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{{short description|American music duo}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
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| years_active = 1982–1987
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| past_members = Jerry Barnes <br/> Katreese Barnes
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'''Juicy''' was an American musical duo consisting of siblings Jerry Barnes and Katreese Barnes. The group is best known for the songs "Sugar Free" and ''[[Beat Street]]'' feature song "Beat Street Strut".
'''Juicy''' was an American musical duo consisting of siblings Jerry Barnes and Katreese Barnes.<ref name="nytobit"/> The group is best known for the songs "Sugar Free" and ''[[Beat Street]]'' feature song "Beat Street Strut".

==Career==
==Career==
Their debut single "Don't Cha Wanna" was released in 1982 by [[Arista Records]].<ref name=Discos>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Juicy|title=Juicy at Discogs|publisher=Discogs|accessdate=2011-08-31}}</ref> In the same year they also released their first eponymous album, which made it into Billboard R&B chart the next year.
Their debut single "Don't Cha Wanna" was released in 1982 by [[Arista Records]]. In the same year they also released their first eponymous album, which made it into ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' R&B chart the next year.<ref name="Whitburn"/>


In 1984, their song "Beat Street Strut", released by the same label, appeared in the 1984 musical-drama movie ''[[Beat Street]]'' and its [[Beat Street (soundtrack)|gold-certified soundtrack]].<ref name="movie">{{cite book
In 1984, their song "Beat Street Strut", released by the same label, appeared in the 1984 musical-drama movie ''[[Beat Street]]'' and its [[Beat Street (soundtrack)|gold-certified soundtrack]].<ref name="movie">{{cite book|first=Jerry|last=Osborne|year=2002|title= Movie/TV Soundtracks and Original Cast Recordings Price and Reference Guide|edition=4th|publisher=Jerry Osborne Enterprises|isbn=0-932117-37-6|page=1995}}</ref> The song peaked at #46 on ''Billboard'' [[Club Play Singles|Dance chart]] in July 1984.<ref name="JulyBill">{{cite journal|date=July 21, 1984|journal=Billboard/Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|volume=96|page=13|title=Billboard (r) Dance Top 80 (tm)|issn=0006-2510}}</ref>
| first= Jerry
| last= Osborne
| year= 2002
| title= Movie/TV Soundtracks and Original Cast Recordings Price and Reference Guide
| edition= 4th
| publisher= Jerry Osborne Enterprises
| isbn= 0-932117-37-6
| page= 1995}}</ref> The song was moderately successful on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Club Play Singles|Dance chart]], peaking #46 in July 1984.<ref name="JulyBill">{{cite journal|date=July 21, 1984|journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]/[[Nielsen Business Media, Inc]].|volume=96|page=13|title=Billboard (r) Dance Top 80 (tm)|issn=0006-2510}}</ref>


Their second album ''It Takes Two'' was released in 1985. The album featured an [[answer record]] to "[[Juicy Fruit (song)|Juicy Fruit]]" called "Sugar Free". It peaked at #13 on the Billboard [[Black Singles]] chart and #45 on the [[UK Singles Chart|UK pop chart]], and was certified Gold.<ref name=JuicyUK>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artists/|title=Juicy appearance on the UK pop chart|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=2011-08-31}}</ref><ref name=SugarSales>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/juicy-p188490/charts-awards/billboard-singles|title=Sugar Free - Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales|publisher=Allmusic, Billboard|accessdate=2011-08-31}}</ref> Another moderately successful single from the album include "Nobody But You", reaching number 59 on the R&B chart.<ref name="rbook">{{cite book
Their second album ''It Takes Two'' was released in 1985. The album featured an [[answer record]] to the [[Mtume]] song "[[Juicy Fruit (song)|Juicy Fruit]]" called "Sugar Free".<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web|last1=Hogan|first1=Ed|title=Juicy Biography|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/juicy-mn0000836955/biography|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=10 August 2022}}</ref> It peaked at #13 on the Billboard R&B chart and #45 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="uk"/> Another moderately successful single from the album include "Nobody but You", reaching number 59 on the R&B chart.<ref name="rbook">{{cite book|first=Joel|last=Whitburn|year=2004|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles, 1942-2004|edition=5th|publisher=Record Research Inc., 2004 (originally) the University of California)|location=California, U.S.|isbn=0-89820-160-8|page=723}}</ref>
| first= Joel
| last= Whitburn
| year= 2004
| title= Top R&B/hip-hop singles, 1942-2004
| edition= 5th
| publisher= Record Research Inc., 2004 (originally) the University of California)
| location= California, U.S.
| isbn= 0-89820-160-8
| page= 723}}</ref>


Their last album ''Spread the Love'' released in 1987 remained unsuccessful, which resulted in disbanding of Juicy. Katreese Barnes later became a producer, songwriter and the musical director for ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''.<ref name="nytobit">{{cite web |last1=Russonello |first1=Giovanni |title=Katreese Barnes, a Musical Force Behind the Scenes, Dies at 56 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/16/arts/music/katreese-barnes-dead.html |website=The New York Times |accessdate=18 August 2019 |date=16 August 2019}}</ref> She won the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics]] twice for composing music for ''SNL'', first in 2007 for [[The Lonely Island]]'s "[[Dick in a Box]]" and again in 2011 for writing a monologue for [[Justin Timberlake]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2007/outstanding-original-music-and-lyrics|title=Nominees/Winners|publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]|accessdate=July 12, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2011/outstanding-original-music-and-lyrics|title=Nominees/Winners|publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]|accessdate=July 12, 2017}}</ref> Katreese Barnes died on August 3, 2019 at the age of 56.<ref name="nytobit"/>
Their last album, ''Spread the Love'', released in 1987, was commercially unsuccessful, resulting in Juicy's disbanding. Katreese Barnes later became a producer, songwriter and the musical director for ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''.<ref name="nytobit">{{cite web|last1=Russonello|first1=Giovanni|title=Katreese Barnes, a Musical Force Behind the Scenes, Dies at 56|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/16/arts/music/katreese-barnes-dead.html |website=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=18 August 2019|date=16 August 2019}}</ref> She won the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics]] twice for composing music for ''SNL'', first in 2007 as co-writer of [[The Lonely Island]]'s "[[Dick in a Box]]" and again in 2011 for writing a monologue for [[Justin Timberlake]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2007/outstanding-original-music-and-lyrics|title=Nominees/Winners|publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]|accessdate=July 12, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2011/outstanding-original-music-and-lyrics|title=Nominees/Winners|publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]|accessdate=July 12, 2017}}</ref> Katreese Barnes died of breast cancer on August 3, 2019 at the age of 56.<ref name="nytobit"/>


==Discography==
==Discography==


===Albums===
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Album
! rowspan="2"| Album
! rowspan="2"| Label
! colspan="1"| Peaks
! rowspan="2"| Record Label
! colspan="4"| Peak chart positions<ref name=JU2>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/juicy-p188490/charts-awards|title=Juicy - Billboard - Albums|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=2011-08-31}}</ref>
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="35"| [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|US<br>R&B]]<br><ref name="Whitburn">{{cite book|title=Joel Whitburn's Top R&B Albums, 1965-1998|date=1999|publisher=Record Research|isbn=9780898201345|edition=illustrated}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 1982
! {{Small|[[Billboard 200|U.S.]]}}
| align="left"| ''Juicy''
! {{Small|[[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|U.S. <br/>R&B]]}}
| 57
! {{Small|[[UK Albums Chart|UK]]}}
| rowspan="1"| [[Arista Records|Arista]]
|-
|-
| 1985
|1982
| align="left"| ''It Takes Two''
|''Juicy''
| Arista
| 32
| rowspan="1"| [[Joe Isgro|Private I]]
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|57
|align="center"|—
|-
|-
| 1987
|1985
| align="left"| ''Spread the Love''
|''It Takes Two''
| Private I
| &mdash;
| rowspan="1"| [[Sony Music|CBS Associated]]
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|32
|align="center"|—
|-
|-
| colspan="15" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart.
|1987
|''Spread the Love''
| CBS Associated Records
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|—
|-
!colspan="8" style="font-size: 8pt"| "—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released in that region.
|-
|-
|}
|}


===Singles===
===Singles===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
|-
! Year
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single
! Song
! colspan="4"| Peak chart positions
! style="width:45px;"|<sup>[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|U.S. R&B]]</sup>
! rowspan="2"| Album
! style="width:45px;"|<sup>[[Hot Dance Club Songs|U.S. Dance]]</sup>
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! style="width:45px;"|<sup>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</sup>
! width="35"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br><ref>{{cite web|title=Juicy Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography|url=https://www.musicvf.com/Juicy.art|website=Music VF|access-date=10 August 2022}}</ref>

! width="35"| [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|US<br>R&B]]<br><ref name="rbook"/>
! width="35"| [[Hot Dance Club Play|US<br>Dan]]<br><ref name="billboard">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/juicy/chart-history|title=US Charts > Juicy|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=2020-04-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325202704/https://www.billboard.com/artist/juicy/chart-history/|archive-date=March 25, 2022}}</ref>
! width="35"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br><ref name="uk">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/23065/juicy/|title=UK Charts > Juicy|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|accessdate=2020-04-28}}</ref>
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1982
| rowspan="2"| 1982
| align="left"| "I've Got Something"
| "Don't Cha Wanna / Give Some"
| &mdash;
| align=center | ―
| &mdash;
| align=center | ―
| &mdash;
| align=center | ―
| &mdash;
| align=left rowspan="4"| ''Juicy''
|-
|-
| "I've Got Something"
| align="left"| "Don't Cha Wanna"
| &mdash;
| align=center | ―
| &mdash;
| align=center | ―
| &mdash;
| align=center | ―
| &mdash;
|-
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1983
| "Love's A Merry-Go-'Round / Sing the Message"
| align=center | ―
| align="left"| "Love's a Merry-Go-'Round"
| &mdash;
| align=center | ―
| 75
| align=center | ―
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
|-
|-
| align="left"| "You're Number One"
|rowspan="1"| 1983
| &mdash;
| "You're Number One / Satisfied"
| &mdash;
| align=center | ―
| &mdash;
| align=center | ―
| &mdash;
| align=center | ―
|-
|-
|rowspan="1"| 1984
| rowspan="1"| 1984
| "Beat Street Strut"
| align="left"| "Beat Street Strut"
| 107
| align=center | ―
| 76
| align=center | 46
| 27
| align=center | ―
| &mdash;
| align=left rowspan="1"| ''[[Beat Street (soundtrack)|Beat Street]]''
|-
|-
|rowspan="4"| 1985
| rowspan="2"| 1985
| "Sugar Free"
| align="left"| "Bad Boy"
| &mdash;
| align=center | 13
| 41
| align=center | 43
| &mdash;
| align=center | 45
| &mdash;
| align=left rowspan="4"| ''It Takes Two''
|-
|-
| align="left"| "It Takes Two"
| "Bad Boy"
| &mdash;
| align=center | ―
| 72
| align=center | ―
| &mdash;
| align=center | ―
| &mdash;
|-
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1986
| "It Takes Two"
| align=center | ―
| align="left"| "Sugar Free"
| &mdash;
| align=center | ―
| 13
| align=center | ―
| &mdash;
| 45
|-
|-
| "Nobody but You"
| align="left"| "Nobody but You"
| &mdash;
| align=center | 59
| 59
| align=center | ―
| &mdash;
| align=center | ―
| &mdash;
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1987
| rowspan="2"| 1987
| "After Loving You"
| align="left"| "After Loving You"
| &mdash;
| align=center | ―
| &mdash;
| align=center | ―
| &mdash;
| align=center | 84
| 84
| align=left rowspan="2"| ''Spread the Love''
|-
|-
| "All Work, No Play"
| align="left"| "All Work, No Play"
| &mdash;
| align=center | ―
| &mdash;
| align=center | ―
| &mdash;
| align=center | ―
| &mdash;
|-
|-
| colspan="15" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart.
| "Private Party"
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
| align=center | ―
|-
|-
|}
|}
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==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Discogs artist}}


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Juicy
GenresR&B, dance
Years active1982–1987
LabelsCBS Associated Records
Arista Records
Past membersJerry Barnes
Katreese Barnes

Juicy was an American musical duo consisting of siblings Jerry Barnes and Katreese Barnes.[1] The group is best known for the songs "Sugar Free" and Beat Street feature song "Beat Street Strut".

Career

[edit]

Their debut single "Don't Cha Wanna" was released in 1982 by Arista Records. In the same year they also released their first eponymous album, which made it into Billboard R&B chart the next year.[2]

In 1984, their song "Beat Street Strut", released by the same label, appeared in the 1984 musical-drama movie Beat Street and its gold-certified soundtrack.[3] The song peaked at #46 on Billboard Dance chart in July 1984.[4]

Their second album It Takes Two was released in 1985. The album featured an answer record to the Mtume song "Juicy Fruit" called "Sugar Free".[5] It peaked at #13 on the Billboard R&B chart and #45 on the UK Singles Chart.[6] Another moderately successful single from the album include "Nobody but You", reaching number 59 on the R&B chart.[7]

Their last album, Spread the Love, released in 1987, was commercially unsuccessful, resulting in Juicy's disbanding. Katreese Barnes later became a producer, songwriter and the musical director for Saturday Night Live.[1] She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics twice for composing music for SNL, first in 2007 as co-writer of The Lonely Island's "Dick in a Box" and again in 2011 for writing a monologue for Justin Timberlake.[8][9] Katreese Barnes died of breast cancer on August 3, 2019 at the age of 56.[1]

Discography

[edit]

Studio albums

[edit]
Year Album Peaks Record Label
US
R&B
[2]
1982 Juicy 57 Arista
1985 It Takes Two 32 Private I
1987 Spread the Love — CBS Associated
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

Singles

[edit]
Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US
[10] 		US
R&B
[7] 		US
Dan
[11] 		UK
[6]
1982 "I've Got Something" — — — — Juicy
"Don't Cha Wanna" — — — —
1983 "Love's a Merry-Go-'Round" — 75 — —
"You're Number One" — — — —
1984 "Beat Street Strut" 107 76 27 — Beat Street
1985 "Bad Boy" — 41 — — It Takes Two
"It Takes Two" — 72 — —
1986 "Sugar Free" — 13 — 45
"Nobody but You" — 59 — —
1987 "After Loving You" — — — 84 Spread the Love
"All Work, No Play" — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Russonello, Giovanni (August 16, 2019). "Katreese Barnes, a Musical Force Behind the Scenes, Dies at 56". The New York Times. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Joel Whitburn's Top R&B Albums, 1965-1998 (illustrated ed.). Record Research. 1999. ISBN 9780898201345.
  3. ^ Osborne, Jerry (2002). Movie/TV Soundtracks and Original Cast Recordings Price and Reference Guide (4th ed.). Jerry Osborne Enterprises. p. 1995. ISBN 0-932117-37-6.
  4. ^ "Billboard (r) Dance Top 80 (tm)". Billboard/Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 96: 13. July 21, 1984. ISSN 0006-2510.
  5. ^ Hogan, Ed. "Juicy Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
  6. ^ a b "UK Charts > Juicy". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  7. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles, 1942-2004 (5th ed.). California, U.S.: Record Research Inc., 2004 (originally) the University of California). p. 723. ISBN 0-89820-160-8.
  8. ^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
  9. ^ "Nominees/Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
  10. ^ "Juicy Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography". Music VF. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
  11. ^ "US Charts > Juicy". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 25, 2022. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
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