Song:Crying Over You
Album:Kings Of Freestyle
It always amazes me how one hit song can lead to a 25 year music career. And in the case of Jeffrey "Soave" Martinez, the 1989 single Crying Over You was only a dance club hit. It didn't cross over and Martinez has never released an album. He was born Dec. 23, 1968 in Jersey City, NJ. Martinez started performing as a child. He was heavily influenced by New Edition. He even called his high school group Second Edition. He started hanging around New York clubs. He got a manager and that manager got him a meeting with Owen Soba of Micmac Records. Micmac was a leading producer of freestyle dance music. Soba gave Martinez some lyrics to sing and that got him a record deal. The lyrics were for Crying Over You. The record was a big hit in New York clubs and then through DJs it became popular elsewhere. It didn't cross over to pop but Micmac wasn't producing music for pop radio. They were producing music for dance clubs. One would expect that Martinez would have recorded an album. But he only recorded three singles for Micmac and he hasn't recorded since the 90s. Martinez says the problem was Micmac was in New York and he lived in New Jersey. He was an outsider. You can get Crying Over You on this various artists budget comp. Despite this, Martinez continues to perform. He does a lot of freestyle cruises aimed at fans of freestyle dance music. He's been able to make a 25 year career from one dance club hit. That's amazing to me. Here's a video for Crying Over You by Soave.
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