Rome (1990's R&B artist, sings "I Belong to You")

Jerome Woods (born March 5, 1970, in Benton Harbor, Michigan), better known by his stage name Rome, is an American R&B singer. He is best known for his 1997 single "I Belong to You (Every Time I See Your Face)", which peaked within the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100. The song led his eponymous debut studio album (1997), which moderately entered the Billboard 200. Woods performed in a cover band called Fire & Ice in high school, and toured regionally both as a solo artist and with the band. He briefly attended Oakwood University before dropping out in 1989; he moved to California in hopes of making a career as a singer. He toured with Vesta but had little success until he met with Gerald Baillergeau and Victor Merrit, the producers who heard his demo and sent it to RCA Records. RCA signed him and released his eponymous debut album in 1997, which went on to sell over half a million copies in the U.S., mainly on the strength of its lead single "I Belong to You (Every Time I See Your Face)", which peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100; the album yielded two other singles which peaked within the chart's top 40. Having achieved success with his RCA Records debut, a projected second album was rejected. Instead, his second album, Rome2000: Thank You, was released independently, although the material recorded while under his contract with RCA remains unreleased. In 2001, he returned with two albums: To The Highest and To Infinity (Thank You); the last one is just an alternative edition of Rome2000: Thank You. Do It followed in 2003, and three years later Sony issued Rome's Best Of, which contains ten songs from his 1997 debut. SWV It's All About U cd2 1996 RCA records cds Song: "Use Your Heart" SoulTrain Christmas StarFest 1997 Sony records Song: "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" Danesha Starr featuring ROME Interscope 1998 cds Song "As Long As I Live" Sylk-E. Fyne Raw Sylk 1998 RCA records Song: "I Missed My Loved Ones" Blade Original Soundtrack 1998 TVT records Song: "Fightin' A War" Held Up Original Soundtrack 2000 Song: "Ride Baby" Bobby Brown Forever 1997 MCA records Song: "Heart and Soul", "Give It Up" Rome at Allmusic Billboard, Allmusic.com Billboard Singles, Allmusic.com Rome at MySpace