Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
The two met in high school in Minneapolis and formed a band called Flyte Tyme, which became The Time. In 1981, Morris Day joined them and toured with Prince as his opening act. As members of the Time, they recorded three of the group's four albums (The Time, What Time Is It? and Pandemonium. The first two albums are said to have shaped early 1980s R&B music (featuring "Cool," "Get it Up," "The Walk," "777-9311," and "Gigolos Get Lonely Too"). The pair were dropped from the tour because a snowstorm prevented them from reuniting after a short break for produce music for The S.O.S. Band. However, one of the tracks they were producing, "Just Be Good To Me", became a huge hit and sealed the duo's reputation, as well that of The S.O.S. Band. The duo re-joined the Time for one album only, 1990's Pandemonium.