Juicy (band)

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

Juicy
GenresR&B, dance
Years active1982–1987
LabelsCBS Associated Records
Arista Records
Past membersJerry Barnes
Katreese Barnes

Career

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

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]

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". It peaked at #13 on the Billboard Black Singles chart and #45 on the UK pop chart, and was certified Gold.[5][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
[10]
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
[10]		 US
Dan
[10]		 UK
[11]
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 (16 August 2019). "Katreese Barnes, a Musical Force Behind the Scenes, Dies at 56". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  2. "Juicy at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
  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. "Juicy appearance on the UK pop chart". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
  6. "Sugar Free - Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales". Allmusic, Billboard. Retrieved 2011-08-31.
  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. "US Charts > Juicy". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  11. "UK Charts > Juicy". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
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