A
Taste of Honey
A
brief glance at Janice-Marie's musical accolades may seem daunting
to both insiders and outsiders alike. A Taste of Honey's self-titled
debut release, rocked the record industry in more ways than one.
It featured the multi-platinum smash hit "Boogie Oogie Oogie,"
a Janice-Marie penned composition, which garnered the group a
Grammy for "Best New Artist of the Year," and nominations
for "Best R&B Single" and "Best Vocal Performance
by a Group or Duo." While this was a phenomenal accomplishment,
it was no fluke. Their second release, Another Taste earned international
acclaim by walking away with the coveted Gold Prize at the "8th
Annual Tokyo Music Festival," with Janice-Marie also receiving
the Gold Prize for songwriter.
The Janice-Marie composition, “Do It Good,” as well
as the Another Taste album were both certified Gold in Japan.
Some may say that success comes easy. Perhaps when speaking of
Janice-Marie, it's more correct to say that success comes naturally.
Today, she resumes her rightful place in the forefront of the
music arena. Not to be labeled with a specific genre, sound or
style Janice-Marie confides, "I like a variety of music...classical
music in the mornings... reggae in the afternoons. I like to get
my boogie on in the evenings...but at night...I want my love songs.
I'm a ballad, fireplace, take-a-walk-up-in-the-hills sort of person."
To this end, her music punctuates her diversity of spirit. Case
in point, A Taste of Honey's third release, Twice As Sweet. Her
talented magic transformed Japan's Kyu Sakamoto's 1963 hit "Sukiyaki"
into an international mega hit classic. Produced by George Duke,
it was certified Gold in both the United States and Japan, along
with “Rescue Me,” another single from the same album.
Through the years, Janice-Marie's songs have been covered, sampled
and borrowed many times. Her music of yesterday contributes greatly
to the success of numerous 'R&B,' ‘Pop,' 'Rap' and 'Hip
Hop' hits of today. Janice-Marie's song Boogie Oogie Oogie has
been recorded by Fablolous, Brooke Valentine and Yo Yo and is
the first single from the 2005 Roll Bounce movie. A second version
of the same song has been recorded by Keyshia Cole and Fablolous
and is also featured in the Roll Bounce movie. Her music has been
featured by a host of other artists as well, including Ice Cube,
Mary J. Blige, MC Lyte, Positive K, Pure Sugar and European artists
Martin Carboo, Peter Andre and a multitude of other Japanese and
European artist. Her music has also been showcased on television
programs including “American Idol,” “King Of Queens,”
"All My Children," "Fairy Odd Parents," “Monday
Night Mayhem,” ”The Parkers.” “Rock and Roll
Jeopardy,”
“The Oprah Winfrey Show," “The Martin Short Show,"
“Touched By An Angel," just to name a few. Movie credits
include the 2005 films “Roll Bounce” and “Into
The Blue”, as well as “Screwed," “Cowboys
& Angels," “A Fate Worse Than Death," "Step
Mom," "Mystery Man," "Contact" and "54,"
and many more.
Commercial credits include Coca Cola, Frito Lay, The New York
Lottery, Burger King and Old Navy. Janice-Marie’s music is
also featured in variety of video games and slot machines including
the Dick Clark’s American Bandstand slot machine.
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