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Larry Ernest Blackmon (born May 24, 1956) is an American vocalist and musician, known as the lead singer, founder and frontman of the funk and R&B band Cameo. == Musical career == Starting the band "East Coast", Blackmon formed the "New York City Players" as a complement to the Ohio Players. Having to rename the group because of a conflict, Blackmon later called the group Cameo. Blackmon lived in Harlem and played drums on several hits for the band Black... [more on Wikipedia]
As a songwriter, Larry Blackmon first charted in 1977 with Rigor Mortis .The artist placed 8 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, 2 of which reached the Top‑10.The artist scored 15 UK Top‑75 entries, including 3 Top‑10 placements.On US Dance the artist achieved 4 Top‑10s, 1 of which went to number‑one.On US RnB the artist achieved 16 Top‑10s, 4 of which went to number‑one.
Top songs: #1: Word Up - #2: Loverboy - #3: Candy - #4: Back and Forth - #5: Word Up!
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06/1977
3.
09/1977
[Chocolate City 011]
written by Larry Blackmon
4.
[Chocolate City 013]
written by Larry Blackmon
& Greg "Doc" Johnson
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07/1978
[Chocolate City 014]
written by Larry Blackmon
,
Tomi Jenkins & Nathan Leftenant
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12/1978
[Chocolate City 016]
written by Larry Blackmon
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06/1979
[Chocolate City 019]
written by Larry Blackmon
& Greg "Doc" Johnson
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10/1979
[Chocolate City 3202]
written by Larry Blackmon
& Anthony Lockett
10.
[Chocolate City 3206]
written by Larry Blackmon
, Tomi Jenkins & Nathan Leftenant
11.
05/1980
[Chocolate City 3210]
written by Larry Blackmon
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10/1980
[Chocolate City 3219]
written by Larry Blackmon
& Anthony Lockett
13.
[Chocolate City 3222]
written by Larry Blackmon
& Anthony Lockett
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05/1981
[Chocolate City 3225]
written by Larry Blackmon
& Tomi Jenkins
15.
08/1981 I Like It Cameo
from
Knights of the Sound Table
[Chocolate City 3227]
written by Larry Blackmon
,
Tommy Campbell & Anthony Lockett
16.
instrumental [Columbia 02710]
written by Larry Blackmon
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03/1982
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06/1982 Flirt Cameo
from
Alligator Woman
[Chocolate City 3233]
written by Larry Blackmon
& Tomi Jenkins
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09/1982
[Chocolate City 3235]
written by Larry Blackmon
, Tomi Jenkins & Charlie Singleton
20.
[Atlanta Artists 812054]
written by Larry Blackmon
, Charlie Singleton, Nathan Leftenant & Tomi Jenkins
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08/1983
[Atlanta Artists 814077]
written by Larry Blackmon
, Charlie Singleton, Nathan Leftenant & Tomi Jenkins
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[Atlanta Artists 818384]
written by Larry Blackmon
, Tomi Jenkins, Nathan Leftenant & Charlie Singleton
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06/1984
[Atlanta Artists 818870]
written by Larry Blackmon
, Tomi Jenkins, Nathan Leftenant & Charlie Singleton
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08/1985
[Atlanta Artists 884010]
written by Larry Blackmon
& Tomi Jenkins
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12/1985
R written by Larry Blackmon
, Tomi Jenkins, Nathan Leftenant & Charlie Singleton
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12/1985
[Atlanta Artists 884270]
written by Larry Blackmon
& Nathan Leftenant
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written by Larry Blackmon
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08/1986
[Atlanta Artists 884933 ]
written by Larry Blackmon
& Tomi Jenkins
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11/1986 #3 Candy Cameo
from
Word Up!
[Atlanta Artists 888193 ]
written by Larry Blackmon
& Tomi Jenkins
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[Atlanta Artists 888385 ]
written by Kevin Kendrick, Nathan Leftenant, Larry Blackmon
& Tomi Jenkins
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09/1987
33.
[Atlanta Artists 870587 ]
written by Larry Blackmon
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12/1988
[Atlanta Artists 872314]
written by Larry Blackmon
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09/1990
[Polygram 878198]
written by Larry Blackmon
, Robert Smith & Billy Allen
38.
[Reprise 19054]
written by Larry Blackmon
& Tomi Jenkins
39.
05/1992
[Reprise 18926]
written by Larry Blackmon
& Kevin Kendricks
40.
06/1992 Money Cameo
from
Emotional Violence
written by Larry Blackmon
& Charlie Singleton
41.
written by Larry Blackmon
& Tomi Jenkins
42.
12/1994
43.
[Way 2 Funky 3005]
written by Larry Blackmon
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08/1995
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[Silas/MCA 55256]
written by Anthony Lockett & Larry Blackmon
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08/1997
[R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts]
[Suave House album cut]
written by Larry Blackmon
& Tomi Jenkins
48.
12/1997
[Elektra 64137]
written by Charlie Singleton, Larry Blackmon
, Nathan Leftenant & Tomi Jenkins
49.
[So So Def 78807]
written by Larry Blackmon
,
Da Brat ,
Jermaine Dupri , Thomas Jenkins, Nathan Leftenant & Charlie Singleton
50.
04/1998
[R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts]
[Motown album cut]
written by
Gregory Johnson & Larry Blackmon
51.
as Melanie G
written by Larry Blackmon
& Tomi Jenkins
52.
featuring
Cameo [Virgin 38791]
written by
Mariah Carey , Larry Blackmon
& Thomas Jenkins
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07/2001
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10/2001
55.
featuring
Cameo R written by Mariah Carey, Larry Blackmon
& Thomas Jenkins
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09/2004
[album cut]
written by Larry Blackmon
& Tomi Jenkins
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59.
[Sport Relief 2014]
written by Larry Blackmon
& Tomi Jenkins
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