- Portrait band( Portrait )【 6 albums 41 lyrics 】
- Portrait is an American R&B, hip hop, vocal quartet, consisting of members Michael Angelo Saulsberry, Irving Washington III, Eric Kirkland and Philip Johnson. The quartet group's music sound was influence by the new jack swing style of the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Career
The group, which hailed from Los Angeles, California debuted in 1992 with a self-titled album riding on the end of the new jack swing era. The disc featured two hits on the charts: 'Honey Dip' reached #18 on the R&B charts. The group's second single, 'Here We Go Again!', which sampled Michael Jackson's, 'I Can't Help It', featured similar sounds and reached #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1992.
The group was featured in an episode of Family Matters, titled 'Stormy Weather', performing 'Here We Go Again!'. In that episode, they were performing at a high school dance, where Waldo mentions that he got them to do it because one of the members happens to be his cousin--Waldo adds that his cousin says he'll do whatever Waldo asks him to do as long as he doesn't tell people that they're related. Although Steve Urkel ends up correctly guessing which of the members is Waldo's cousin.
Throughout 1993 and 1994, Portrait could be heard lending their voices to various projects, appearing on the soundtracks to the movies, Addams Family Values and Blankman, as well as singing on the Black Men United song, 'U Will Know' for the Jason's Lyric Soundtrack. Portrait also provided backing vocals on the Quincy Jones single 'Slow Jam', which featured Babyface and Tamia on lead vocals, in 1995. The song reached #68 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Also in 1995, the group released their second album, All That Matters. The album had a few minor hits, with 'I Can Call You' reaching #22 on the R&B charts and 'How Deep Is Your Love,' a cover of the Bee Gees song, briefly appearing on the Hot 100.
Members
Michael Angelo Saulsberry
Eric Kirkland
Irving Washington III
Philip Johnson - Sorted by ＞ Sorted by album (Time) Sorted by song name (Characters) Sorted by other
- Album name Release Date Song
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Crossroads
2014
1.Ageless Rites (Provided)
2.Our Roads Must Never Cross (Provided)
3.Lily (Provided)
4.We Were Not Alone5.In Time
6.Black Easter (Provided)
7.Liberation (Provided)
8.At the Ghost Gate (Provided) -
Crimen Laesae Majestatis Divinae
2011
1.Beast Of Fire (Provided)
2.Infinite Descension (Provided)
3.The Wilderness Beyond (Provided)
4.Bloodbath (Provided)5.Darkness Forever (Provided)
6.The Nightcomers (Provided)
7.The Passion (Provided)
8.Der Todesking (Provided) -
The Murder Of All Things Righteous (Single)
2010
1.The Murder Of All Things Righteous2.Son Of All Graves -
Greatest Hits
2000
1.On and On
2.How Deep Is Your Love (a cappella)3.Here We Go Again! (Radio Edit)
4.Be Thankful for What You've Got -
Picturesque
1996
1.Right Here Waiting
2.Yor Are So Beautiful
3.Forever With You4.Too Much Heaven
5.Three Times a Lady
6.How Deep Is Your Love -
Miscellaneous
1.Once An Englishman
2.All That Matters
3.Honey Dip
4.Here We Go Again
5.How Dee Is Your Love
6.Here We Go
7.Paths8.Minnie Driver
9.I Can Call You
10.How Deep Is Your Love (Radio Edit)
11.Burn the World
12.Edge of Thorns
13.Martyrs
【Correction of errors in the album information】