Pride

Pride is the debut, solo album of American pop singer Johnna Lee Cummings, released under the name Johnna. The album was released in July 1996 on PWL International. Background Cummings first found success as a member of the American pop group Boy Krazy, who were formed in New York City through auditions held by talent agents in 1990. The group was signed to a sub-label of Polydor Records. They were flown to London to record material with Stock Aitken Waterman, who had massive success in both the UK and the US in the 1980s with acts like Kylie Minogue, Bananarama, Rick Astley, Jason Donovan, Dead Or Alive among many others. Their debut single "That's What Love Can Do" was released in the UK in July 1991, peaking at No. 86. The follow-up single "All You Have To Do" stalled at No. 91 in February 1992, resulting in Polydor deciding to drop the group from the label. By chance, as the group was returning to the US to finalize the release from their record deal in the fall of 1992, a Denver radio station discovered a re-edit of "That's What Love Can Do" found on a Hot Tracks remix compilation. An employee of the station loved the track, and they decided to edit the song down to be suitable for radio and playlist it. Shortly after, it because the station's most requested song. The success revived interest in the group, and the girls were flown back to London in December 1992 to finished their album. "That's What Love Can Do" was officially released in January 1993 and peaked at No. 18 on the Billboard Hot 100, and No. 2 on the radio Pop Charts. After the follow-up single "Good Times With Bad Boys" stalled at No. 59 on the Hot 100 in the US, Cummings decided to leave the group. She returned to New York City, working as a waitress and started collaborating with writers and producers like Junior Vasquez, eventually signing a solo deal with PWL International in the mid 90s.