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==Music career==
A star running back in high school, Al turned down a scholarship at the University of Iowa to pursue a career in music. Al's debut album "In Effect Mode" sold more than two million copies launching the double platinum-plus LP to the top of the [[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] charts at the #1 position (R&B) for seven straight weeks. It included his memorable "Nite and Day" single. In [[1987]], [[Quincy Jones]] selected Al as the first winner of the "Sony Innovators" Talent Search in a blindfold contest. Subsequently, Al would go on to work with Quincy on several projects; most notable, the platinum single "Secret Garden" from the album "Back on the Block", a double platinum CD. Accompanying Al on this quartet were [[Barry White]], [[El DeBarge]], and [[James Ingram]].Al has a son
Al B Sure! received numerous [[Grammy]] nominations, [[American Music Award]] nominations as well as an AMA for "Best New R&B Artist", several [[Soul Train|Soul Train Award]] nominations and STA for Best New Artist, several New York Music Awards, more than thirty [[ASCAP]] Awards for writing and composition performance. In addition, Al's "900" phone line was third in generating revenue following boy band [[New Kids on the Block]] and [[Russell Simmons]] unprecedented discovery and rap music's hip-hop legends, [[Run-DMC]].
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