Stevie B
Stevie B (born Steven Bernard Hill, April 19, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer who was influential in the freestyle and Hi-NRG dance music scene of the late 1980s, mostly in Miami. Stevie B had a 1990 number-one hit ballad, "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)".
Stevie B | |
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| Birth name | Steven Bernard Hill |
| Born | April 19, 1958 Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. |
| Origin | Miami, Florida, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1987–present |
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| Associated acts | Alexia Phillips, Pitbull |
Early life and career
Stevie B was born as Steven Bernard Hill on April 19, 1958 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, He worked a variety of jobs – from car washing to fast food – before gaining recognition for his 1987 national club smash, "Party Your Body". It was also the title track of his 1988 debut LP, which eventually went gold. In 1989, he had his first top 40 hits with "I Wanna Be the One," "In My Eyes" and "Love Me For Life." With his 1990 album, Love & Emotion, he reached the height of his success, with the accompanying single, "Because I Love You" enjoying four weeks at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in December 1990.[1] He had two other top 15 hits from Love and Emotion with "I'll Be by Your Side" and the title track from the album.[1]
In 1998, The Best of Stevie B was re-released, highlighting the light dance-pop sound that marked the start of his career.
In August 2009, he released The Terminator which features the lead single "Running for Miles" and a remixed rendition of one of his biggest hits, "Spring Love", with a guest performance by Pitbull and the music video featuring Russian model Anita Sikorska.[2]
On April 10, 2019, Stevie B took to Facebook to make a critical commentary about the lack of freestyle music and the current state of the genre in general.[3]
Personal life
On September 30, 2011, Hill was arrested by Springfield, Massachusetts police officers after his concert in MassMutual Center in Massachusetts due to his owing $420,000 in unpaid child support.[4][5][6][7]
In a 2019 interview, comedian Dulcé Sloan revealed Hill to be her uncle.[8]
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [9] |
CAN |
GER |
SWE | |||
| Party Your Body[10][11] | 78 | — | — | — |
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| In My Eyes[10][11][12] | 75 | 28 | — | — |
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| Love & Emotion[10][11][13][14] | 54 | — | — | 50 |
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| Healing |
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— | — | — | — | |
| Running Back[15] |
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— | — | — | — | |
| Funky Melody[16][17] |
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— | 29 | — | — | |
| Waiting for Your Love |
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— | — | — | — | |
| Summer Nights |
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— | — | — | — | |
| Right Here, Right Now! |
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— | — | — | — | |
| Freestyle Then and Now![18] |
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— | — | 83 | — | |
| It's So Good[18] |
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— | — | 99 | — | |
| This Time... |
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— | — | — | — | |
| The Terminator |
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— | — | — | — | |
| The King of Hearts |
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— | — | — | — | |
| Never Gonna Let You Go |
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— | — | — | — | |
| Best of Life |
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— | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released. | ||||||
Compilation albums
- 1991: Best of Stevie B
- 1992: Best of Stevie B (different track list)
- 1993: The Best of Stevie B (Brazil edition)
- 1996: The Best of Stevie B Vol. 2 (Brazil edition)
- 1996: Finally
- 1997: Hit Collection
- 1998: Best of Stevie B (reissued)
- 2001: The Greatest Hits
- 2004: The Greatest Hits Volume 2
- 2005: The World of Stevie B
- 2008: Greatest Freestyle Ballads
- 2009: B-Sides and Outtakes
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [19] |
US Dance [20] |
US R&B [21] |
US AC [22] |
AUS |
CAN |
GER [23] |
SWE [24] |
SWI [25] |
UK [26] | ||||
| 1987 | "Party Your Body" | — | 40 | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Party Your Body | |
| 1988 | "Dreamin' of Love" | 80 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Spring Love (Come Back to Me)" | 43 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "I Wanna Be the One" | 32 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | In My Eyes | ||
| 1989 | "In My Eyes" | 37 | 21 | — | — | — | 58 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Girl I Am Searching for You" | 56 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1990 | "The Stevie B. Megamix" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | — | ||
| "Love Me for Life" | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Love & Emotion" | 15 | 43 | — | — | — | 55 | 31 | — | — | — | Love & Emotion | ||
| "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)" | 1 | — | — | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 6 | |||
| 1991 | "I'll Be By Your Side" | 12 | — | — | 16 | — | 38 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Forever More" | 96 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1992 | "Pump That Body" | — | 15 | — | — | — | —[upper-alpha 1] | — | — | — | — | Healing | |
| "Prayer" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1994 | "Funky Melody" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Funky Melody | |||
| 1995 | "Dream About You" | 29 | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "If You Still Love Me" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Waiting for Your Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Waiting for Your Love | ||
| 1997 | "Summer Nights" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Right Here, Right Now! | |
| 1998 | "Megamix Vol. 2" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "If You Leave Me Now" (with Alexia Phillips) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1999 | "It's So Good" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | It's So Good | |
| "Mega Freestyle" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Mega Mixx 2000" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2000 | "You Are the One" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Greatest Hits | |
| "Megafreestylemix" / "Young Girl" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "MegaMix 2001" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2008 | "Running for Miles" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Terminator | |
| "Get This Party Started" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2009 | "It Ain't Over" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013 | "Spring Love 2013" (featuring Pitbull) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 87 | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| 2016 | "Changing Faces" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Never Gonna Let You Go | |
| "Freestyle" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
Music videos
| Year | Video |
|---|---|
| 1988 | "Dreamin' of Love" |
| "Spring Love (Come Back to Me)" | |
| "I Wanna Be the One" | |
| 1989 | "In My Eyes" |
| 1990 | "Love Me for Life" |
| "Love & Emotion" | |
| "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)" | |
| 1992 | "Pump That Body" |
| 1995 | "Dream About You" |
| 2000 | "You Are the One" |
| 2008 | "Running for Miles" |
Notes
- "Pump That Body" did not enter the Canadian Singles Chart, but peaked at number 6 on the Canadian Dance Chart.
References
- Ankeny, Jason. "Stevie B Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
- Анита Сикорска рассказала журналу Playboy, как стать лакомым Feb 2015 "она снималась в клипе Питбуля "Spring Love 2013""
- "STEVIE B POSTS PASSIONATE NSFW RANT ON THE CURRENT STATE OF FREESTYLE MUSIC (VIDEO)" from KHXT (Lafayette, Louisiana) (April 10, 2019)
- Barry, Stephanie. "Springfield police: Dance music performer 'Stevie B' busted during MassMutual concert for hefty child support debt". The Republican. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
- Singer of 1990 hit love song hauled off Mass. stage, charged with owing $420K in child support, Washington Post, October 2, 2011
- "Springfield police: Dance music performer 'Stevie B' busted during MassMutual concert for hefty child support debt". masslive.com.
- Kim Grundy. "Stevie B arrested". SheKnows.
- Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Dulcé Sloan on America's boogeyman and the art of saying goodbye". YouTube.
- "Stevie B > Album & Song Chart History > Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- "Stevie B - Charts & Awards". AllMusic. June 19, 2011. Archived from the original on November 29, 2015.
- Jason Ankeny. "Stevie B". AllMusic. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
- "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Archived from the original on February 23, 2014. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
- "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」 －CD・ブルーレイ・DVD・書籍・コミック－". Ranking.oricon.co.jp. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
- "swedishcharts.com - Swedish Charts Portal". Swedishcharts.com. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
- "Stevie B - Running Back". Discogs.com. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
- "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Archived from the original on February 23, 2014. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
- "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」 －CD・ブルーレイ・DVD・書籍・コミック－". Ranking.oricon.co.jp. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
- "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de". musicline.de. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
- "Stevie B > Album & Song Chart History > Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
- "Stevie B > Album & Song Chart History > Dance Club Songs". Billboarda. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
- "Stevie B > Album & Song Chart History > Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
- "Stevie B > Album & Song Chart History > Adult Contemporary". Billboard. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
- "Stevie B in the German charts". Offiziellecharts.de (in German). Retrieved July 8, 2019.
- "Stevie B chart history: Sverigetopplistan – Singles Top 60". Retrieved July 9, 2019.
- "Stevie B chart history: Schweizer Hitparade – Singles Top 75". Retrieved July 9, 2019.
- "STEVIE B". Retrieved November 19, 2009.
- "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)". Retrieved July 14, 2019.
- "1991 ARIA SINGLES CHART". Retrieved July 14, 2019.
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