Johnny Kemp

Johnny Kemp (born 1959, Nassau, Bahamas) is an American R&B and dance music singer and dancer, who was raised in Harlem, New York. He released his self-titled debut album in 1986 and scored a minor hit with "Just Another Lover." However, true success came the following year, with the release of his Secrets of Flying album, which contained a pair of Top 5 hits on the US Billboard R&B chart; "Dancin' with Myself" and "Just Got Paid", the latter of reached #1. "Just Got Paid" also cracked the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1988, and went to #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play. It provided his only UK Singles Chart entry, peaking at #68 for one week in August 1988. His only other Hot 100 entry was "Birthday Suit," a tune from the soundtrack to the movie, Sing which climbed to #36 in 1989.

Kemp appeared on the 2007 DVD release by Keith Sweat entitled Sweat Hotel Live. This DVD featured live performances by Sweat in a sort of 'reunion' with other R&B/New Jack Swing era pioneers of the late 1980s, including Teddy Riley. Kemp appeared on the final track, an 'all-star finale' rendition of "Just Got Paid," originally recorded at a February 2006 concert in Atlanta, Georgia. Sweat initially passed on the instrumental track that would eventually become "Just Got Paid," when it was first offered to him in...
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