Oliver Cheatham

Biography Cheatham was born in Detroit, Michigan. Encouraged by his mother to sing, over the years he joined several local groups including the Young Sirs, Mad Dog and the Pups and Gaslight before releasing a single, "Hard Times" on the Tier record label. He then joined another group, the Sins of Satan, the group later being renamed as Roundtrip. They finally took Cheatham's first name and recorded two albums as Oliver.

Cheatham then signed for MCA Records as a solo singer. He worked with Al Hudson of the band One Way on his first album, The Boss. His first chart success came in 1983 with "Get Down Saturday Night", co-written by Cheatham and One Way's Kevin McCord, which reached No. 37 on the Billboard R&B chart, and also reached No. 38 on the UK Singles Chart. The album, Saturday Night, produced by Al Perkins, was released the same year. In 1986, he moved to the Critique label, and had further success in the US with the singles "S.O.S." (R&B chart No. 35), and "Celebrate (Our Love)". Other Cheatham singles included "Mama Said", "Put a Little Love in Your Heart", "Things to Make U Happy", and "Wish on a Star". which sampled "Get Down Saturday Night", though Cheatham re-recorded his vocal parts for later releases.

Discography Albums Year AlbumUS R&B 1982 The Boss — 1983 Saturday Night 52 1987 Go for It — 1994 Stand for Love — 1995 So Sensational — 2002 Stand for Love — "—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles Year Single Chart positions CertificationsUS R&B 1982 "Make Up Your Mind" — — "Everybody Wants to Be the Boss" — — 1983 "Get Down Saturday Night" 37 38 "Bless the Ladies" — — "Just to Be with You" — — 1986 "S.O.S." 35 — "Celebrate (Our Love)" 87 — 1987 "Be Thankful for What You've Got" — — 1988 "Go for It" — — 1990 "Turn Out the Lights"(feat. Jocelyn Brown) 70 — 1991 "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" — — 1992 "Things to Make U Happy" — — 2003 "Make Luv"(Room 5 feat. Oliver Cheatham) — 1 BPI: Platinum "Music and You"(Room 5 feat. Oliver Cheatham) — 38 "—" denotes releases that did not chart.