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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 ]
The group's name (French for "Club New") was changed from its original incarnation, "Jet Set", to capitalize on the breakup. The group was signed by Warner Bros. Records, on which Club Nouveau released its first three albums. Club Nouveau's go-go version of Bill Withers's song "Lean on Me" won a Grammy award for Best R&B Song in 1987. [3]
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.
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]
[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 ...
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]
In December 2008, a-ha's Take On Me was available at no cost as DLC for other countries. This promotion was discontinued around June 2009. In April 2009, AT&T and iNiS presented the Lips Open Mic contest, in which the winner was to get a song and their respective music video on Lips. The winner of this contest was the electro band, ForeverGirl.
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".