Oran "Juice" Jones
American R&B singer
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Early life
Career
Military career
He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1981.[citation needed]
Jones served as a sniper officer in the Marine Corps before becoming a musician.[4]
Music career
Jones was the first musician signed to OBR Records, a subsidiary of Def Jam (which is now part of Universal Music Group).[5][3]
His song "The Rain" became a hit in 1986, peaking at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100.[6] It ranks him on VH1's top 100 One Hit Wonders of the '80s.[7] He followed it with "How to Love Again," a duet with labelmate Alyson Williams.[3] Jones received a Grammy nomination for "The Rain", with Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male.[8]
Jones released two more albums, but these did not achieve significant success. He collaborated twice with pornographic actress and singer Midori. In 1997 they record a duet of "Let's Stay Together" for his album Player's Call[9] and Jones appeared on Midori's single "5,10,15,20" on the Porn to Rock compilation album released in 1999.[10]
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 200 [11] |
US R&B [11] | ||||||
| Juice | 44 | 4 | |||||
| GTO: Gangsters Takin' Over |
|
— | 36 | ||||
| To Be Immortal |
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— | — | ||||
| Player's Call |
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— | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||
Singles
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Hot 100 [12] |
US R&B [12] |
US Dance [12] |
AUS [13] |
UK [14] | ||||
| 1986 | "Curiosity" | — | 45 | — | — | — | Juice | |
| "1.2.1." | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "The Rain" | 9 | 1 | 7 | 85 | 4 | |||
| "You Can't Hide from Love" | — | 75 | — | — | — | |||
| 1987 | "Here I Go Again" | — | 45 | — | — | — | ||
| "Cold Spending My Money" | — | 41 | — | — | — | GTO: Gangsters Takin' Over | ||
| "I Just Can't Say Goodbye" | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Not on the Outside" | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1989 | "Pipe Dreams" | — | 47 | — | — | — | To Be Immortal | |
| 1990 | "Shaniqua" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997 | "Poppin' That Fly" | — | — | — | — | — | Player's Call | |
| "Player's Call" | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||