Career

When she was a teenager in the early 1980s, Lattisaw had a string of Top 40 R&B hits, with several songs— "Let Me Be Your Angel", "Jump to the Beat", "Love on a Two-Way Street", and "Miracles"—crossing over to the pop mainstream. Lattisaw recorded her first album for Cotillion Records at the age of 12 in 1979, under the direction of record producer Van McCoy. However it was not until she affiliated with Narada Michael Walden, a former drummer with the Mahavishnu Orchestra who was just beginning a career as a producer, that she found success. Under Walden's direction, she had five hit albums between 1981 and 1986. She also opened for the Jacksons Triumph Tour in 1981. From Lattisaw's 1982 album Sneakin' Out, Mariah Carey used a sample of the song "Attack of the Name Game" (R&B #14) for her 1999 #1 hit "Heartbreaker."

Lattisaw continued recording into the late 1980s, signing with Motown in 1986. She scored her only #1 R&B hit with frequent duet partner Johnny Gill, titled "Where Do We Go from Here", in 1989. While the success was great, she grew increasingly disenchanted with the record industry. By the early 1990s, she decided to retire from the music industry and concentrate on raising her family. Her official website stated that she was to work on a gospel CD. In 2010, Lattisaw's music career was chronicled on the TV One docu-series Unsung, in which she also appeared.

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album	Peak chart positions		Record label
		US	US R&B
1979	Young and in Love	—	—	Cotillion
1980	Let Me Be Your Angel	44	9
1981	With You	46	8
1982	Sneakin' Out	55	11
1983	Sixteen	160	26
1984	Perfect Combination	139	27
1985	I'm Not the Same Girl	—	—
1986	Take Me All the Way	131	36	Motown
1988	Personal Attention	153	24
1989	What You Need	—	16

Compilation albums

• The Very Best of Stacy Lattisaw (1998, Rhino)

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions					Album
		US	US R&B	US Dan	US A/C	UK
1979	"When You're Young and in Love"	—	91	—	—	—	Young and in Love
1980	"Dynamite!"	—	8	1	—	51	Let Me Be Your Angel
	"Jump to the Beat"	—	—		—	3
	"Let Me Be Your Angel"	21	8	—	34	—
1981	"Love on a Two Way Street"	26	2	—	19	—	With You
	"It Was So Easy"	—	61	—	—	—
	"Feel My Love Tonight"	—	71	36	—	—
1982	"Don't Throw It All Away"	101	9	—	—	—	Sneakin' Out
	"Attack of the Name Game"	70	14	—	—	—
	"Hey There Lonely Boy"	108	71	—	—	—
1983	"Miracles"	40	13	—	—	—	Sixteen
	"Million Dollar Babe"	—	52	—	—	—
1984	"Perfect Combination"	75	10	—	—	—	Perfect Combination
	"Baby It's You"	102	37	—	—	—
	"Block Party"	—	63	48	—	—
1985	"I'm Not the Same Girl"	—	52	—	—	—	I'm Not the Same Girl
	"He's Just Not You"	—	—	—	—	—
	"Can't Stop Thinking About You"	—	—	—	—	—
1986	"Nail It to the Wall"	48	4	2	—	76	Take Me All the Way
1987	"Jump into My Life"	—	13	3	—	79
1988	"Every Drop of Your Love"	—	8	—	—	—	Personal Attention
	"Let Me Take You Down"	—	11	—	—	—
	"Call Me"	—	80	—	—	—
1989	"What You Need"	—	30	—	—	—	What You Need
	"Where Do We Go from Here"	—	1	20	—	—
	"Dance for You"	—	—	—	—	—
1990	"I Don't Have the Heart"	—	—	—	—	—

[ Source: Wikipedia ]