SPANK PARTY chapter I

Jimmy 'Bo' Horne - Spank

Jimmie "Bo" Horne (whose first name T.K.'s publicity department accidentally misspelled "Jimmy", an error Jimmie corrected when he was released from that label in the early 80's), was born on September 28, 1949 in West Palm Beach, Florida. An only child, both his parents were school teachers.

The interest in all things musical was awakened at an early age and perhaps he inherited the gift of singing from his mother Minnie who had a beautiful voice." Whenever she would be around the house, cooking or something, she sang a lot of Gospel songs", Jimmie said. "My dad loved jazz, R&B and the ballads that are called standards, you know, Sinatra ballads, Brook Benton ballads, so as a child I was exposed to that kind of music. I also heard Jackie Wilson, Otis Redding, James Brown, Sam Cooke, Little Richard, Arthur Prysock, even Elvis Presley, Dean Martin, Perry Como, well, everybody out there. My dad had the LP's and he had his own stereo set, because he could make the cabinets for stereos. Music was just all around me as a child." Besides a taste for serious R&B and standards, Jimmie's dad also gave him the nickname "Bo". "Yes, that came from my father. 'Bo", which was short for 'bowlegged'", Jimmie laughed. "He gave it to me when I was just a little boy. I kept it because people in my neighbourhood heard my nickname more than they heard my first name, so when I started cutting music I wanted them to know that I was THAT particular Jimmie."

During the 1970s Jimmie could be heard with somewhat funky dance music. He never became a big star, but with ' Dance Across The Floor "he draws in 1978 yet in the annals of the hit history. The song achieved a fifth place in Netherlands.

Spank

Jimmie is less successful with subsequent singles; both ' Spank ' if ' Is It In ' know not to emulate the success to surpass or even in the charts (though they prove successful on the dance floor). When the latter single commercial flops, Horne disappears from the music scene.

Horne's last single was the disco flavoured "Is It In" in 1980, which (due to the decline of disco's popularity) flopped, but later featured on the fictional radio station, Paradise FM, on Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. It was also sampled by Jungle Brothers for the 1989 song "Beyond this World" as well as Kasino for their 1998 song "Nasty Girl".

SPANK - Jimmy "Bo" Horne lyrics

Spank, woo, woo, woo, woo, spank

Spank, woo, woo, woo, woo, spank

When you're lovin' me lady, spank

That's how I want it to be baby, spank

 Spank, woo, woo, woo, woo

Spank, do it, do it, do it, do it

Spank, woo, woo, woo, woo

Spank, let's get to it to it, spank

Let's make love from our hearts

When we do it's really hard to part

Combine our minds this time

Quite sure our love won't go blind

Spank, woo, woo, woo, woo

 Spank, do it, do it, do it, do it

Spank, woo, woo, woo, woo

Spank, let's get to it to it, spank

Spank, woo, woo, woo, woo

Spank, do it, do it, do it, do it

Spank, woo, woo, woo, woo

Spank, let's get to it to it, spank

(repeat all)