Rick James

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Aliases: Ricky Matthews
Real name: James Ambrose Johnson, Jr.
Born: February 1, 1948
Died: August 6, 2004
Country: United States
IPI: 00064922175
00064922273 2 works
00125629673 14 works
00185748621 1 work
Affiliation: ASCAP, BMI

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Originals

		Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
		Be My Lady	Rick James	April 1978	High Inergy
		Cold Blooded	Rick James	August 1983	(4 artists) Sampled by Mýa
		Come Into My Life	Rick James	October 16, 1979	Process and the Doo Rags
		Ebony Eyes	Rick James featuring Smokey Robinson	August 1983	(3 artists)
		Fire and Desire	Rick James with Teena Marie	April 7, 1981	Johnny Gill & Coko
		Give It to Me Baby	Rick James	April 7, 1981	(5 artists) Sampled by Saltnpepa
		Love Gun	Rick James	October 16, 1979	Royal Crescent Mob
		Mary Jane	Rick James	April 1978	(2 artists) Sampled by (6 artists)
		Super Freak	Rick James	April 7, 1981	(25 artists) Sampled by (2 artists)
		You and I	Rick James	April 1978	(2 artists)

Covers by Rick James

		Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
		Guinnevere	Rick James	2007	Unverified
		Slow Dancin'	Chaka Khan & Rick James	November 17, 1982	Loz Netto
		Starship	Rick James	May 17, 1994	Norman Connors featuring Michael Henderson
		This Magic Moment / Dance with Me	Rick James	May 2, 1989	The Drifters [US1], The Drifters with Orchestra conducted by Richard Wess

Sampled songs

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Cold Blooded	Rick James	August 1983	Covered by (4 artists) Sampled by Mýa
		Ghetto Life	Rick James	April 7, 1981	Sampled by Birdman
		Give It to Me Baby	Rick James	April 7, 1981	Covered by (5 artists) Sampled by Saltnpepa
		Mary Jane	Rick James	April 1978	Covered by (2 artists) Sampled by (6 artists)
		Super Freak	Rick James	April 7, 1981	Covered by (25 artists) Sampled by (2 artists)

Songs written by Rick James

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
All Night Long	Rick James	Mary Jane Girls	June 21, 1983	Covered by (5 artists)
Be My Lady	Rick James	Rick James	April 1978	Covered by High Inergy
Cold Blooded	Rick James	Rick James	August 1983	Covered by (4 artists)
Come Into My Life	Rick James	Rick James	October 16, 1979	Covered by Process and the Doo Rags
Ebony Eyes	Rick James	Rick James featuring Smokey Robinson	August 1983	Covered by (3 artists)
Fire and Desire	Rick James	Rick James with Teena Marie	April 7, 1981	Covered by Johnny Gill & Coko
Ghetto Life	Rick James	Rick James	April 7, 1981
Give It to Me Baby	Rick James	Rick James	April 7, 1981	Covered by (5 artists)
In My House	Rick James	Mary Jane Girls	January 29, 1985	Covered by (2 artists)
Love Gun	Rick James	Rick James	October 16, 1979	Covered by Royal Crescent Mob
Mary Jane	Rick James	Rick James	April 1978	Covered by (2 artists)
Out in the Country	Rick James, Ronn Matlock, Roderick Harrison	Bobby Taylor	January 3, 1969	Covered by (3 artists)
Party All the Time	Rick James	Eddie Murphy	September 1985	Covered by (7 artists)
Super Freak	Rick James, Alonzo Miller	Rick James	April 7, 1981	Covered by (25 artists)
You and I	Rick James	Rick James	April 1978	Covered by (2 artists)

Releases

Albums

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	Bustin' Out - The Best of Rick James	Rick James	May 17, 1994	Motown
	Cold Blooded	Rick James	August 1983	Gordy
	Come Get It	Rick James	April 1978	Gordy
	Fire It Up	Rick James	October 16, 1979	Gordy
	Street Songs	Rick James	April 7, 1981	Gordy

Performances also appear on

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	Chaka Khan	Chaka Khan	November 17, 1982	Warner Bros. Records
	Rock, Rhythm & Blues	various artists	May 2, 1989	Warner Bros. Records

Tributes

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	Lullaby Versions of Rick James	Twinkle Twinkle Little Rock Star	June 10, 2022	Roma Music Group

Reported errors

#	Reported by	Reported on	Status	Last update
#172299	Mark_Heyrman	2021-05-29 09:11:03 UTC	rejected	2021-05-29 09:48:50 UTC by Mark_Heyrman
#181341	Mark_Heyrman	2021-09-20 11:33:26 UTC	rejected	2021-09-20 11:36:56 UTC by Mark_Heyrman