Tommy JamesSongwriter Interviews 'Mony Mony.' 'Crimson and Clover.' 'Draggin' The Line.' The hits kept coming for Tommy James, and in a plot line fit for a movie, his record company was controlled by the mafia. He served a stint in Bootsy Collins' backing unit (where he earned his nickname) and. Songfacts category - Songs produced by Babyface. Kenneth Edmonds was born April 10, 1959, in Indianapolis and began playing in local R&B bands as a teenager. Get the latest music news, watch video clips from music shows, events, and exclusive performances from your favorite artists. You'd be hard-pressed to name a '90s hitmaker with a track record more consistently successful and versatile than Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds.
Yet their considerable success was eclipsed by his songwriting and production work for other artists, which linked him with some of the biggest stars and hit singles of the decade (and not just in the realm of R&B). His own recordings helped rejuvenate the R&B tradition of the smooth, sensitive, urban crooner and made him a staple of urban contemporary radio. Watch the music video and discover trivia about this classic R&B song now. As a singer, producer, and songwriter, Babyface was an inescapable presence in virtually every major facet of pop music during the '90s. In 2001 the 82 R&B song in the charts was There She Goes by Babyface.