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Club Nouveau (/ n uː v oʊ /) is an American R&B group formed by record producer/performer Jay King in 1986 in Sacramento, California, following the breakup of the Timex Social Club. [2] The group's name ( French for "Club New") was changed from its original incarnation, "Jet Set", to capitalize on the breakup.
Soon after, Foster & McElroy joined forces with Jay King producing Timex Social Club's hit single "Rumors" in 1986. [5] When that group disbanded, they regrouped with King to form Club Nouveau. [6] Eventually, the duo left Club Nouveau after their first album Life, Love & Pain to focus on production and songwriting. [5]
Life, Love & Pain is the debut album by R&B group Club Nouveau.It was released in late 1986 with production by Denzil Foster, Thomas McElroy and Jay King. The album reached number one on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart and number six on the Billboard Pop Albums chart.
Jay King is a Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, record label executive, music manager, and radio show host. [1] [2] In 1986, he produced, independently released, and promoted Timex Social Club's, Rumors, which charted at #1 on Billboard's R&B chart.
The R&B group Club Nouveau covered the song with go-go beat and took it to number one, for two weeks, on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in March 1987. [21] It also reached number one on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, [21] and number two on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, kept out of the top spot by Jody Watley's "Looking for a New Love".
Originally known as the Timex Crew, members included Marcus Thompson (founder), Gregory "Greg B" Thomas, Michael Marshall, Craig Samuel, and Darrien Cleage.By 1986, Samuel, Cleage, and Thomas had departed, Alex Hill and Kevin Moore were added, and the name Timex Social Club was adopted [1] (despite the group's name, Timex Group USA bears no sponsorship of the group).
On 9 October d'Indy conducted Carl Maria von Weber's opera Der Freischütz. On 15 October Debussy conducted the Ibéria section from his orchestral triptych Images pour orchestre, and a week later he conducted his cantata La Damoiselle élue. By 20 November Astruc was out of money and was ejected from the theatre, and the sets and costumes were ...
Since 1980, the Union Interalliée houses on its 3rd and 4th floor a separate club, the Nouveau Cercle de l'Union. While all the members of that club are necessarily members of the Union Interalliée, this strictly social club has its own identity and holds separate events.