Other notable productions include songs and production for Elton John, Destiny's Child, BeBe & CeCe Winans, Mýa, Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin, Lionel Richie, Dru Hill, Kevon Edmonds and 98 Degrees. The single spent four weeks at number one on the US R&B chart and peaked at number seven on the US pop chart. Simmons followed this hit with a ballad from the same Dru Hill album, “Never Make a Promise”. The single spent three weeks at number-one on the US R&B chart and peaked at number four on the US pop chart.
It is the second single from their eponymous debut album. "In My Bed" was a number-one platinum-selling R&B single by R&B group Dru Hill. Simmons also produced and co-wrote Dru Hill’s “In My Bed”. He wrote and produced a Top 10 Pop hit for Monica with “Why I Love You So Much” (#3 R&B). Simmons built a state-of-the-art recording studio and began working on solo projects. In the mid ‘90s as the trio’s collaborative efforts began to slow, Simmons formed his own company, “Silent Partner Productions”.
Simmons and Edmonds also penned Tevin Campbell’s smash hit, “Can We Talk”. 5 on the R&B charts, and Mariah Carey's “Never Forget You” which peaked at number 7. Edmonds collaborated with Simmons on Aretha Franklin's, "Willing to Forgive" which reached no. Simmons was a major contributor to this triple platinum album. In 1994, Edmonds released the solo album, “For the Cool in You”. Although the trio’s songs didn’t make it into the album's final cut, Simmons enjoyed working with Jackson and deems it an “amazing experience”. The trio also worked with Michael Jackson on his Dangerous album. Simmons, Edmonds and Reid collaborated again with Whitney Houston on The Bodyguard soundtrack (since 1990's album "I'm Your Baby Tonight"), which went on to sell more than 45 million albums worldwide. “End of the Road” topped the charts from August 15 through November 7, 1992, setting a record for most weeks at number one with 13 weeks, beating Elvis Presley's 11-week hold with "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel". The song garnered a Grammy Award in 1992 for “Best R&B Song”. In 1991, Simmons co-wrote and co-produced Boyz II Men's most successful song to date, “End of the Road”, from the Eddie Murphy movie, Boomerang. The duo was joined by Simmons and together they discovered, signed and produced their own artists such as Toni Braxton, TLC, Usher, Damian Dame and OutKast. Reid and Edmonds relocated to Atlanta in 1989, to form their own company, LaFace Records. With the success of “Two Occasions”, the trio began working with outside artists such as Pebbles, Sheena Easton, The Whispers, Paula Abdul, Karyn White, Johnny Gill and Bobby Brown. Simmons co-wrote on two albums for The Deele, as well as played as a musician The most successful of the two albums co-written by Simmons was “Eyes of a Stranger”, which went gold with the hit song, “Two Occasions”. Simmons soonįollowed Edmonds to work with The Deele, as a writer and a musician. Reid’s band, The Deele, in the early 1980s. After Manchild’s breakup, Edmonds joined L.A.
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