Club Nouveau | |
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 Club Nouveau in 2013 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Sacramento, California, U.S. |
| Genres | R&B, soul, go-go, dance |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Labels | Warner Bros. (1986–1991) Cleopatra Records[1] |
| Spinoff of | Timex Social Club |
| Members | Jay King Valerie Watson English Samuelle Prater |
| Past members | Denzil Foster Thomas McElroy Kevin Irving David Agent Roque LaCrosby Walter Phillips James L. Richard II Mario Corbino |
| Website | clubnouveau |
Club Nouveau (/nuːvoʊ/) 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. 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]
- ^ "Club Nouveau – Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (2003). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music (Third ed.). Virgin Books. pp. 118/9. ISBN 1-85227-969-9.
- ^ "Bill Withers Biography". Billwithers.com. pp. 8th Paragraph, Last Sentence. Archived from the original on August 29, 2011. Retrieved June 6, 2009.