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Miles Jaye

Person · male · United States · Yonkers · born 1957 · recording since 1987

American R&B and jazz singer

rhythm and blues blues

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Also known as Miles · Miles Jaye Davis · マイルズ・ジェイ

Debut: 1987
Recording span: 24 years
Release groups: 10
Timeline events: 11
Wiki language versions: 3

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Timeline

11 events▣ Album 9◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1

1950s
1. 12 November 1957 · Birth
  Born 1957-11-12
  source: wikidata
1980s
1. 1987 · Debut release
  Debut release: Let's Start Over
  First documented Single in the MusicBrainz discography.
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1987 · Album
  Album: Miles
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1989 · Album
  Album: Irresistible
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1990s
1. 1991 · Album
  Album: Strong
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1994 · Album
  Album: Divine Ascension
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1997 · Album
  Album: The Odyssey
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1999 · Album
  Album: Romantic Storm
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2000s
1. 2002 · Album
  Album: Humanity
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 2009 · Album
  Album: The Truth About Love
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2010s
1. 2011 · Album
  Album: Attenergy
  Album
  source: musicbrainz

Biography

English biography315 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1373051778

Biography

Miles Jaye Davis (born November 12, 1957), known professionally as Miles Jaye, is an American R&B and jazz singer, jazz violinist, songwriter, and record producer. He had several hits on the US R&B chart in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the biggest of which was "Let's Start Love Over" in 1987. He was for a time the lead singer of Village People.

Life and career

He was born in Yonkers, New York, and studied music theory and classical violin for more than a decade at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, Saratoga School of Orchestral Studies, Indian Hill and Brooklyn College (now Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music). He also played flute, keyboards and bass while in the US Air Force, and launched his singing career while at Clarke Air Force Base in the Philippines.
Jaye toured Europe with jazz guitarist Eric Gale and singers Phyllis Hyman and Jon Lucien before taking over as "Cop" in the Village People in 1982. He stayed with the band for two years before launching his solo career and signing to Teddy Pendergrass' production company Top Priority Records. He released his debut album, Miles, on Island Records, and the song "Let's Start Love Over", written by Micheal Claxton was released as a single and rose to No. 5 on the Billboard R&B chart in late 1987. Its follow-up, "I've Been a Fool for You", a Jaye original, was also a top ten R&B hit. Jaye also contributed, as musician, songwriter and co-producer, to Pendergrass' hit 1988 album, Joy.
Jaye released two further albums on Island, IrresistibleIrresistible1989 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Irresistible4:452Objective5:033Next Time6:304Slo-Dance4:055Message5:336Neither One of Us7:307Interlude0:228I'll Be There Tonight6:129Heaven5:3010Love in the Night5:05 (1989) and StrongStrong1991 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Sensuous3:582Touch5:113Just Be Good to Me5:464Only Love Can Break Your Heart5:565Capice6:366Strong for You5:417Is It Time for a Kiss5:378Make It Last5:309Who Can I Turn to (When Nobody Needs Me)5:4610Write You a Letter6:29 (1991), and continued to have hits on the R&B chart such as "Heaven" and "Objective" until 1991 before forming his own company, Black Tree Records, on which he released a string of increasingly jazz-influenced albums. He has also worked with leading jazz musicians including George Duke, Roy Ayers, Grover Washington, Jr. and Branford Marsalis.

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.

Normalised profile metrics with percentile rank
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	3	16th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	10	82.3th
Studio albums	9	90th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	11	87.9th
Recording span (years)	24	53.9th
Genres	6	91th

Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.

Discography (10 release groups · 9 studio albums)

Albums · 9

Miles
1987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 39:31
1Let’s Start Love Over5:05
2Lazy Love5:36
3Special Thing4:50
4I’ve Been a Fool for You6:02
5I Cry for You4:21
6Come Home4:11
7Happy 2 Have U3:53
8Desiree5:33
Irresistible
1989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 50:35
1Irresistible4:45
2Objective5:03
3Next Time6:30
4Slo-Dance4:05
5Message5:33
6Neither One of Us7:30
7Interlude0:22
8I'll Be There Tonight6:12
9Heaven5:30
10Love in the Night5:05
Strong
1991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 56:30
1Sensuous3:58
2Touch5:11
3Just Be Good to Me5:46
4Only Love Can Break Your Heart5:56
5Capice6:36
6Strong for You5:41
7Is It Time for a Kiss5:37
8Make It Last5:30
9Who Can I Turn to (When Nobody Needs Me)5:46
10Write You a Letter6:29
Divine Ascension
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 45:41
1Divine Ascension7:03
2Love Is Stronger Than Pride5:50
3Superstar5:00
4I've Been A Fool For You5:16
5Donna Lee3:33
6Dewy5:55
7Irresistible4:23
8Objective4:06
9Amazing Grace4:35
The Odyssey
1997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:02:40
1I’ll Never Go5:52
2Can I Come Over4:28
3Love Story4:55
4Step by Step4:44
5Wildflower4:30
6Marry Me5:16
7Irresistible (instrumental)1:32
8Free Me2:43
9I’ve Been a Fool for You (instrumental)5:16
10Man on a Corner5:50
11Can I Come Over (The Call)4:32
12I’ll Never Go (remix)4:57
13Love Story (The Story)3:05
14Superstar (instrumental)5:00
Romantic Storm
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 36:33
1How Do You Keep The Music Playing/Everything Must Change7:49
2My Funny Valentine/When Sunny Gets Blue5:23
3Beautiful Love/Nature Boy4:06
4Romantic Storm10:55
5Round Midnight8:20
Humanity
2002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 56:40
1Humanity4:16
2No More Mr. Nice Guy4:04
3Sweet Honey, Sweet Cream4:23
4Promise Me3:10
5Should Have Been Strong5:36
6Love Affair3:36
7Objective4:06
8Irresitible7:03
9Kiss the Bed2:44
10Forget About the Other Night6:42
11I Cry for You5:37
12The Kissing Song4:02
13New York1:21
The Truth About Love
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:02:43
1The Truth About Love4:32
2It's the Feeling3:47
3Only Your Love3:36
4Night Drive4:06
5Full Moon3:41
6Hot2:35
7Run1:49
8Go4:05
9Street Life5:13
10People Make the World Go Round4:56
11Super Dome6:58
12Mystery of Love4:37
13My Funny Valentine3:07
14Eternity3:57
15We Need Love5:44
Attenergy
2011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:07:54
1Attenergy3:35
2Aperture3:36
3Brazil, Brazil4:32
4Butterfly4:17
5Capice8:21
6Come Together3:08
7Divine Ascension5:15
8Good Weather - A Tribute to Weather Report (Teen Town)5:13
9Goodbye Pork Pie Hat3:31
10Lenora2:33
11La Rosa Negra4:03
12Lillian's Song3:11
13On Broadway3:34
14Concerto de Aranjuez2:20
15Spain6:28
16You Are the Sunshine of My Life4:17

Single · 1

Single release groups, by first release date
Cover	Year	Title	Notes	First release
	1987	Let's Start OverSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 3 tracks · 15:19 ALet's Start Over (extended)6:08 B1Let's Start Over3:35 B2Lazy Love5:36		1987

Stats & PK

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Miles Jaye metrics with percentile rank among published artists
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	3	16th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	10	82.3th
Studio albums	9	90th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	11	87.9th
Recording span (years)	24	53.9th
Genres	6	91th

Awards & honours

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Line-up

Band line-up and band memberships with dates
Name	From	To	Role
Village People(band)	1983	1984

Where this record comes from

aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/670707e8-4ad6-4318-969a-2b394b097de0
discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/670707e8-4ad6-4318-969a-2b394b097de0
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6851431
genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6851431
seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Jaye
biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Jaye

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Timeline

1950s

Born 1957-11-12

1980s

Debut release: Let's Start Over

Album: Miles

Album: Irresistible

1990s

Album: Strong

Album: Divine Ascension

Album: The Odyssey

Album: Romantic Storm

2000s

Album: Humanity

Album: The Truth About Love

2010s

Album: Attenergy

Biography

Biography

Life and career

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Discography (10 release groups · 9 studio albums)

Albums · 9

Single · 1

Stats & PK

Awards & honours

Line-up

Where this record comes from

Why this artist is in the database

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