Hitman_Howie_Tee

Howie Tee
Howie Tee
Birth name	Howard Thompson
Also known as	Hitman Howie Tee
Origin	Brooklyn, New York
Genres	Pop
Occupation(s)	Songwriter, Producer
Years active	1985–present

Howie Tee

American DJ

Hitman Howie Tee (born Howard Thompson) is an English-born hip-hop DJ and producer of Jamaican origin, but raised in Brooklyn NY. Howie Tee is best known for his work with U.T.F.O, Chubb Rock, Special Ed and The Real Roxanne.^[1]

Quick Facts Birth name, Also known as ...

Howie got his start in the early ’80s as a member of the electro hip-hop group CDIII,^[2] who released two singles on Prelude Records. Howie, along with Kangol Kid of U.T.F.O, produced the group Whistle, best known for the 1985 song "(Nothing Serious) Just Buggin'". He then became the in-house producer for New Jersey-based independent label Select Records." I Got It Made" by Special Ed and "Treat em' Right" by Chubb Rock were produced by Hitman Howie Tee. In 1991 he mixed and co-produced the Billboard #1 "I Wanna Sex You Up" by Color Me Badd. He has also had many #1 hits with Color Me Badd. He has also done remixes for Madonna, Heavy D, Maxi Priest, Little Shawn among others.

Howie mentored a teenaged Spencer Bellamy,^[3] who went on to release the underground hip-hop classic^[4] "Tried By 12" under the name East Flatbush Project.

Discography

Singles produced

More information Year, Song ...

Year	Song	Chart positions
Year	Song	US Hot 100 ^[5]	US R&B ^[5]	US Rap ^[5]	US Dance ^[5]
1985	"(Nothing Serious) Just Buggin'" (Whistle)	–	17	–	18
1985	"2-4-6-8/Here We Are" (Crash Crew)	–	–	–	–
1986	"Just For Fun" (Whistle)	–	61	–	–
1986	"Santa Is A B-Boy" (Whistle)	–	92	–	–
1987	"They Call Me Puma" (Seeborn & Puma)	–	–	–	–
	"Barbara's Bedroom" (Whistle)	–	31	–	–
	"Back Rappin'" (E.S.P.)	–	–	–	–
	"Don't Let The Music Stop" (MC Miker G)	–	–	–	–
	"Heartbreak Hotel" (Little Shawn)	–	–	–	–
1988	"Respect" (The Real Roxanne)	–	55	–	–
	"Soul Man" (Isidore aka Izzy Ice)	–	–	–	–
	"DJ Innovator" / "I Feel Good" (Chubb Rock with Hitman Howie Tee)	–	–	–	–
	"Wild Thing" (E.S.P.)	–	–	–	–
1989	"I Got It Made" (Special Ed)	–	18	9	–
	"Ya Bad Chubbs" (Chubb Rock with Howie Tee)	–	–	15	–
	"Right Next To Me" (Whistle)	60	52	–	–
	"Think About It" (Special Ed)	–	68	–	–
	"Stop That Train" (Chubb Rock)	–	–	23	–
1990	"I'm The Magnificent" (Special Ed)	–	37	27	–
	"Treat 'Em Right" (Chubb Rock)	95	33	1	32
	"The Mission" (Special Ed)	–	25	5	–
	"Come On, Let's Move It" (Special Ed)	–	30	8	–
1991	"The Chubbster" (Chubb Rock)	–	41	1	8
	"I Wanna Sex You Up" (Color Me Badd)	2	1	–	–
	"All 4 Love" (Color Me Badd)	1	–	–	–
	"Just the Two of Us" (Chubb Rock)	–	20	1	–
	"Slow Motion" (Color Me Badd)	15	10	–	–
1992	"Hickeys On Your Chest" (Little Shawn)	–	–	11	–
	"The Big Man" (Chubb Rock)	–	96	30	–
	"Fingertips (Clap Your Hands)" (E.S.P.)	–	–	–	–
	"I Made Love (4 Da Very 1st Time)" (Little Shawn)	–	–	28	–
	"Heartbreaker" (Color Me Badd)	57	32	–	–
1993	"Romantic Call" (Patra featuring Yo-Yo)	55	35	9	21
1993	"In The Sunshine" (Color Me Badd)	–	–	–	–
1994	"The Glock" (Vicious)	–	–	–	–
1994	"The Choice Is Yours" (Emage)	–	81	–	–
1995	"Neva Go Back" (Special Ed)	–	68	12	–
1995	"One Little Indian" (Little Indian)	–	–	–	–
"–" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Hitman_Howie_Tee, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[kurutz-1] [1]
Kurutz, Steve. "Howie Tee - Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 January 2011.

[2] [2]
JayQuan. "CHUBB ROCK – THE BIG MAN PT.1". The Foundation. Retrieved 18 January 2015.

[3] [3]
Ettelson, Robbie (3 February 2014). "NON-RAPPER DUDES SERIES – SPENCER BELLAMY INTERVIEW". Unkut. Retrieved 19 January 2015.

[4] [4]
Millard, Drew (3 June 2014). "Diamond D Reimagines East Flatbush Project's "Tried By 12"". Noisey. VICE. Retrieved 19 January 2015.

[VF-5] [5]
"Howie Tee Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography". Music VF. Retrieved 24 March 2022.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

Hitman_Howie_Tee

Howie Tee

Discography

Albums

Singles

Singles produced

References

Share this article:

Year	Album	Peaks
Year	Album	US R&B
1988	Chubb Rock Featuring Hitman Howie Tee (Chubb Rock featuring Hitman Howie Tee)	54
1989	And the Winner Is... (Chubb Rock with Howie Tee)	28