Song:I Love Your Smile
Album:Ultimate Collection
The 1991 top five hit I Love Your Smile was the biggest hit for R & B singer Shanice Wilson. I guess when you have your biggest hit at age 18, there's nowhere to go but down. But Shanice was a fixture on the R & B charts through the 90s and she's still around today. She was born May 14, 1973 in Pittsburgh. Her mom moved her to Los Angeles to get her into the entertainment business. At age 8, Shanice appeared in a KFC commercial with Ella Fitzgerald. Then she appeared on Kids Incorporated and Star Search and that led to a contract with A & M Records. Her 1987 debut album Discovery produced two top ten R & B hits. But she hit the jackpot with her 1991 follow up Inner Child. That album was on Motown after PolyGram had purchased A & M. I Love Your Smile topped the R & B charts and reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song and the album was produced by Narada Michael Walden. Walden started out as a jazz drummer and he became a hot producer after his protege Stacy Lattislaw became popular. He also produced Aretha Franklin (that's him playing drums in the Freeway Of Love video), Whitney Houston and many others. Branford Marsalis plays the sax solo and in the video, you can hear Shanice say "Blow Branford Blow". Shanice continued to have success on the R & B charts but when PolyGram was sold to Universal in 1998, she moved to LaFace Records and the 1999 album Shanice was her final album on a major label. She also appeared in the Broadway musical Les Miserables in 1997. This comp has all her Motown hits. Shanice married actor Flex Alexander in 2000 and they have two children. She released the CD Every Woman Dreams on her own label in 2006 and it reached #30 on the R & B album chart. She is currently working on a new CD. Here's the video for I Love Your Smile by Shanice.
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