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Jody Watley Classic Photo of the Day. America’s 10 Most Beautiful.
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Jody Watley. Paradise on Eurweb.
Lee Bailey has always been a consistent supporter of my music and career, dating back to when I was a member of Shalamar, and he had a popular segment that played on stations across the country “Lee Bailey’s Radioscope.” He was one of the first to interview me when my solo debut ‘Jody Watley’ was released in 1987. I’m very thankful for his continued support of my music, perseverance and artistry. #itsinthemusic
Jody Watley takes you to Paradise on her glamorous and funky new album, read the rest on Eurweb: Here
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Jody Watley. A Song. A Top. A Shoe.
There are few artists that can say they’ve had a song “Jody” (by Jermaine Stewart), a top “The Jody” by Christos Garkinos for HSN, and now a designer shoe – that’s me Jody Watley.
I met shoe designer Jerome C. Rousseau on the dance-floor at Giorgio’s in Hollywood on the Sunset Strip. He was so shy, sweet and modest telling me how my style and integrity have inspired him since he discovered my music. As soon as discovering his talent and design, I’ve become a major fan of his. His shoes have a special quality and as I told Billboard Magazine “You feel like a Queen with an edge.” It’s fantastic that Billboard is going outside the box and recognizing at last the connection between style, fashion and music. What caught their eye is the younger artists and actresses rocking ‘Jerome C. Rousseau’ on the red carpet. Move over Louboutin!
Little did I know, he’d do a tribute shoe to me “The Watley”..in typical understated fashion I was in attendance at a trunk show at his Hollywood atelier — when he quietly said “I hope you don’t mind, but I’ve designed a shoe in your honor.” I’d already ordered the shoe on display. Turns out he was on the money! You can order your “Watley” from his Fall 2014 Collection.
Jerome C. Rousseau Billboard Magazine Feature. August 13, 2014 Issue
The Jody “Watley” by Jerome C. Rousseau Fall 2014
Jody Watley and Shoe Designer Jerome C. Rousseau
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Jody Watley. Paradise. Signed Copy Love.
From United Kingdom based interior designer Nik Ramli – a wonderful 15 second “PARADISE” tribute! It’s so awesome to see the love directly from those I made the record for – the true fans and appreciators of music, the journey, life, style, love and beyond. Anything you can do in life to inspire others is a blessing and a gift -and I’m very grateful. #itsinthemusic
Filed under: Art, Design, Fashion, Life, Music Tagged: "Inspiration", Dance Music, Dancer, Jody Watley, Love, Nightlife, Nik Ramli Interior Design, Paradise
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Music. Creativity and Style. More Paradise Candids.
Sandra Green, Hollywood CA “WATTAGE goodies all up in the Sanctuary! Here’s to The Queen of Cool… Ms. Jody Watley Mentor, Pen Pal, Dermatologist, Inspiration, Visionary and the only person to envisioned me on Broadway Thanks for the music but most of all for being MS. WATLEY and allowing me to share my out of the box thoughts without calling the white coats.”
Tomas Rosado, Canada “All killer, no filler. Thank you, Ms. Jody Watley, for bringing Paradise to our ears.”
Jeffrey Muskiat from the Netherlands adds Paradise to his Jody Watley Collection
Chris Keen, UK “
“A total joy to receive my Paradise CD & T-shirt combo! LOVE the message throughout the new music, Jody….life is for living! #LiveIt #EnjoyIt #BeFabulous “
Cecil Brandon-Brooks, Florida ” Jody Watley / New CD PARADISE is rocking Hot!!!!!!”
Cecil Brandon Brooks, FL
Michelle Page “This cd is good I really like nightlife makes me want to go out and have a good time
And everlasting is good”
Mervin Malone, Austin TX “And here it is all custom-framed! It was worth EVERY cent! Ms. Watley – your beauty in a designer frame perfectly accents the other high-art in my home office. You are on the wall opposite the Black Madonna of Częstochowa! All I need is a custom framed print of the Mona Lisa!”
GLASS, recording artist and funkateer from Los Angeles representing his digital version!
PARADISE, available digitally at iTunes, Amazon and other online outlets worldwide, includes “NIGHLIFE” video and 8 page digital booklet :
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/paradise/id901587446?uo=4
PARADISE CD, includes Everlasting not available on digital version – exclusively available : http://jodywatley.bigcartel.com
#itsinthemusic #JodyWatley #Paradise
Catch Jody Watley LIVE in Philadelphia at The Tower Theater, “A Night of Timeless R&B” with Lillo Thomas and The System November. 15, 2014
Tickets: Here / Here / and Here /
Filed under: Art, Beauty, Business, Celebrity, Design, Fashion, Life, Music, Style Tagged: "Daily Life", "Inspiration", Dance, Dance Music, Grammy Winners, Jody Watley, New Music, Paradise, Quotes
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Jody Watley Makes Influential Style List. Trendsetter.
Jody Watley Archived Image, 1987. Urban fashion meets high end chic. Fashion. Self styled. Independent. Betsey Johnson dress, Chanel belt, Converse sneakers, Jody Watley Jumbo Hoop Earrings. Harper’s Bazaar, VOGUE, Rolling Stone, and various fashion magazine layouts, first GAP celebrity ad campaign..making the door a bit easier and wider for today’s younger black artists to walk through. #itsinthemusic #JodyWatley
From Ebony.com -
“From Lenny Kravitz to Rihanna, here’s 25 of the most influential style and fashion icons in Black Music” See the full list, including Jody Watley named “Trendsetter” Here
Filed under: Celebrity, Fashion, Magazines, Music, Style Tagged: Beyonce, Black Music Artists, Ebony.com, Grammy Winners, Jody Watley, Lenny Kravitz, Pop Culture, Rihanna, Style List, Trendsetters
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New in the Jody Watley Gallery
Just added to the website gallery courtesy of J.S. Ingram presented to me on Facebook. View the gallery: Here
Jody Watley, by J.S. Ingram inspired by “Still a Thrill’
Filed under: Art, Beauty, Design, Fashion, Life, Music, Style Tagged: "Inspiration", Fine Art, Grammy Winners, J.S. Ingram, Jody Watley
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Jody Watley on Entrepreneurship. Paradise.
JodyWatleyBoutique Logo Designed by Lauren Watley
Thinking back to when I was a little girl, with so many dreams and goals – having my own business was always on my list. As an artist and a woman in business I’m never waiting on anyone to make it happen – that’s my advice. Go get it!
The Jody Watley Boutique continues to thrive. We’ve shipped PARADISE and other merchandise in the store to over 15 countries and despite a few kinks early on things are running smoothly.
I’ll be adding a luxury soy candle collection for the holidays. As well I’m working on a a capsule collection of luxury T-shirts as well – Jody Watley meets Rick Owens and Helmut Lang.
It’s In The Music!!
Padua Player aka The “SugaChef” Washington D.C.
Shigeo Chiba from Japan. PARADISE!
Lance Boykin, Scotch Plains, NJ “PARADISE” love – with his tickets for The Tower Theater Concert coming up November 15, 2014
Filed under: Design, Fashion, Life, Music, Style Tagged: "Inspiration", Black Enterprise, Fashion, Grammy Winners, Jody Watley, Lauren Watley, Logo Design, Paradise, Style, Suga Chef, Women Entrepreneurs
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The Watley by Jerome C. Rousseau Autumn Winter 2014 Has Arrived
I’m so grateful and humbled to have a shoe named after me – as a longtime shoe-a-holic it’s really the best! Jerome is so talented as a designer – kind and gracious most of all. When he said I inspired a shoe as well as his Autumn/Winter Collection 2014 my heart was full, my smile as wide an ocean.
Visit Jerome C Rousseau online and find out what stores carry his line: Here
Edgy and Elegant – The Jody “Watley” arrived, fresh out of the box. A million thank you’s to Jerome.
Jerome C. Rousseau Interview With Billboard Magazine:
Jerome C. Rousseau Billboard Magazine Feature. August 13, 2014 Issue
Filed under: Business, Celebrity, Design, Fashion, Life, Music Tagged: Autumn Winter 2014, Billboard Magazine, Carrie Underwood, Designer Shoes, Jerome C Rousseau, Jody Watley, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Scarlett Johansson, Style Icons
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Jody Watley. Classic Photo of The Day. Blues and Soul. UK
#TBT On The Cover of the UK Music Magazine Blues and Soul in 1989.
Celebrating 25 years of my second album. Most fans think of my solo debut as the breakthrough and it was – as well as being trendsetting in style and video. However my second album is the one that was really quietly the most pioneering and to me overshadowed. My infusion of high fashion, commercial ad campaigns and layouts – uncommon for any black artist at the time, and only by one other Madonna. ‘Larger Than Life’ ushered in a raised bar for other female artists that would follow. The pioneering “Friends” featuring Eric B & Rakim; the first to feature Pop/R&B/Hip-Hop 16 bar verses and crossing over R&B, Pop, Dance, Hip Hop – as well as a genre crossing video featuring transgender, drag queens, underground club culture, B-Boys and Girls, voguing and Jean Paul-Gaultier couture blended into a mix of high end and street chic as well as my highest charting ballad ‘Everything.” There was no press release to stir controversy and bring attention about the casting of the video – for me it wasn’t about that. Everyone in the video was real, friends of friends – not models or professionals. Tyrone Procter helped cast it. Eric B and Rakim called some of their friends. What I wanted to represent the types of clubs I liked dancing at full of of types of people united by the music and stepping out in style to get down on the dance floor. It was a real club scene in the west village on a hot summer afternoon in NYC. It went over the heads of a lot of people..my label didn’t know what to make of it, and weren’t happy with it – but let me do what I envisioned and I’m thankful.
I also found success overseas in the Japan, Germany, Belgium and the United Kingdom among others as well. It was always a challenge because I wasn’t the typical ‘urban black artist’ and was always in a struggle to shine on my own terms, remaining true to myself, wanting to have standards, authenticity to my artistry. 25 years later this is still true in everything I do whether on the commercial radar or not. It’s true no matter what your job or career is – be the best you.
“Real Love” which remains one of MTV’s Most Nominated Video’s and “Most of All” are featured on the Top 28 David Fincher video’s : HERE
Photography: Steven Meisel
Makeup: Francois NARS
Hair: Oribe
Art Direction: Lynn Robb and Jody Watley
Produced by Andre Cymone
Executive Producer: Jody Watley
#itsinthemusic #JodyWatley
Filed under: Fashion, Life, Magazines, Music, Photography, Style Tagged: 80's, Billboard Magazine, Blues and Soul, David Fincher, Eric B and Rakim, Friends, Hip Hop History, Jody Watley, Larger Than Life, Madonna, NARS, Oribe, Pioneers, Pop Culture, Real Love, Steven Meisel, Vulture
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Thought of The Day. Life.
So true!
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Jody Watley Keeps It Real in Singersroom Exclusive
Jody Watley Photographed by Albert Sanchez
NEW Interview:
Jody Watley Talks New Project, Bogus TV-One Unsung Episode, First To Collaborate, More
“Jody Watley is an iconic figure in the entertainment industry, who continues to shine in music. Watley’s independent-minded and free-spirited personality has earned her the respect from so many people in fashion, style, music, and video production. The Grammy-award winning vocalist broke many musical barriers, especially being the first R&B/Pop singer to collaborate with a rapper on the song, “Friends,” featuring Eric B & Rakim. Known for her funky style in music and dance, Watley pays homage to her roots on her latest EP, Paradise.”…. Read more at : Singersroom
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Jody Watley Covers German Magazine. Paradise Update.
Jody Watley “Paradise” is the CD of the month in German Magazine
View: http://www.stadtgefluester.de/
Filed under: Business, Celebrity, Fashion, Music, Travel Tagged: Dance Music, Germany, Grammy Winners, Jody Watley, Paradise, Pop Culture
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Jody Watley and SHALAMAR New Photo Session
Jody Watley, who recently legally acquired the trademark rights to SHALAMAR has reloaded the group with new young talent in vocalist/dancer/choreographers Rosero McCoy (America’s Best Dance Crew, Disney’s Shake it Up, Usher, Beyonce, Keke Palmer, Toni Braxton) and Ohio native Nate Allen Smith who brings his own sound style and a precision on stage reminiscent of Michael Jackson with the urban sex appeal of early Maxwell. The trio have begun building a fan base playing to packed concert venues in the United States, with scheduled appearances in the UK in the summer festival season. The signature sound is still intact but the presentation is a fresh and color as this new image. More to come.
Nate Allen Smith, Jody Watley, Rosero McCoy – SHALAMAR tm Photography: Viktorija Paschuta
Nate Allen Smith: Photography Viktorija Pashuta
Rosero McCoy – SHALAMAR tm Photography Viktorija Paschuta
UPCOMING CONCERTS:
MARCH 21 – YOSHI’S OAKLAND (BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND AFTER 2 SOLD OUT SHOWS FEB. 28)
MAY 24 – HAPPY DAYS FESTIVAL
JUNE 24 – THE HOWARD THEATER D.C.
JUNE 25 – NYC – DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED
JUNE 27 LET’S ROCK LONDON QUEEN ELIZABETH OLYMPIC PARK
Filed under: Business, Celebrity, Fashion, Life, Music, Style, Women Tagged: America's Best Dance Crew, Dance Music, Grammy Winners, Happy Days Festival, Jody Watley, Jody Watley Images, Let's Rock London, Nate Allen Smith, Rosero McCoy, Shake It Up, Shalamar, The Howard Theater, Viktorija Pashcuta, Yoshi's Oakland
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Jody Watley on The Cover of GET OUT Magazine NYC
In support of my upcoming appearance at major charity gala Night of a Thousand Gowns – I’m on the cover of Get Out, talking about the performance, the new Shalamar (shout out to Nate Allen Smith and Rosero McCoy), fashion and career!
Read the article: here
Filed under: Business, Celebrity, Fashion, Life, Magazines, Music, Style Tagged: Dance Music, Entertainment, Jody Watley, Jody Watley News, Live Music, Night of A Thousand Gowns, Shalamar
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Jody Watley To Receive Women of Excellence Iconic Music Award
Very humbled and looking forward to this special event! I’ll also have my new Shalamar members on hand to help me celebrate this honor July 25th in Atlanta, GA.
Filed under: Business, Celebrity, Fashion, Life, Music, Style, Women Tagged: Atlanta, Atlanta Health and Music Festival, Awards, Grammy Winners, Jody Watley, Jody Watley News, Shalamar
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Jody Watley To Appear Live on New Global Network ARISE 360
NARS artist Magda Ogbe and Jody Watley (c) 2014 Avid Music Inc.
Jody Watley at Night of A Thousand Gowns (c) 2014 Avid Music Inc.
Princess Lockeroo, Jody Watley, Karen Ng
On the heels of an appearance at the 29th annual Night of A Thousand Gowns Gala in New York -Catch Jody Watley today LIVE on the global network ARISE 360 talking Paradise and the new SHALAMAR.
Filed under: Beauty, Business, Fashion, Life, Style Tagged: Arise 360, Grammy Winners, Shalamar, Style
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Jody Watley Interview on ARISE 360
Filed under: Business, Celebrity, Fashion, Music, Style Tagged: Arise TV 360 Entertainment and News, Dance Music, Grammy Winners, Jody Watley, Jody Watley News, Nate Allen Smith, Paradise, Rosero McCoy, Shalamar, Shalamar Reloaded, Style, Trademark
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Meet Jody Watley At First Ever Rupaul’s DragCon Convention
I’ll be signing autographs and shilling Jody Watley merchandise! Come say hello. Always cool to be part of ‘first ever’ events – always celebrating individuality and creativity! I’ll be there May 16, 2015. Get your tickets – Here
Filed under: Art, Beauty, Business, Celebrity, Fashion, Life, Music, Style, Theater Tagged: Appearances, Jody Watley, Los Angeles Convention Center, Pop Culture, Rupaul's DragCon
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Jody Watley Featured in Top Canadian Fashion Magazine
Very proud to be included with these outstanding women and pioneering artists: Stevie Nicks, Kim Gordon and Joni Mitchell in Canada’s #1 Fashion Canada Magazine’s June Issue. A special thank you to Elio Ianucci for making this happen.
Jody Watley being interviewed by Elio Iannucci in New York February 2015 for Fashion Canada feature.
Filed under: Art, Beauty, Celebrity, Fashion, Life, Magazines, Music, Photography, Style, Women Tagged: Elio Iannucci, Fashion Canada, Grammy Winners, Jody Watley, Joni Mitchell, Kim Gordon, Shalamar, Stevie Nicks
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