The Jets (band)
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The Jets are a family band from Minneapolis
, Minnesota
, composed of brothers and sisters who specialize in pop
, R&B
, and dance music
, particularly Latin freestyle.
The group officially formed in 1985
, with the original lineup fizzling out by 1990. Several members of the family stayed on throughout the 1990s, unofficially reviving the group in the mid to late 1990s as a gospel outfit with most of the original members present.
Various record companies have released collections of songs from the group's popular period, while the modern incarnation of the group continues to perform at various small venues, primarily casinos and private corporate functions.
. The family is of Tongan, British, and German ancestry. They are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons).
hits in the mid- to late-1980s, including five top 10 singles on the Hot 100 chart: perhaps most notably the 1986 "Crush on You
" - which peaked at #3 in July 1986 on the USA Billboard Charts (#5 UK, #4 US R&B, #4 US Dance), and also "You Got It All
", "Cross My Broken Heart
", "Rocket 2 U
" and "Make It Real
". "Sendin' All My Love
", which peaked at #88 on the Hot 100, reached #1 on the Billboard
dance chart
; "You Got It All" and "Make It Real", both ballads featuring lead vocals by Elizabeth Wolfgramm
, were #1 hits on the Billboard adult contemporary chart
. The band was nominated for a Grammy Award
in 1988 for the song "Rocket 2 U". "Crush on You
" and "You Got It All
" continue to receive extensive airplay on urban "slow jam" formats, and also satellite radio.
(under the alias "Gene Hunt") and Joe Pasquale formed the duo Boys Club, which recorded for MCA Records
. It released the song "I Remember Holding You," which reached #8 on the Hot 100, their most popular song. Eugene later reunited for the album The Best of The Jets
(1990), but he and other siblings (Eddie, Elizabeth, Kathi) eventually left the band in succession. The band was also featured on the soundtrack for The Disney Afternoon, where they performed the Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
theme song. They also appeared on the soundtracks for Beverly Hills Cop II
(1987) ("Cross My Broken Heart"), The Karate Kid, Part III
("Under Any Moon") and The Family Man
(2000) ("La La Means I Love You").
. The current lineup includes founding member Haini and younger siblings Donnie, Natalia, Kelela, and Tiare. Although the original Jets themselves rarely perform together, some members are still busy in the music business. With the older sisters' group My Sisters, to Haini's group I'Kona, to the younger siblings' (Mika, Donnie, Kelela, and Tiare) called Against The Season
, the family continues to make music in various forms.
In 2007, Kathi, Elizabeth and Moana, along with sisters Jennifer and Hinalei, released a gospel-themed album titled My Sisters.
On April 9, 2010, all the original members except for Eugene performed at the State Theatre in Minneapolis Minnesota. It was billed as their 25th Anniversary Reunion Show.
" at the seventh game of the 1987 World Series
, held in its hometown of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and prior to game three of the 1991 Stanley Cup Final in suburban Bloomington
. The band also performed at both the 1988 Summer Olympics
in Seoul
, South Korea
and the 2002 Winter Olympics
in Salt Lake City, Utah
.
recorded a cover version
of "You Got It All" in 1997 which appears on international editions of her 2000 hit album Oops!... I Did It Again
. Also, musical artists Arnee Hidalgo, Pinay and MYMP
(Make Your Momma Proud) have covered the same song. Pop singer Aaron Carter
covered their song "Crush on You" on his first album
, which became a top 10 single in Australia
, Germany
and the United Kingdom
in 1997. Singer Nayobe
recorded a version of the song "Make It Real" which became a hit in Latin America. Furthermore, Exposé
recorded a version of the song "The Same Love" for their self-titled 1992 album Exposé
. More recently the UK electronic music act Nero (band)
sampled the song "Crush On You" for their 2011 album track of the same name.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...
, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
, composed of brothers and sisters who specialize in pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
, R&B
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
, and dance music
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
, particularly Latin freestyle.
The group officially formed in 1985
1985 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1985.-January–March:*January 1 - The newest music video channel, VH-1, debuts on American cable. It is aimed at an older demographic than its sister station, MTV...
, with the original lineup fizzling out by 1990. Several members of the family stayed on throughout the 1990s, unofficially reviving the group in the mid to late 1990s as a gospel outfit with most of the original members present.
Various record companies have released collections of songs from the group's popular period, while the modern incarnation of the group continues to perform at various small venues, primarily casinos and private corporate functions.
Background
The original band consisted of the eight oldest children of Maikeli "Mike" and Vaké Wolfgramm, who have 17 children in total, fifteen by birth and two (Eddie and Eugene) by adoption, were originally from the South Pacific island kingdom of TongaTonga
Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga , is a state and an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, comprising 176 islands scattered over of ocean in the South Pacific...
. The family is of Tongan, British, and German ancestry. They are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons).
Original lineup
- LeRoy Wolfgramm (born July 19, 1965) – vocals, electric guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
- Eddie Wolfgramm (born August 14, 1966) – vocals, tenor saxophoneTenor saxophoneThe tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...
, percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration... - Eugene WolfgrammEugene WolfgrammEugene Joseph Wolfgramm , born September 24, 1967 in Apia, Samoa, is a founding member of the Minneapolis-based group The Jets. Like the other Wolfgramms, Eugene is a Latter-day Saint.-Biography:...
(born September 24, 1967) – vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, congaCongaThe conga, or more properly the tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban drum with African antecedents. It is thought to be derived from the Makuta drums or similar drums associated with Afro-Cubans of Central African descent. A person who plays conga is called a conguero...
, alto saxophoneAlto saxophoneThe alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in 1841. It is smaller than the tenor but larger than the soprano, and is the type most used in classical compositions... - Heinrich "Haini" Wolfgramm (born January 25, 1968) – vocals, bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Rudolph Harold "Rudy" Wolfgramm - (born March 1, 1969) – vocals, drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Katherine "Kathi" Wolfgramm (born September 6, 1970) – vocals, keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration... - Elizabeth WolfgrammElizabeth WolfgrammElizabeth Wolfgramm is an American singer and was a member of the family group The Jets, composed of siblings: Eddie, Eugene, Elizabeth, Haini, Kathi, Leroy, Moana, and Rudy Wolfgramm...
(born August 19, 1972) – vocals, keyboards, percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration... - Moana Wolfgramm (born October 13, 1973) – vocals, keyboards, percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
Successes
The original members of The Jets had a number of Billboard Hot 100Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
hits in the mid- to late-1980s, including five top 10 singles on the Hot 100 chart: perhaps most notably the 1986 "Crush on You
Crush on You
"Crush on You" was the second single released in 1985 from The Jets' critically and commercially successful debut album The Jets. It was also a successful single, reaching number three in the U.S....
" - which peaked at #3 in July 1986 on the USA Billboard Charts (#5 UK, #4 US R&B, #4 US Dance), and also "You Got It All
You Got It All
"You Got It All" was the fourth single released by the 1980s dance-pop band, The Jets, from their commercially successful debut 1985 album, The Jets. It was written by Rupert Holmes, most famous for the song, "Escape ."...
", "Cross My Broken Heart
Cross My Broken Heart
"Cross My Broken Heart" is the title of the first single released from Magic, the second studio album released by the dance-pop band The Jets. The song reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1987. It also appears on the soundtrack to the Eddie Murphy film, Beverly Hills Cop...
", "Rocket 2 U
Rocket 2 U
"Rocket 2 U" is the title of a song by the American dance-pop sibling group, The Jets. It was written and produced by Bobby Nunn.Released as the third single from The Jets' multi-platinum album, Magic, in 1988, the song was the second most successful single released from the album, peaking at...
" and "Make It Real
Make It Real
"Make It Real" is a song by the American dance-pop sibling group, The Jets, released as a single from their album, Magic, in the spring of 1988 ....
". "Sendin' All My Love
Sendin' All My Love
"Sendin' All My Love" is the title of a song by the American dance-pop sibling group The Jets. It was written by Stephen Bray and Linda Mallah....
", which peaked at #88 on the Hot 100, reached #1 on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
dance chart
Hot Dance Club Play
The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...
; "You Got It All" and "Make It Real", both ballads featuring lead vocals by Elizabeth Wolfgramm
Elizabeth Wolfgramm
Elizabeth Wolfgramm is an American singer and was a member of the family group The Jets, composed of siblings: Eddie, Eugene, Elizabeth, Haini, Kathi, Leroy, Moana, and Rudy Wolfgramm...
, were #1 hits on the Billboard adult contemporary chart
Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States...
. The band was nominated for a Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
in 1988 for the song "Rocket 2 U". "Crush on You
Crush on You
"Crush on You" was the second single released in 1985 from The Jets' critically and commercially successful debut album The Jets. It was also a successful single, reaching number three in the U.S....
" and "You Got It All
You Got It All
"You Got It All" was the fourth single released by the 1980s dance-pop band, The Jets, from their commercially successful debut 1985 album, The Jets. It was written by Rupert Holmes, most famous for the song, "Escape ."...
" continue to receive extensive airplay on urban "slow jam" formats, and also satellite radio.
Spin-off
In 1988, brother Eugene WolfgrammEugene Wolfgramm
Eugene Joseph Wolfgramm , born September 24, 1967 in Apia, Samoa, is a founding member of the Minneapolis-based group The Jets. Like the other Wolfgramms, Eugene is a Latter-day Saint.-Biography:...
(under the alias "Gene Hunt") and Joe Pasquale formed the duo Boys Club, which recorded for MCA Records
MCA Records
MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...
. It released the song "I Remember Holding You," which reached #8 on the Hot 100, their most popular song. Eugene later reunited for the album The Best of The Jets
The Best of The Jets
The Best of The Jets is the fifth album recorded with MCA Records by the family group The Jets. It featured four new songs, including "Special Kinda Love", "Sendin' Out a Message", "Forever in My Life", and "Another You", as well as a compilation of their greatest hits The Best of The Jets is the...
(1990), but he and other siblings (Eddie, Elizabeth, Kathi) eventually left the band in succession. The band was also featured on the soundtrack for The Disney Afternoon, where they performed the Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. Created by Tad Stones and Alan Zaslove, it featured the established Disney characters Chip 'n' Dale in a new setting. The series premiered on the Disney Channel on March 4, 1989,...
theme song. They also appeared on the soundtracks for Beverly Hills Cop II
Beverly Hills Cop II
Beverly Hills Cop II is a 1987 action-comedy film starring Eddie Murphy and directed by Tony Scott. It is the first sequel in the Beverly Hills Cop series. Murphy returns as Detroit police detective Axel Foley, who returns to Beverly Hills, California to track down a joint robbery/gun-running ring...
(1987) ("Cross My Broken Heart"), The Karate Kid, Part III
The Karate Kid, Part III
The Karate Kid, Part III is a 1989 martial arts film, and the second sequel to the hit motion picture The Karate Kid . The film stars Ralph Macchio, Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, Thomas Ian Griffith, Robyn Lively, and Martin Kove. Like the first two films, it was directed by John G. Avildsen and written...
("Under Any Moon") and The Family Man
The Family Man
The Family Man is a 2000 drama film directed by Brett Ratner and starring Nicolas Cage and Téa Leoni. Cage's production company, Saturn Films, helped produce the film....
(2000) ("La La Means I Love You").
Other changes
Throughout the 1990s, the band introduced other members of the family to the band and turned more toward religious music, increasing their following among fellow MormonsMormonism
Mormonism is the religion practiced by Mormons, and is the predominant religious tradition of the Latter Day Saint movement. This movement was founded by Joseph Smith, Jr. beginning in the 1820s as a form of Christian primitivism. During the 1830s and 1840s, Mormonism gradually distinguished itself...
. The current lineup includes founding member Haini and younger siblings Donnie, Natalia, Kelela, and Tiare. Although the original Jets themselves rarely perform together, some members are still busy in the music business. With the older sisters' group My Sisters, to Haini's group I'Kona, to the younger siblings' (Mika, Donnie, Kelela, and Tiare) called Against The Season
Against The Season
Against The Season are a heavy rock group originally from California but now based in Utah.-Biography:Their parents immigrated to the United States from Tonga and the children were raised in Minneapolis. They are the younger brothers and sisters from a family of 17. They are from the Wolfrgramm...
, the family continues to make music in various forms.
In 2007, Kathi, Elizabeth and Moana, along with sisters Jennifer and Hinalei, released a gospel-themed album titled My Sisters.
Recent appearances
October 10, 2009, seven of the original band members reunited to perform at the Mega 80s & 90s Music Festival in Honolulu Hawaii at the Blaisdell Center Arena along with fellow MCA recording artists Ready for the World, The Covergirls, and EnVogue. The eighth member, Elizabeth was expecting and was unable to perform. She later gave birth to a healthy baby boy.On April 9, 2010, all the original members except for Eugene performed at the State Theatre in Minneapolis Minnesota. It was billed as their 25th Anniversary Reunion Show.
Sporting event performances
The group performed "The Star-Spangled BannerThe Star-Spangled Banner
"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States of America. The lyrics come from "Defence of Fort McHenry", a poem written in 1814 by the 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet, Francis Scott Key, after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy ships...
" at the seventh game of the 1987 World Series
1987 World Series
The 1987 World Series pitted the Minnesota Twins versus the St. Louis Cardinals.Minnesota was victorious in a World Series that was the first in which the home team won every game...
, held in its hometown of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and prior to game three of the 1991 Stanley Cup Final in suburban Bloomington
Bloomington, Minnesota
Bloomington is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota in Hennepin County. Located on the north bank of the Minnesota River above its confluence with the Mississippi River, Bloomington lies at the heart of the southern...
. The band also performed at both the 1988 Summer Olympics
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...
in Seoul
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
, South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
and the 2002 Winter Olympics
2002 Winter Olympics
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...
in Salt Lake City, Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
.
Influence
American pop singer Britney SpearsBritney Spears
Britney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album...
recorded a cover version
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of "You Got It All" in 1997 which appears on international editions of her 2000 hit album Oops!... I Did It Again
Oops!... I Did It Again
Oops!...I Did It Again is the second studio album by American pop singer Britney Spears. The album was released on May 16, 2000 by Jive Records. The album became a commercial success after debuting at top position on the U.S. Billboard 200 selling over 1,319,193 units during its first week...
. Also, musical artists Arnee Hidalgo, Pinay and MYMP
MYMP
M.Y.M.P. is an acoustic band act from the Philippines, which consists of five members. Their career started when Raymond Ryan, a station manager of iFm watched one of their gigs, and met up with a producer to produce their 2003 debut album, Soulful Acoustic, which has since been certified...
(Make Your Momma Proud) have covered the same song. Pop singer Aaron Carter
Aaron Carter
Aaron Charles Carter is an American singer. He came to fame as a pop and hip hop singer in the late 1990s, establishing himself as a star among pre-teen and teenage audiences during the early-first decade of the 21st century....
covered their song "Crush on You" on his first album
Aaron Carter (album)
Aaron Carter is the first and self-titled debut album of pop singer Aaron Carter, brother of Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter. It was originally released in December 1997 in Europe and re-released the next year with a new song and a remix, as well as being released in the United States in the...
, which became a top 10 single in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
in 1997. Singer Nayobe
Nayobe
Nayobe Catalina Gomez was born in 1968 in Brooklyn, New York to Afro-Cuban parents.-Career:In the early part of 1985 Nayobe became the first Latin American female to record a Freestyle song called "Please Don't Go" which was produced by Andy Panda...
recorded a version of the song "Make It Real" which became a hit in Latin America. Furthermore, Exposé
Exposé (band)
Exposé is an American vocal group. Primarily consisting of lead vocalists Ann Curless, Jeanette Jurado, and Gioia Bruno, the group achieved much of their success in the late 1980s and early 1990s, becoming the first group to have four top ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart from their debut...
recorded a version of the song "The Same Love" for their self-titled 1992 album Exposé
Exposé (album)
Exposé is the third album released from the group Exposé. This album's music style is less Latin influenced with more adult-contemporary material...
. More recently the UK electronic music act Nero (band)
Nero (band)
Nero are an electronic music act from London, England consisting of Daniel Stephens and Joe Ray. Alana Watson provides vocals on many of the duo's songs, though she is not officially a band member. On 6 December 2010, Nero were announced as nominees for the BBC's Sound of 2011 poll.-History:Nero...
sampled the song "Crush On You" for their 2011 album track of the same name.
Studio albums
| Year | Album | Chart positions | US certifications |
Record label | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
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| 1985 | The Jets The Jets (album) The Jets is the first studio album by The Jets, released in 1985 .The Jets gained airplay on MTV, VH1 and BET with the release of their first single "Curiosity". The song reached #8 on the R&B chart.... |
17 | 16 | 57 | Platinum | MCA MCA Records MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003... |
| 1986 | Christmas with The Jets Christmas with The Jets Christmas with The Jets is the second studio album by The Jets. It was released in 1986 and includes nine out of ten original Christmas recordings written by Sean Kelly of Foxboro,Massachusetts for The Jets... |
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| 1987 | Magic Magic (Jets album) Magic is the title of the third album by the group The Jets, released in 1987 .This album spawned multiple hit singles. "Cross My Broken Heart" was also featured on the soundtrack for Beverly Hills Cop II.... |
35 | 26 | — | Gold | |
| 1989 | Believe Believe (Jets album) Believe is the fourth album recorded with MCA records by the family group The Jets, at this point composed of siblings Eddie, Elizabeth, Haini, Kathi, Leroy, Moana and Rudy Wolfgramm . It featured all new material, including the singles "You Better Dance" and "The Same Love"... |
107 | 74 | — | — | |
| 1995 | Love People Love People Love People is the sixth album recorded with Liberty Park Records by the family group The Jets. It featured all new songs recorded by The Jets.-Track listing:# "Love People"# "Need Your Love"# "One More Try"... |
— | — | — | — | Liberty Park |
| 1997 | Love Will Lead the Way Love Will Lead The Way Love Will Lead the Way is the seventh album by The Jets. The album is the sixth studio album from the group. By this point, not all of the original band members were included... |
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| 1998 | Then & Now Then & Now (The Jets album) Then & Now is the eighth album recorded by The Jets. At this point, the band only had 4 of the original members remaining, but also had 3 new members, all younger siblings of the older members. It featured 4 new songs including "No Time to Lose", "The Truth", "Ooh Baby" and "Sacrifice"... |
— | — | — | — | K-tel K-tel K-tel International is an "As-Seen-On-TV" company, which is most noted for its compilation music albums, such as "The Super Hits" series, "The Dynamic Hits" series and "The Number One Hits" series... |
| 2006 | Versatility Versatility Versatility is the eleventh album by The Jets. This album features nine siblings of the Wolfgramm family, with LeRoy being the only remaining original member of The Jets... |
— | — | — | — | Hip-O Hip-O Records Hip-O Records is a record label, currently part of Universal Music Group, which specializes in reissues and compilations. Their Hip-O Select label is currently in the midst of releasing the Complete Motown Singles, a series of fourteen box sets which include both sides of every 45 from Motown... |
| "—" denotes the album failed to chart or was not certified | ||||||
Live albums
| Year | Album | Chart positions | US certifications |
Record label | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
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| 2007 | Greatest Hits Live Greatest Hits Live (Jets album) Greatest Hits Live is the twelfth album by The Jets. The album was recorded live on July 4, 2006 at the 4th of July Celebration at Fort Dix, New Jersey... |
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| 2009 | Live, Hana Hou! Live, Hana Hou! Live, Hana Hou! is the thirteenth album by The Jets. The album contains six new live versions of the groups top hits including Curiosity, You Got It All, Make It Real, Cross My Broken Heart, Sendin All My Love, and a fun funky lay-down of the beloved Billboard top 10 dance hit Crush On You! The... |
— | — | — | — | K-tel K-tel K-tel International is an "As-Seen-On-TV" company, which is most noted for its compilation music albums, such as "The Super Hits" series, "The Dynamic Hits" series and "The Number One Hits" series... |
| "—" denotes the album failed to chart or was not certified | ||||||
Compliations albums
| Year | Album | Chart positions | US certifications |
Record label | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
UK UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
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| 1990 | The Best of The Jets The Best of The Jets The Best of The Jets is the fifth album recorded with MCA Records by the family group The Jets. It featured four new songs, including "Special Kinda Love", "Sendin' Out a Message", "Forever in My Life", and "Another You", as well as a compilation of their greatest hits The Best of The Jets is the... |
— | — | — | — | MCA MCA Records MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003... |
| 2001 | The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Jets | — | — | — | — | |
| 2004 | All Their Best | — | — | — | — | K-tel K-tel K-tel International is an "As-Seen-On-TV" company, which is most noted for its compilation music albums, such as "The Super Hits" series, "The Dynamic Hits" series and "The Number One Hits" series... |
| "—" denotes the album failed to chart or was not certified | ||||||
Singles
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| US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
US R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
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UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
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| 1985 | "Curiosity Curiosity (song) "Curiosity" was the first single released by The Jets from their critically and commercially successful debut album The Jets. This was a successful single on the R&B chart in the U.S., peaking at number eight.-Chart performance:... " |
— | 8 | 21 | — | 41 | The Jets |
| 1986 | "Crush on You Crush on You "Crush on You" was the second single released in 1985 from The Jets' critically and commercially successful debut album The Jets. It was also a successful single, reaching number three in the U.S.... " |
3 | 4 | 4 | — | 5 | |
| "Private Number Private Number (song) "Private Number" is a song recorded by the pop band The Jets. It features on their 1985 debut album, The Jets and was released as the third single from the album in 1986.-Chart performance:... " |
47 | 28 | — | — | — | ||
| "Christmas in My Heart" | — | — | — | — | — | Christmas with The Jets | |
| "You Got It All You Got It All "You Got It All" was the fourth single released by the 1980s dance-pop band, The Jets, from their commercially successful debut 1985 album, The Jets. It was written by Rupert Holmes, most famous for the song, "Escape ."... " |
3 | 2 | — | 1 | 79 | The Jets | |
| 1987 | "Cross My Broken Heart Cross My Broken Heart "Cross My Broken Heart" is the title of the first single released from Magic, the second studio album released by the dance-pop band The Jets. The song reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1987. It also appears on the soundtrack to the Eddie Murphy film, Beverly Hills Cop... " |
7 | 11 | 8 | — | — | Magic |
| "I Do You I Do You "I Do You" is the title of a song by the American dance-pop sibling group, The Jets. It was written by Stephen Bray and Linda Mallah.... " |
20 | 19 | — | — | — | ||
| 1988 | "Rocket 2 U Rocket 2 U "Rocket 2 U" is the title of a song by the American dance-pop sibling group, The Jets. It was written and produced by Bobby Nunn.Released as the third single from The Jets' multi-platinum album, Magic, in 1988, the song was the second most successful single released from the album, peaking at... " |
6 | 5 | 3 | — | 69 | |
| "Make It Real Make It Real "Make It Real" is a song by the American dance-pop sibling group, The Jets, released as a single from their album, Magic, in the spring of 1988 .... " |
4 | 24 | — | 1 | — | ||
| "Sendin' All My Love Sendin' All My Love "Sendin' All My Love" is the title of a song by the American dance-pop sibling group The Jets. It was written by Stephen Bray and Linda Mallah.... " |
88 | 72 | 1 | — | — | ||
| "Anytime Anytime (Jets song) "Anytime" is the title of a song by the American dance-pop sibling group, The Jets. It was written by Rupert Holmes, best known for his 1979 hit "Escape ".... " |
— | 98 | — | 35 | — | ||
| 1989 | "You Better Dance You Better Dance "You Better Dance" is the title of a song by the American dance-pop sibling group, The Jets. The song was released as the first single from their third album, Believe, in 1989.... " |
59 | 73 | 28 | — | — | Believe |
| "The Same Love The Same Love "The Same Love" is the title of a song by the American dance-pop sibling group, The Jets. The song was written by Diane Warren and was released as the second single from their platinum album Believe, in 1989.Success on the U.S... " |
87 | — | — | 15 | — | ||
| 1990 | "Somebody to Love Me Somebody To Love Me "Somebody to Love Me" is the title of a song by the American dance-pop sibling group known as The Jets. It was written by Stephen Bray and Linda Mallah.... " |
— | 89 | — | 35 | — | |
| "Special Kinda Love Special Kinda Love "Special Kinda Love" is the title of a song by the American dance-pop sibling group, The Jets. It was written by Vassal Benford.Released as a single from The Jets' greatest hits album The Best of The Jets, the song was not nearly as successful as some other recordings by the group... " |
— | 83 | 8 | — | — | The Best of The Jets | |
| "—" denotes the single failed to chart | |||||||
Previous tours
- 1985-1986: The Jets World Tour
- 1986: Christmas With The Jets World Tour
- 1987-1988: Magic World Tour
- 1989: Believe World Tour