Rock Me Tonight

Rock Me Tonight is the platinum selling 1985 debut album from American R&B/Soul singer Freddie Jackson. Released on April 28, 1985, the album yielded four top–10 singles on the U.S. R&B chart, with the first two, "You Are My Lady" and "Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)", reaching number one. The latter two, "Love Is Just a Touch Away" and "He'll Never Love You", peaked at Nos. 9 and 8, respectively. The album contains a cover of the Billie Holiday classic "Good Morning Heartache". The success of Rock Me Tonight garnered Jackson a Grammy Award nomination in 1986 for Best New Artist, losing out to Sade. Rock Me Tonight went on to top the R&B Albums chart for 14 nonconsecutive weeks, and peaked inside the Top 10 on the Billboard 200.

Track listing

 * 1) "He'll Never Love You (Like I Do)" (Keith Diamond, Barry Eastmond) – 4:43
 * 2) "Love Is Just a Touch Away" (Freddie Jackson, Barry Eastmond) – 5:19
 * 3) "I Wanna Say I Love You" (Freddie Jackson, Barry Eastmond) – 4:40
 * 4) "You Are My Lady" (Barry Eastmond) – 4:44
 * 5) "Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)" (Paul Laurence) – 7:12
 * 6) "Sing a Song of Love" (Barry Eastmond) – 5:02
 * 7) "Calling" (Keith Diamond, Barry Eastmond) – 5:30
 * 8) "Good Morning Heartache" (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham) – 4:28

Personnel

 * Freddie Jackson – lead vocals, backing vocals
 * Barry Eastmond – keyboards, synthesizers, Roland TR-808 drum programming
 * Eric Rehl – synthesizers
 * Paul Laurence – keyboards (5), Kurzweil synthesizer (5), Yamaha DX7 (4-5), Oberheim DMX drum programming (4-5), backing vocals (5)
 * Robert Aries – keyboards (8), Kurzweil synthesizer (8), drum programming (8)
 * Ira Siegel – acoustic guitar, guitar
 * Fareed Abdul-Haqq – guitar
 * Clarence Brice – guitar
 * Mike "Dino" Campbell – guitar
 * Thomas J. Flammia – guitar
 * Wayne Brathwaite – bass
 * Timmy Allen – bass (5)
 * Bernard Davis – drums
 * Richard Rodriguez – drums
 * Joel Rosenblatt – drums
 * Terry Silverlight – drums
 * Buddy Williams – drums
 * Bashiri Johnson – percussion
 * Steve Kroon – percussion
 * V. Jeffrey Smith – saxophone
 * Stanley Turrentine – sax solo (5)
 * Janice Dempsey – backing vocals
 * Dolly Eastmond – backing vocals
 * Danny Madden – backing vocals
 * Cindy Mizelle – backing vocals
 * Melba Moore – backing vocals
 * B.J. Nelson – backing vocals
 * Lillo Thomas – backing vocals
 * Audrey Wheeler – backing vocals
 * Reggie King – backing vocals (5)

Production

 * Producers – Barry Eastmond (Tracks 1-4, 6 & 7); Paul Laurence (Track 5); Robert Aries (Track 8).
 * Executive Producers – Beau Huggins and Varnell Johnson
 * Production Coordination – Zack Vaz
 * Engineers – Ron Banks (Tracks 1-4, 6 & 7); Carl Beatty and Steve Goldman (Track 5); Frank Heller, Peter Robbins and Bob Rose (Track 8).
 * Second Engineer – Joe Marno (Track 5)
 * Assistant Engineers – Dean Cochren, Larry DeCarmine, Cathy Goode, Frank Heller and Kurt Upper (Tracks 1-4, 6 & 7); Mike Nicolette (Track 8).
 * Track 5 mixed by Steve Goldman at Right Track Recording (New York, NY).
 * Track 8 mixed by Peter Robbins at Unique Recording Studios.
 * Mastered by Jack Skinner at Sterling Sound (New York, NY) and Eddy Schreyer at Capitol Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
 * Art Direction – Roy Kohara
 * Design – Roland Young
 * Photography – Chris Callis
 * Administrator – Anne Thomas
 * Management – Hush Productions