Baby, Be Mine - Miki Howard - MP3 instrumental karaoke

A strong album opener can do wonders to hook listeners and keep them engaged. In 1987, the American R&B singer Miki Howard decided to open her second studio album Love Confessions with a bang: “Baby, Be Mine,” an R&B/soul ballad that is punctuated with lush orchestration and serves to introduce the album’s themes of yearning and romantic entanglement. “Baby, Be Mine” features jazz influences as well as that of 1960s Phil Spector-produced girl groups. The song was written by Ashley Ingram and Jackie Rawe, and produced by Nick Martinelli. Not only did “Baby, Be Mine” serve as the introduction to the album—it was also the first single released from the album and one of its biggest hits, peaking at Number 5 on the US Billboard R&B chart. It would be followed by second single “That’s What Love Is,” which would become an even bigger hit for Miki Howard. Love Confessions peaked at Number 13 on the US Billboard Top R&B Albums chart.