Rafael Cameron
Guyanese American singer-songwriter
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Rafael Cameron (born 1951)[1] is a Guyanese American singer-songwriter best known for his boogie song "Boogie's Gonna Get Ya", which was remixed by François Kevorkian. His most successful single in his career was, however, "Magic Of You (Like The Way)"/"Get It Off".
Rafael Cameron | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Rafael Cameron |
| Born | 1951 (age 74–75) |
| Origin | United States |
| Genres | R&B Post-disco Boogie Funk Gospel |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 1980– |
| Label | Salsoul |
His albums and singles were produced by Randy Muller of Skyy.[2]
Career
In 1980, Cameron was signed to a prominent funk and post-disco label Salsoul Records. He recorded three albums in total, which all entered the Billboard pop and R&B charts. All of his work was mostly written by Randy Muller and the Cameron himself. His most successful work include singles like "Let's Get It Off" (Club #17), "Magic of You" (R&B #16) and "Funtown U.S.A." (Club #55).[1] [3]
Studio albums
| Year | Album | Chart positions [1] |
Record label | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B |
UK | |||
| 1980 | Cameron | 67 | 18 | — | Salsoul |
| 1981 | Cameron's in Love | 101 | 29 | — | |
| 1982 | Cameron All the Way | — | 43 | — | |
| 1997 | I'm New In Christ Jesus | — | — | — | Noremac Productions |
| 2003 | Right Off The Pages Vol.1 | — | — | — | Self-released |
| 2004 | Unto Us A Child Is Born | — | — | — | |
| 2008 | Tributes | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes the album failed to chart. | |||||
Singles
Other singles
- 1982: "Desires" (Salsoul-SG 373)
- 1982: "Shake It Down" (Salsoul-S7 7035) - R&B #81[5]
- 1981: "All That's Good To Me" (Salsoul-SALT 10) - UK release only
- 1981: "Daisy" (Salsoul-SG 355)