Today we wish a happy heavenly birthday to 80s hitmaker Sherrick, born on July 6, 1957.
Sherrick was a talented singer in the mid-80s who was best known for the fine hit single “Just Call.” Sherrick was given his first break by Berry Gordy’s former wife, Raynoma, and he became the lead singer of the group Kagny and had a song on the soundtrack from the Motown movie, The Last Dragon. However, his relationship with the label was strained.
Warner Brothers signed Sherrick and it was as a solo artist that he scored hits on his debut album with 1987’s “Just Call” and, to a lesser extent, “Let’s Be Lovers.” What appeared to be the beginning of a promising career never materialized due to Sherrick’s cocaine addiction, which essentially torpedoed the recording of his second album and froze his career for the next decade. A promising attempted comeback in the late 90s — with Sherrick proclaiming he was “drug free” – came to a sad ending when he died suddenly on January 22, 1999 at the shockingly young age of 41.
We always wondered what could have come of the career of this artist who seemed to have the whole package, but we are still grooving to “Call Me” decades after its release.
