Let's Hear It for the Boy (album) Let's Hear It for the Boy (album) Let's Hear It for the Boy is an album by American recording artist Deniece Williams released in 1984 for Columbia and CBS Records. The album reached number 10 on the "Billboard" pop chart and number 26 on the R&B Albums. It was produced by American multi-instrumentalist George Duke who also actively participated on the record. The album features urban hits "Black Butterfly", "Next Love" and the international hit "Let's Hear It for the Boy" which was featured on the musical-drama "Footloose" and its soundtrack album. Deniece Williams produced six tracks of the album,
The Boy Who Swam With Piranhas and a "Kirkus Reviews" starred review wrote "Almond’s wonderstruck philosophical bent, earthy humor, lovely use of language and colorful characters keep readers swimming along, as does the personable narrator who playfully demands an examination of the storytelling process as it happens. Jeffers’ spare, cartoonish pencil sketches perfectly suit the salty, magical tale." "The Boy Who Swam With Piranhas" has also been reviewed by "Booklist", "Library Media Connection" magazine, "The Horn Book Magazine", The "School Library Journal", "Reading Time", "School Librarian", and "The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books", It was on the 2013 Blue Peter Book Award shortlist for