Juicy (band)

Juicy
Genres	R&B, dance
Years active	1982–1987
Labels	CBS Associated Records Arista Records
Past members	Jerry Barnes Katreese Barnes

Juicy was an American musical duo consisting of siblings Jerry Barnes (of the band CHIC) and Katreese Barnes.[1] The group is best known for the songs "Sugar Free" and Beat Street feature song "Beat Street Strut".

Career

Their debut single "Don't Cha Wanna" was released in 1982 by Arista Records. In the same year they also released their first eponymous album, which made it into Billboard R&B chart the next year.[2]

In 1984, their song "Beat Street Strut", released by the same label, appeared in the 1984 musical-drama movie Beat Street and its gold-certified soundtrack.[3] The song peaked at #46 on Billboard Dance chart in July 1984.[4] "Sugar Free" has since been sampled by AZ for his song "Sugar Hill" among other artists.

Their second album It Takes Two was released in 1985. The album featured an answer record to the Mtume song "Juicy Fruit" called "Sugar Free".[5] It peaked at #13 on the Billboard R&B chart and #45 on the UK Singles Chart.[6] Another moderately successful single from the album include "Nobody but You", reaching number 59 on the R&B chart.[7]

Their last album, Spread the Love, released in 1987, was commercially unsuccessful, resulting in Juicy's disbanding. Katreese Barnes later became a producer, songwriter and the musical director for Saturday Night Live.[1] She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics twice for composing music for SNL, first in 2007 as co-writer of The Lonely Island's "Dick in a Box" and again in 2011 for writing a monologue for Justin Timberlake.[8][9] Katreese Barnes died of breast cancer on August 3, 2019 at the age of 56.[1]

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album	Peaks	Record Label
		US R&B [2]
1982	Juicy	57	Arista
1985	It Takes Two	32	Private I
1987	Spread the Love	—	CBS Associated
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions				Album
		US [10]	US R&B [7]	US Dan [11]	UK [6]
1982	"I've Got Something"	—	—	—	—	Juicy
	"Don't Cha Wanna"	—	—	—	—
1983	"Love's a Merry-Go-'Round"	—	75	—	—
	"You're Number One"	—	—	—	—
1984	"Beat Street Strut"	107	76	27	—	Beat Street
1985	"Bad Boy"	—	41	—	—	It Takes Two
	"It Takes Two"	—	72	—	—
1986	"Sugar Free"	—	13	—	45
	"Nobody but You"	—	59	—	—
1987	"After Loving You"	—	—	—	84	Spread the Love
	"All Work, No Play"	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

References

1. Russonello, Giovanni (August 16, 2019). "Katreese Barnes, a Musical Force Behind the Scenes, Dies at 56". The New York Times. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
2. Joel Whitburn's Top R&B Albums, 1965-1998 (illustrated ed.). Record Research. 1999. ISBN 9780898201345.
3. Osborne, Jerry (2002). Movie/TV Soundtracks and Original Cast Recordings Price and Reference Guide (4th ed.). Jerry Osborne Enterprises. p. 1995. ISBN 0-932117-37-6.
4. "Billboard (r) Dance Top 80 (tm)". Billboard/Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 96: 13. July 21, 1984. ISSN 0006-2510.
5. Hogan, Ed. "Juicy Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
6. "UK Charts > Juicy". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
7. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles, 1942-2004 (5th ed.). California, U.S.: Record Research Inc., 2004 (originally) the University of California). p. 723. ISBN 0-89820-160-8.
8. "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
9. "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
10. "Juicy Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography". Music VF. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
11. "US Charts > Juicy". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 25, 2022. Retrieved April 28, 2020.

External links

• Juicy discography at Discogs