Collection: Johnny Kemp​

The jump from boogie to new jack swing happens fast on these Columbia records. Cover Girl and Just Another Lover sit in 1986 boogie and disco, and two years later Just Got Paid has landed in new jack swing, with Dancin' With Myself crossing toward garage house.

Real name:

Jonathan Kemp

Profile:

Johnny Kemp (born August 2, 1959, Nassau, Bahamas – April 16, 2015, Montego Bay, Jamaica) was a Bahamian R&B/soul singer. In 1979, he moved to Harlem, New York as a session vocalist-songwriter. Perhaps most noted for the 1988 [a20897 produced hit "Just Got Paidi" on [l1866. Son of vocalist Johnny Kemp (2).

Groups:

Kinky Foxx, 212 (3)

Variations:

J. Kemp, J. Kemp, Jr., J.Kemp, Johnnie Kemp, Johnny Kemp Jr., Johnny Kemp, Jr., Jonathan Kemp, Kemp, Kemp Jr., Kemp, Jr., T. Kemp

Johnny Kemp at Rectangle Triangle — 11 records, mostly 12", 1986–1988.

Styles in this crate: Disco, Boogie, Garage House, New Jack Swing.

Labels represented include Columbia.

These records live at the shop on Rue Atateken in Montréal; anything marked sold stays listed for reference. Every record is graded to the Goldmine standard. We ship worldwide, or you can pick up in store.