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Jonathan "Johnny" Kemp (August 2, 1959 – April 16, 2015) was a Bahamian singer. ==Career== Kemp began singing in nightclubs in the Bahamas at 13. He moved to Harlem, New York in 1979〔 with the band Kinky Fox. In the early 1980s, Kemp became a successful session musician and songwriter, singing backup for the B. B. & Q. Band on their 1982 album ''All Night Long'' (on which he co-wrote several tracks)〔(The B.B. & Q. Band – All Night Long ) at Discogs.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.〕 and for Change on their 1982 album ''Sharing Your Love'' (on which he co-wrote "Take You To Heaven").〔( Change – Sharing Your Love ) at Discogs.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.〕 Kemp solo landed a solo recording contract with Columbia Records and his eponymous debut album came out in 1986. It charted in the U.S. on ''Billboard''′s Top Black Albums chart reaching No. 36 on 28 June of that year. He scored a minor hit single from the album with "Just Another Lover" (co-written by Kashif), which peaked at No. 14 ''Billboard''′s Hot Black Singles chart on 21 June 1986 and hit the Hot Dance/Disco charts reaching No. 26 in Club Play and No. 35 in 12 Inch Singles Sales that same month. Greater success came the following year with the release of his ''Secrets of Flying'' album, which contained a pair of Top 5 hits on ''Billboard''′s Hot Black Singles chart, "Dancin' with Myself" and "Just Got Paid", the latter hitting No. 1. "Just Got Paid" hit No. 10 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the summer of 1988,〔 and sold over a million singles in the United States. It went to top the Hot Dance Music/Club Play, and provided his only UK Singles Chart entry, peaking at No. 68 in August 1988. His only other Hot 100 entry was "Birthday Suit", a tune from the soundtrack to the movie, ''Sing'' which climbed to No. 36 in 1989.〔 Kemp appeared on the 2007 DVD release by Keith Sweat entitled ''Sweat Hotel Live''. The DVD featured live performances by Sweat in a sort of reunion with other R&B/new-jack-swing era pioneers of the late 1980s, including Teddy Riley. Kemp appeared on the final track, an "all-star finale" rendition of "Just Got Paid", originally recorded at a February 2006 concert in Atlanta, Georgia. Incidentally, Sweat had initially passed on the instrumental track that would eventually become "Just Got Paid", when it was first offered to him in the mid-1980s. Kemp listened to it, added his own lyrics to the melody, and "Just Got Paid" was born.〔(Johnny Kemp - "Just Got Paid" song review ), allmusic.com; retrieved August 19, 2011.〕 Kemp was the featured performer (singing "Just Got Paid") at the NJS4E〔(Njs4ever.com )〕 event in New York on September 8, 2007. As the name implied, the show celebrated and commemorated 20 years of new jack swing, and took place at Ashford & Simpson's Sugar Bar. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Johnny Kemp」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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