Peabo Bryson--If Ever You're In My Arms Again (1984)

     It seems that during the 80's, if you were a female artist and wanted to sing a duet with someone, Peabo Bryson was your man. During the 80's and early 90's, he sang at least 15 duets. Chart entries included songs with Melissa Manchester, Roberta Flack, Regina Belle (#1 with, "A Whole New World), and Celine Dion.
     Robert Peapo Bryson (the name was changed to Peabo in 1965), began his career as a backup singer for a local group called Al Freeman & the Upsetters. Then a couple of years later joined, Mose Dillard and the Textile Display. They auditioned for a record contract at Bang Records. The general manager, Eddie Briscoe, didn't think much of the band, but liked Bryson and offered him a contract as a producer and writer, and encouraged him to work up his own material.
     Peabo stayed with Bang up until 1976 when he signed a contract with Capital Records. Prior to that, Bryson had one song on the top 100, "Do It With Feeling" under the name, Michael Zager's Moon Band (Featuring Peabo Bryson) that barely scraped the charts at #94 in 1976.
     His reign as duet companion extraordinaire began with, "Lovers After All" with Melissa Manchester in early 1981. A mix of duets and solo material kept him in the public eye for over a decade. You could also hear his voice on the theme from the soap opera, "One Life To Live" from 1987-1992.
     This song, "If Ever You're In My Arms Again" was his highest charting solo single, reaching #10 in the spring of 1984....