuring "Cool," "Get it Up," "The Walk," "777-9311," and "Gigolos Get Lonely Too").
In 1982, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis were introduced to the music executive Dina R. Andrews, who was then an employee of Dick Griffey 's Solar Records ( The Whispers , Shalamar , Lakeside (band) , Klymaxx , The Deele , Babyface (musician)|Babyface ). The pair asked Andrews to manage them, and through her relationships Andrews first introduced Jam and Lewis to Music Executive Clarance Avant. They produced their first masters for Avant for the SOS Band . Andrews set-up Jam and Lewis's company Flyte Tyme Productions as a business entity, and continued shopping them to her other record executive colleagues. The producers went on to produce several other masters for Avant under Dina Andrews Management for the SOS Band, Cherrelle , Alexander O'Neal and Change. Additionally, Andrews shopped the duo to many of the executives and artists who used their services, such as Klymaxx, Cheryl Lynn (Encore), and executives such as John McClain ( Janet Jackson ), Clive Davis , Sylvia Rhone , and Warner Chappelle (Rachele Fields).
The pair was fired by Prince from a tour because a blizzard left them unable to rejoin after a short break to produce music for The SOS Band . However, one of the tracks they were producing, " Just Be Good To Me ", became a hit and sealed the duo’s reputation, as well as that of the SOS Band. The duo would rejoin The Time for two albums: 1990's Pandemonium (The Time album)| Pandemonium and the recently released Condensate (album)|Condensate under the name the Original 7ven .
The duo was noted for early use of the Roland TR-808 drum machine in English-language popular music, which was used in most of its productions. After working with other artists such as Cherrelle and Alexander O'Neal, Jam and Lewis were introduced to Janet Jackson and produced her breakthrough album Control (Janet Jackson album)|Control in 1986, for which the duo won a Grammy Award. Their collaboration on her next album, 1989's Rhythm Nation 1814 , proved even more successful as the album became one of the top-selling albums in history with five No.1 hits.
Since that time, they founded a record label, Perspective Records (an A& M Records|A& M / PolyGram Records -distributed label that has since shut its doors), and worked with artists including TLC (band)|TLC , Sounds of Blackness , Yolanda Adams , Jordan Knight , Michael Jackson , Boyz II Men , Usher (entertainer)|Usher , Mary J. Blige , Mariah Carey , Prince (musician)|Prince , Spice Girls , Vanessa L. Williams|Vanessa Williams , George Michael , Melanie B , Rod Stewart , Kelly Price , Gwen Stefani , New Edition , Eric Benet , Pia Zadora , Solo (group)|Solo , Morrison Slick (an unreleased cut, slated to appear on Morrison Slick's Flyte Tyme Records debut Kiss Da Sky came out on little known UK compilation Soul & The City ),cite web |url= http://www.souljonespresents.com/stars_satc.html |title=" Soul & The City " |accessdate=2007-05-14 |author=Soul Jones Presents/Expansion Records |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |work=souljonespresents.com |publisher= |pages= |language= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= and The Human League . In 1999, they produced the hit "Open My Heart" by Yolanda Adams which helped her popularity. In 2000, the two were guest performers for J-pop singer and songwriter Hikaru Utada 's 'Bohemian Summer' concert tour in Japan .
Terry Lewis married R& B singer Karyn White , with whom he had a daughter, Ashley Nicole Lewis. The pair has since divorced. He later married Indira Singh and had two children, Talin and Tierra. Jimmy Jam served as Chairman of the Board of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences . He is currently listed as Chairman Emeritus.
In 2005 Jam and Lewis opened their new recording studios in Santa Monica California naming it Flyte Tyme West. In 2006, they won a Grammy for Yolanda Adams' song "Be Blessed", from her 2005 album Day By Day . In 2007, Jam and Lewis produced the two-time Grammy Award winning CD Funk This for Chaka Khan , which included the Award winning R& B duet "Disrespectful", with Mary J. Blige .
The production duo recently reunited with The Time at The 50th Grammy Awards on February 10, 2008 in a medley that included the artist Rihanna , and featuring " Jungle Love (The Time song)|Jungle Love ". In June and July 2008, all of the original members of The Time ( Morris Day , Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Jesse Johnson (musician)|Jesse Johnson , Jerome Benton , Jellybean Johnson , and Monte Moir) reunited once again for a series of shows at the Flamingo Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas Strip|Las Vegas .
Jam and Lewis worked on Ruben Studdard 's album, Love Is .
To date, Jam and Lewis have produced 16 Hot 100 #1 singles:
New Edition 's " If It Isn't Love ", " Can You Stand the Rain "
Johnny Gill 's " Rub You the Right Way ", " Wrap My Body Tight "
Ralph Tresvant 's " Sensitivity "
Boyz II Men 's " On Bended Knee " & " 4 Seasons of Loneliness ",
Mariah Carey 's " Thank God I Found You " featuring Joe (singer)|Joe & 98 Degrees ,
The Human League 's " Human (The Human League song)|Human ",
Janet Jackson 's " When I Think of You ", " Miss You Much ", " Escapade (song)|Escapade ", " Love Will Never Do (Without You) ", " That's the Way Love Goes (Janet Jackson song)|That's the Way Love Goes ", " Again (Janet Jackson song)|Again ", " Together Again (Janet Jackson song)|Together Again ", " Doesn't Really Matter " & " All for You (Janet Jackson song)|All for You ",
A documentary film called Flyte Tyme was made recently, which focused on their label and the duo.
Discography
List of songs produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
References
Reflist
External links
http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Jimmy%20Jam:1927072398:page=biography Jimmy Jam biography at Yahoo.com
http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Terry%20Lewis:1927079737:page=biography;_ylt=Aop9YeYylZd9EuxKRvPs7bNUvQcF;_ylu=X3oDMTBudjI1N2xwBF9zAzg0MzkzMzAwBHNlYwNhcnRmZWF0 Terry Lewis biography at Yahoo.com
http://www.flytetyme.com/ Flyte Tyme Productions
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4576025.stm BBC Interview, May 2005
fr http://www.soulrnb.com/communaute/groups/viewgroup/88-Jimmy+Jam+Terry+Lewis Le groupe SoulRnB.com consacré à Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
http://www.njs4ever.com Njs4ever.com
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