Singer Boz Scaggs advised Caldwell to write songs for other musicians after TK Records shut down. It was released in the United States in the 1990s. In 1983, Caldwell released August Moon only in Japan. For the latter album, Caldwell played all the instruments, was the producer and helped with arranging and mixing. Ĭaldwell's debut album was followed by Cat in the Hat (1980) and Carry On (1982). The 1980 track "Open Your Eyes" was sampled by J Dilla on Common's " The Light" from his 2000 album " Like Water For Chocolate". It was covered by Elliott Yamin during the fifth season of American Idol in 2006. It was covered by Go West, Phyllis Hyman, and Boyz II Men and was sampled by Tupac Shakur. The song has been covered, remade and sampled many times. "What You Won't Do for Love" reached the top ten on the Billboard magazine Pop (No. When he toured with Natalie Cole to support the album, most of the audience was black and many were surprised that Caldwell was white. Executives at the label wanted to conceal the fact that Caldwell was white, so they kept his face off the album cover. TK was mainly an R&B label popular among African American listeners. Caldwell returned to the studio for two days and wrote " What You Won't Do for Love". In 1978, after songs for his first album were recorded, executives told Caldwell they enjoyed the album, but thought it was lacking a hit. Caldwell played multiple instruments and sang. He was a member of a Miami band called Katmandu who wrote much of their material while also performing traditional standards. At 17, he worked with his band in Las Vegas, then moved to Los Angeles. He was drawn to rock and roll, jazz and rhythm and blues.
When he was 12, Caldwell started playing piano and guitar. He grew up listening to the music of Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald. Growing up in Miami exposed Caldwell to a variety of music such as Haitian, Latin, reggae and R&B. His mother sold real estate and one of her clients was reggae singer Bob Marley Caldwell and Marley became friends. Bobby Caldwell was born in Manhattan, but grew up in Miami.
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