Categories
  • Musical groups disestablished in 1975
  • Musical groups from New York City
  • Musical quartets from New York (state)
    •   Encyclosphere.org ENCYCLOREADER
      supported by EncyclosphereKSF

    New York City (band)

    From Wikipedia - Reading time: 5 min

    New York City
    Also known asTri-Boro Exchange
    OriginNew York City, New York, U.S.
    GenresSoul, R&B
    Years active1972–1975
    LabelsChelsea
    Past membersTim McQueen
    John Brown
    Edward Schell
    Claude Johnson

    New York City was an American R&B vocal group. They formed in 1972 under the name "Tri-Boro Exchange",[1] and all of the group's members had had significant experience singing in other vocal and doo-wop ensembles.[2] They are also from New York City.[1]

    Career

    [edit]

    Under the direction of record producers Wes Farrell and Thom Bell, New York City released two albums and several hit singles, the biggest being 1973's "I'm Doin' Fine Now", which reached U.S. number 17.[1] They toured in 1973 with the Big Apple Band (two of whose members would later become part of Chic) as their backing band,[3] but after two albums, the group parted ways.[1]

    Members

    [edit]
    • Tim McQueen (lead singer)[1]
    • John Brown (ex The Five Satins, The Cadillacs, The Moonglows)[1]
    • Claude Johnson (ex The Genies, Don & Juan)[1]
    • Eddie Schell[1] - from Savannah, Georgia
    • Nile Rodgers - (Chic)[1]
    • Bernard Edwards - (Chic)[1]

    Discography

    [edit]

    Studio albums

    [edit]
    Year Title Peak chart positions Record label
    US
    [4]     		US
    R&B
    [4]
    1973 I'm Doin' Fine Now 122 35 Chelsea
    1974 Soulful Road — 50
    "—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

    Compilation albums

    [edit]
    • The Best of New York City (1976, Chelsea)

    Singles

    [edit]
    Year Title Peak chart positions
    US
    [4]     		US
    R&B
    [4]     		US
    A/C
    [4]     		AUS
    [5]     		CAN
    [6]     		UK
    [7]
    1973 "I'm Doin' Fine Now" 17 14 8 95 26 20
    "Make Me Twice the Man" 93 44 — — — —
    "Quick, Fast, in a Hurry" 79 19 — — 99 —
    1974 "Happiness Is" — 20 — — — —
    "Love Is What You Make It" 104 41 — — — —
    1975 "Got to Get You Back in My Life" 105 76 — — — —
    "Take My Hand" — — — — — —
    "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

    See also

    [edit]
    • One-hit wonders in the UK
    • List of 1970s one-hit wonders in the United States

    References

    [edit]
    1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Colin Larkin, ed. (1993). The Guinness Who's Who of Soul Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 182. ISBN 0-85112-733-9.
    2. ^ Hamilton, Andrew. "Artist Biography". AllMusic.
    3. ^ Rodgers, Nile (2011). "Chapter 7". Le Freak. Random House Publishing. ISBN 9780679644033.
    4. ^ a b c d e "US Charts > New York City". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
    5. ^ David Kent (1993). Australian Charts Book 1970—1992. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
    6. ^ "CAN Charts > New York City". RPM. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
    7. ^ "UK Charts > New York City". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
    [edit]


    Stub icon

    This biographical article related to R&B/Soul music is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

    • v
    • t
    • e
    This article is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
    Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New York City (band)
    Status: article is cached
    Encyclosphere.org EncycloReader is supported by the EncyclosphereKSF