Club Nouveau

Club Nouveau
Club Nouveau in 2013
Club Nouveau in 2013
Background information
OriginSacramento, California, U.S.
GenresR&B, soul, go-go, dance
Years active1986–present
LabelsWarner Bros. (1986–1991)
Cleopatra Records[1]
Spinoff ofTimex Social Club
MembersJay King
Valerie Watson English
Samuelle Prater
Past membersDenzil Foster
Thomas McElroy
Kevin Irving
David Agent
Roque LaCrosby
Walter Phillips
James L. Richard II
Mario Corbino
Websiteclubnouveau.me

Club Nouveau (/nv/) 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]

  1. ^ "Club Nouveau – Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
  2. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (2003). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music (Third ed.). Virgin Books. pp. 118/9. ISBN 1-85227-969-9.
  3. ^ "Bill Withers Biography". Billwithers.com. pp. 8th Paragraph, Last Sentence. Archived from the original on August 29, 2011. Retrieved June 6, 2009.