Eric Mercury
Biography
Eric Alexander Mercury (28 June 1944 – 14 March 2022) was a Canadian singer who was a member of the soul group The Soul Searchers during the 1960s. He later made waves in 1969 with his Electric Black Man album. He had two hits: the first on the Canadian charts in 1972 with "I Can Smell That Funky Music", and the second in the United States in 1983, singing a duet with Roberta Flack with "Our Love Will Stop the World". He also co-wrote the song "Down the Backstairs of My Life".
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
The Warriors (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1979
The Best Of Roberta Flack
1981
A Donny Hathaway Collection
1990
After The Roses
1980
Night Flight
1978
Larry Carlton
1978
Now Playing
2024
Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway
1980
The Very Best Of Roberta Flack
2006
Softly With These Songs The Best Of Roberta Flack
1993
Open Invitation
1990
Bustin' Loose (Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1981
Jaye P. Morgan
1976
That's The Song
1975
What's Usual Ain't Natural
1973
Living Without Your Love
1979
Attitudes
1975
Credited work
605 releases · 85 albums · active 1969–2025
- Performance · 796
- Production · 345
Studios: Power Station · RCA Recording Studios · Fidelity Studios · The Hit Factory
Frequent collaborators
- Roberta Flack
- Various
- T.S. Monk
- William D. Smith
- Gerald Alston
- Merc And Monk
- Dusty Springfield
- Donny Hathaway