Jacqueline Graham (born 15 September 1956) is a British singer-songwriter. Following her hit version of "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" with David Grant in 1985, Graham scored a further five UK top 20 hits over a two-year period. In 1983 after recording a session for a jazz funk band called Medium Wave Band, Graham was spotted by a talent scout and signed to EMI Records. Two solo singles were released in the following year, "Heaven Knows" (the title of her first album) and "Once More with the Feeling".

The duet with David Grant, a cover version of the Detroit Spinners track "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love", was released in early 1985 reaching no. 5 in March of that year.

Graham's single "Set Me Free" was released in early 1986 and reached no. 7 in the UK, McDonald later wrote for Graham's albums and has featured her as a special guest on his UK tours.

In 1989, she released her third and final album recorded on the EMI label called From Now On. The album included two singles: the title track and ballad "The Better Part of Me", both of which failed to reach the UK top 40. received high critical acclaim and within a few weeks of the transmission, Graham was invited back, this time to perform Duke Ellington classics in March 2010. It was recorded with new vocals at Britannia Row Studios in London. In 2018, Graham released a new studio album, When a Woman Loves, on her own label, JNT Music Ltd.

Personal life

Graham has been married to Tony Ormsby since 1976.

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

{| class="wikitable"

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! Year

! Title

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|UK<br>

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| rowspan="1"| 1989

| From Now On

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| rowspan="1"| 1994

| Real Life

| align=center | —

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| rowspan="1"| 1995

| Hold On

| align=center | —

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| rowspan="1"| 1996

| Rhythm of Life

| align=center | —

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| rowspan="1"| 1997

| Don't Keep Me Waiting

| align=center | ―

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| rowspan="1"| 1998

| My Life

| align=center | ―

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| rowspan="1"| 2012

| For Sentimental Reasons

| align=center | ―

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| rowspan="1"| 2018

| When a Woman Loves

| align=center | ―

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| colspan="6" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart.

|}

Compilation albums

{| class="wikitable"

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! scope="col"| Year

! scope="col"| Title

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| 1995

| Best Shots

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| 2009

| Greatest Hits Live!

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| 2010

| Absolute Essential – The Very Best of Jaki Graham

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| 2021

| 35th Anniversary Collection (4-CD set)

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Singles

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;" | Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year

! scope="col" colspan="10" | Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album

|-

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| UK<br>

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| AUS<br>

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| GER<br>

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| IRE<br>

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| NL<br>

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| NZ<br>

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| SWE<br>

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| SWI<br>

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US Dance<br>

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US R&B<br>

|-

! scope="row"| "What's the Name of Your Game"

| rowspan="3"| 1984

|| 113 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|rowspan="5"|Heaven Knows

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! scope="row"| "Heaven Knows (Feels So Good)"

| 59 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

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! scope="row"| "Once More with the Feeling"

| 150 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

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! scope="row"| "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love"<br /><small>(duet with David Grant)</small>

| rowspan="3"| 1985

| 5 || — || — || 8 || 17 || 48 || — || — || — || 60

|-

! scope="row"| "Round and Around"

| 9 || — || 23 || 14 || — || — || — || — || — || 85

|-

! scope="row"| "Mated"<br><small>(duet with David Grant)</small>

| 20 || — || — || 23 || 17 || — || — || — || — || —

|rowspan="6"|Breaking Away

|-

! scope="row"| "Set Me Free"

| rowspan="3"| 1986

| 7 || — || 47 || 21 || 18 || — || 16 || 11 || 15 || —

|-

! scope="row"| "Breaking Away"

| 16 || — || — || 14 || 22 || — || — || — || — || —

|-

! scope="row"| "Step Right Up"

| 15 || — || — || 13 || 42 || — || 20 || — || — || —

|-

! scope="row"| "Still in Love"

| 1987

| 83 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|-

! scope="row"| "No More Tears"

| 1988

| 60 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|-

! scope="row"| "From Now On"

| rowspan="3"| 1989

| 73 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 88

|rowspan="3"|From Now On

|-

! scope="row"| "The Better Part of Me"

| 79 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|-

! scope="row"| "Every Little Bit Hurts"

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 79

|-

! scope="row"| "Touch Me (When We're Dancing)"

| 1991

| 87 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|rowspan="2"|non-album singles

|-

! scope="row"| "Band of Gold"

| 1992

| 109 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

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! scope="row"| "Ain't Nobody"

| 1994

| 44 || 17 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 1 || —

|rowspan="3"|Real Life

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! scope="row"| "You Can Count on Me"

| rowspan="2"| 1995

| 62 || 129 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|-

! scope="row"| "Absolute E-Sensual"

| 69 || 54 || — || — || — || — || — || — || 3 || —

|-

! scope="row"| "When a Woman Loves"

| rowspan="1"| 2018

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

|When a Woman Loves

|-

| colspan="14" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released.

|}

See also

  • List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance Club Songs chart
  • List of Billboard number-one dance club songs
  • List of number-one dance singles of 1994 (U.S.)
  • List of performers on Top of the Pops

References

  • Official website
  • Jaki Graham at Vh1.com
  • Jaki Graham 2012 audio interview at Soulinterviews.com