Los Angeles vocalist
Grady Harrell has been a professional since the age of nine, though he's never amassed many hits. His mother was in
the Friends of Distinction, and
Harrell formed Poppa's Results with his sister Raquel while in high school.
Harrell became friends with Jeffrey Daniel and
Jody Watley, and was barely nosed out for a spot in
Shalamar by
Howard Hewitt.
Harrell signed with Constellation/Solar in the mid-'80s, and
Fred Wesley produced his LP Mwana. Andre Cleveland, son of
Rev. James Cleveland, landed
Harrell an RCA deal and he issued Come Play with Me in 1987 and Romance Me in 1990. Neither garnered much attention, even though
Stevie Wonder produced two songs on Come Play with Me. ~ Ron Wynn