Born in Washington, D.C.,
Johnny Gill was discovered by singer
Stacy Lattisaw after singing in his family's group Wings of Faith from age five. His solo career began in 1983 with the Top 30 R&B single "Super Love." In duo with
Lattisaw, he scored an R&B Top Ten hit in 1984 with "Perfect Combination." In 1988,
Gill joined
New Edition, replacing
Bobby Brown. In 1989 he sang on two R&B hits: "Where Do We Go from Here," a #1 by
Stacy Lattisaw, and "One Love," by
George Howard.
Gill finally scored as a solo singer in 1990 with the release of his album
Johnny Gill, which sold a million copies, topped the R&B chart, and made the Top Ten in the pop chart. Following the relative failure of 1993's
Provocative -- which didn't produce any Top 10 R&B singles and only went gold --
Gill reunited with
New Edition in 1996. A month after
New Edition released
Home Again in September of 1996,
Gill released
Let's Get the Mood Right. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide