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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.
Club Nouveau: Writers & Producers #7 Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs [20] 1986 Why You Treat Me So Bad: Club Nouveau Writers & Producers #2 Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, #21 Pop [20] 1986 Lean On Me: Club Nouveau Writers & Producers #2 Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, #1 Pop [20] 1986 Situation #9: Club Nouveau Writers & Producers
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.
Under a Nouveau Groove is the third studio album by American contemporary R&B group Club Nouveau. It was released October 23, 1989 on Warner Bros. Records . Track listing
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".
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 ".
"Rumors" is a song by San Francisco Bay Area-based music group Timex Social Club, from their debut album Vicious Rumors. It was a top-10 hit in the United States, number-one hit in Canada, top-10 hit in Ireland, top-three hit in the Netherlands, and a number two hit in New Zealand, reaching No. 8 on the US Billboard Hot 100.