After a stint as backing vocalist for Culture Club and Shalamar, Jermaine Stewart secured a deal with Arista Records by recording demos in the former’s studio. Before passing in 1997 of Aids-related liver cancer, Stewart would go on to have multiple Top 100 singles and would be forever remembered with his 1986 single, “We Don’t Have to Take Our Clothes Off.” The tune had that catchiest of melodies and I’ll never forget my sister and her friend’s singing along with the 45rpm version. They just don’t make pop like this anymore.