(Gill and Lattisaw went on to record a popular duet album, Perfect Combination.) Leave feedback, Johnny Gill (born May 22, 1966 in Washington, D.C., United States) is an R&B singer best known as a member of quintet. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. Renews automatically. His acclaimed contributions on 1988's Heart Break helped New Edition transition from teen idols to superstars. The latter was the yin to "Rub You the Right Way"'s yang; it became a quiet storm favorite and even crossed over to the pop and smooth jazz markets, reprising many of the same qualities that had made Babyface's own "Whip Appeal" single such an across-the-board chart-topper only a year earlier. Gill likewise had recently experienced enormous success during the late '80s when, following two flat solo albums for Atlantic, he joined New Edition for its Heart Break album and its long run of hits, including "Can You Stand the Rain," a number one hit that featured him prominently. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Go directly to shout page. I Second That Emotion 8. Limited time offer. Remember Me 9. Gill's luck changed when New Edition recruited him to replace departing member Bobby Brown. Along with Teddy Riley, they had dominated late-'80s urban radio, utterly and absolutely, churning out hit after hit after hit and co-defining the burgeoning new jack swing movement in the process. Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform. Do you know any background info about this album? Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. Got To Be There 3. Some user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. Listen to music from Johnny Gill like My, My, My, Rub You The Right Way & … 3 more photos, Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. Let us know what you think of the Last.fm website. He began as a Washington, D.C., prodigy with his family's gospel group, Wings of Faith; childhood friend Stacy Lattisaw brought him to Atlantic Records. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, You For Me (The Wedding Song) (Album Version), © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. To the continual frustration of the singer, he would be forever dogged by this unduplicatable success, an album so massive, so epochal it would become, in a sense, his ultimate legacy. Johnny Gill (born May 22, 1966 in Washington, D.C., United States) is an R&B singer best known as a member of quintet New Edition.