(OвЂ™BryanвЂ™s highest-charting single, 1982вЂ™s вЂњThe Gigolo,вЂќ peaked at #57.) She did session work, singing backup for Howard Johnson and the Dazz Band and Ray Parker Jr. ItвЂ™s a 7.) For a little while, White sang for the LA band Legacy, then toured as a backing singer for the R&B singer OвЂ™Bryan. (Stephanie MillsвЂ™ highest-charting single, 1980вЂ™s вЂњ Never Knew Love Like This Before,вЂќ peaked at #6. When she was 18, White co-wrote вЂњ Automatic Passion,вЂќ which would later become an album track for the R&B singer Stephanie Mills. Karyn White didnвЂ™t get to join Shalamar, but she still elbowed her way into the music business any way she could. вЂњLooking For A New LoveвЂќ is a 9, and вЂњReal LoveвЂќ is an 8.) Jody WatleyвЂ™s two highest-charting singles, 1987вЂ™s вЂњ Looking For A New LoveвЂќ and 1989вЂ™s вЂњ Real Love,вЂќ both peaked at #2. (ShalamarвЂ™s highest-charting single, 1979вЂ™s вЂњ The Second Time Around,вЂќ peaked at #8. She auditioned to replace the departing Jody Watley in the funk band Shalamar in 1983, but she didnвЂ™t get the spot. She auditioned for a touring production of Dreamgirls when she was too young to take the role. She took dance lessons and acting lessons. (When White was born, the #1 song in America was the BeatlesвЂ™ вЂњ Yesterday.вЂќ) WhiteвЂ™s mother was the choir director of their church, and White started singing in that church as a kid. White grew up in Los Angeles, and she started competing in beauty pageants at age five. Very early in life, Karyn White decided that she was going to be a star. вЂњRomanticвЂќ isnвЂ™t a terrible song, but itвЂ™s a clear Janet imitation, and itвЂ™s nowhere near as memorable as the real thing. Karyn WhiteвЂ™s other hits, the ones that donвЂ™t sound like Janet Jackson songs, have lingered much longer. (Janet Jackson herself wouldnвЂ™t start making hornier music until a couple of years later.) вЂњRomanticвЂќ mightвЂ™ve been a #1 hit, but it was the type of #1 hit that fades from collective memory immediately after its one week on top. In fact, White didnвЂ™t just have access she was on her way to marrying Terry Lewis.Д«ut вЂњRomantic,вЂќ Karyn WhiteвЂ™s sole #1 hit, mostly plays as a distant echo of the kinds of things that Janet was doing two years earlier on Rhythm Nation 1814 - a hornier generic-brand version of a Janet Jackson track. She also had access to Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Janet JacksonвЂ™s primary collaborators. Karyn White was a strikingly beautiful woman and a gifted singer with a proven track record of hits. If anyone couldвЂ™ve made a Janet Jackson record in 1991, then it probably wouldвЂ™ve been Karyn White. Something about JacksonвЂ™s whole presence just couldnвЂ™t be copied.

But other than JanetвЂ™s former choreographer Paula Abdul, nobody ever quite managed to achieve any kind of sustained success by doing Janet Jackson things.

Janet Jackson was never an insanely talented singer like Whitney Houston or Mariah Carey, and she had a formula - ebullient vocals over hammering dance-funk production - that shouldвЂ™ve been fairly replicable. ItвЂ™s not easy to make a Janet Jackson record. In The Number Ones, IвЂ™m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chartвЂ™s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present.

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