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,
Let's Hear It for Love from 2006. This record is heavy on love songs, meaning that there are a lot of slow-crawling sentimental tunes that are nevertheless driven by big, cavernous drums straight out of the mid-'80s - and it also sounds like a throwback to '80s album rock. This is enjoyable stuff for anybody who has a taste for either Mardones or the softer mainstream pop of the '80s. But the singer just as often gets bogged down in treacly, turgid emoting that will please his devoted fans but will turn away those casual fans who only know (and only love) "Into the Night"."