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"Lean on Me" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Bill Withers. It was released in April 1972 as the first single from his second album, Still Bill . It was a number one single on both the soul and Billboard Hot 100 charts, the latter chart for three weeks in July 1972. [ 2 ]
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.
[3] [4] [5] He later formed the music group, Club Nouveau, whose remake of, Lean on Me, was nominated for a Grammy Award, charted at #1 on Billboard's R&B chart, and certified Platinum. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] In 1986, King started, King Jay Records , partnering with major labels such as RCA Records [ 8 ] and Warner Bros. Records , releasing albums for ...
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.
Samuelle Prater, known simply as Samuelle, is an American R&B singer who is a former member of the R&B group Club Nouveau. [1] He was the lead singer on Club Nouveau's #1 Pop and Dance and #2 R&B hit remake of the Bill Withers classic, "Lean on Me".
"Lean on Me (Tonight)", by the Moody Blues from Keys of the Kingdom, 1991; Film and television. Lean on Me, a 1989 film directed by John G. Avildsen "Lean on ...
Billy Idol obtained the second-most weeks at number one in 1987—four—with his live rendition of "Mony Mony" while Club Nouveau and Cutting Crew each spent three issues at the top with "Lean on Me" and "(I Just) Died in Your Arms", respectively.
The band's producer Jay King, Denzil Foster, and Thomas McElroy formed Club Nouveau, whose first single was "Jealousy", an answer song to "Rumors" that references Timex Social Club's split. Club Nouveau subsequently had a #1 Billboard Hot 100 hit in 1987 with a go-go cover of Bill Withers's "Lean on Me". [6]