Jody Watley - Peabo Bryson, Oleta Adams, BeBe Winans "The Colors of Christmas" Show Vocal Intro

‪@jodywatley‬ with fellow esteemed artists Peabo Bryson, Oleta Adams and BeBe Winans in the show vocal opener for the 2019 Colors of Christmas.

The Colors of Christmas is a phenomenal and unique holiday concert experience bringing established legendary artists together to perform Christmas favorites as duets and ensembles, as well as spotlights on a couple of individual solo hits to round out the evening.

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Jody Watley is a GRAMMY award winning (Best New Artist 1987) multi-platinum singer/songwriter/producer/label owner.

With a diverse music discography spanning R&B / Pop / Dance /Hip Hop /Spoken Word Electronic / Jazz / Adult Contemporary 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s, 20s Jody Watley is recognized as a style icon and one of the architects of 21st century Pop/R&B/Dance music and style cross branding. She is an inductee into the Women’s Songwriters Hall Of Fame, listed in Billboard as one of the Top 60 Female Artists of All Time, Top 25 Dance Artists of All Time, Top 100 Black Solo Artists Of All Time and 2017 honoree at Black Music Honors as "Crossover Music Icon". Jody Watley was the only black woman and American female artist included in the historic charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas with supergroup Band Aid recorded in London, England in November, 1984, her first endeavor as a solo artist, while recording a single for Phonogram Records.


As a solo artist, the Pop and R&B singer-songwriter was awarded the prestigious Best New Artist GRAMMY Award in 1987. Furthermore Jody Watley was only the third black artist in the history of the recording academy and broadcast to receive that honor. 6 Billboard Hot 100 Top Ten Singles, 7 Number 1 Dance Singles, 2 R&B Number 1’s, 15 Top 40 Singles, Top 20 Smooth Jazz / Adult Contemporary Gold and multi-platinum albums and gold singles in the USA alone; with nominations: Grammys, American Music Awards, NAACP Image Awards, Soul Train Awards and a variety of proclamations, including a Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022.

Her vast discography also includes million selling greatest hits video compilation and #1 fitness video (a first for a black woman in the genre). Watley’s eventual fusion of jazz, and deep house music makes her a long time staple in underground club culture and dance music. From her groundbreaking marriage of rap & R&B (1989’s “Friends,” a collaboration with hip-hop legends Eric B. & Rakim pairing that is the first to crossover R&B/Hip-Hop, Pop and Dance into the Billboard Top 10 “Friends,” to her vision-forward marriage of high fashion, street fashion and music in the ‘80s (long before it became the norm), to her fusion of jazz and underground club culture with keen pop instincts, and the ease with which she crossed and still crosses genres, fused with cutting edge trendsetting style; Jody Watley forged the template that is now everybody’s playbook.

"Everything I do has to be authentic to who I am as a person, beyond my artistry. The people who get that - really appreciate that about me." states Watley. "It's a blessing to have such longevity in my career, it's half a century (laughs) - I've been solo for 41 years and counting."

Her impressive sustained occupational stamina goes back as far as briefly being an oiginal member of former group Shalamar on their most pinnacle records from 1978-July 4, 1983 departing before release of their "The Look" album. Going back even further her 3 years as a popular trendsetting teen dancer on Soul Train 74-77, Jody Watley has been holding her own for 5 decades - over 4 decades solo..

Fast forward - with the 2024 release of uplifting song "EVERLASTING" which vaulted to #2 on the iTunes Top Dance Albums, Jody Watley continues to shine her distinctive Wattage - a light of perseverance, tenacity and independence and evolution as artist, songwriter, producer, owner of her own label and other businesses.