80's Hit Song Review: "Should I Love You" by Cee Farrow (1983)

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Peak Position No. 82 (Recorded in '82, wasn't released until sometime in later in early to mid 1983)

Backstory: Born in Frankfurt, Germany on September 4th, 1956, Christian Frede Kruzinski, better known as Cee Farrow, moved to America and landed in the Los Angeles-Hollywood area. Before he became a singer, he was a model. This single, off of his one and only album, Red and Blue, was his only single to ever chart. Despite being a pretty minor hit, the song got quite a bit of radio airplay on Southern California and New Wave style radio stations. It was even a minor success on the R&B Charts, peaking at No. 91. However, his singing career failed because of these very interesting and unfortunate consequences: You see, Farrow was signed to a Anaheim based record label called Rocshire Records which was founded by the husband and wife duo team of Rocky and Shirley Davis. In 1985, they were arrested and charged with embezzling more than 12 MILLION DOLLARS from a Hughes Aircraft Co. employee medical benefit plan to help manage their label. Some of the assets of the label and Farrow's music were seized by the U.S. Federal Marshals in 1984, and to this day, many of Farrow's recordings and many other recordings on the Rocshire Records label are held by the U.S. Federal Marshals in a secret so-called "vault in a certain place and area". It's unknown where these master tapes and recordings are to this very day. Therefore, the album and every release on Rocshire Records have been out of print, making them VERY special 80's music collector's items. Very interesting, huh?

Farrow would release two more singles off of his one and only album, "Don't Ask Why" and "Wildlife Romance", but none of them ever charted. He would release one more single in 1991 called "Imagination" which also never charted.

Farrow was gay, but because of the fact that he wasn't too open about it, he married a woman by the name of April M. Gabrielle in Nevada in 1984 rather than having a life partner or gay companion. During the mid to late 80's and early 90's, Farrow ran two nightclubs in the Los Angeles area, The Apartment Club, The Bitter End, and Maxx. Sadly, in 1993, Farrow passed away from reportedly a brain disease caused by AIDS in West Hollywood at the really young age of just 36. He was cremated and his funeral was held at Greystone Manor in Los Angeles.

The Review: Holy shit do I absolutely LOVE this song! Its fun and upbeat synth pop and synthesizer beat along with Farrow's very smooth, attractive, and sexy voice are just truly badass. It's a very sad shame what happened to him along with his music career.  DEFINITELY should've been a Top 10 hit. The extended version (above in the video) is goddamn brilliant and an absolute BLAST to listen to. I'm really glad I chose to review this following song and Mr. Farrow. May he rest in peace.

Final rating:10/10

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