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Londonbeat is an R&B
Contemporary R&B

Contemporary R&B is a music genre of Western culture popular music. Although the acronym ?R&B? originates from its association with traditional rhythm and blues music, the term R&B is today most often used to define a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in the 1980s....
 and Dance
Dance music

Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dance. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement....
 band
Musical ensemble

A musical ensemble is a group of two or more musicians who perform instrumental or vocal music. In each musical style different norms have developed for the sizes and composition of different ensembles, and for the repertoire of songs or musical works that these ensembles perform....
 who scored a number of pop
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
 and dance hits
Hit record

A Hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a Single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay , Nightclub, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings....
 in the early 1990s.

History
Londonbeat's career started in the Netherlands
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
 where "There's a Beat Going On" reached the Top 10, and then "9 A.M (The Comfort Zone)" which subsequently became a modest success in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. They are best known for their song "I've Been Thinking About You
I've Been Thinking About You

"I've Been Thinking About You" is a song recorded by Londonbeat. It was released as a single in the last months of 1990 in many countries.It hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 13, 1991, having hit number two in the United Kingdom the previous year....
", which hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
 and the Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts
Record chart

Record chart are a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
 in 1991, and for their close harmonies
Harmony

In Western music, harmony is the use of different pitches simultaneously, and chord s, actual or implied, in music. The word is related to the word "harmonic" which implies related wavelengths of waves....
.

Band members include American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
s Jimmy Helms
Jimmy Helms

Jimmy Helms is a soul music singer....
 (who also had a successful solo career and sang radio jingle
Jingle

A jingle is a memorable slogan, set to an engaging melody, mainly Broadcasting on radio and sometimes on television commercials.History ...
s) and George Chandler; with Jimmy Chambers (born 20 January 1946), from Trinidad
Trinidad and Tobago

The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an island country in the southern Caribbean, lying northeast of the South American country of Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles....
, and multi-instrumentalist William Henshall (credited as Willy M).






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Londonbeat is an R&B
Contemporary R&B

Contemporary R&B is a music genre of Western culture popular music. Although the acronym ?R&B? originates from its association with traditional rhythm and blues music, the term R&B is today most often used to define a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in the 1980s....
 and Dance
Dance music

Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dance. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement....
 band
Musical ensemble

A musical ensemble is a group of two or more musicians who perform instrumental or vocal music. In each musical style different norms have developed for the sizes and composition of different ensembles, and for the repertoire of songs or musical works that these ensembles perform....
 who scored a number of pop
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
 and dance hits
Hit record

A Hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a Single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay , Nightclub, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings....
 in the early 1990s.

History


Londonbeat's career started in the Netherlands
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
 where "There's a Beat Going On" reached the Top 10, and then "9 A.M (The Comfort Zone)" which subsequently became a modest success in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. They are best known for their song "I've Been Thinking About You
I've Been Thinking About You

"I've Been Thinking About You" is a song recorded by Londonbeat. It was released as a single in the last months of 1990 in many countries.It hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 13, 1991, having hit number two in the United Kingdom the previous year....
", which hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
 and the Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts
Record chart

Record chart are a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
 in 1991, and for their close harmonies
Harmony

In Western music, harmony is the use of different pitches simultaneously, and chord s, actual or implied, in music. The word is related to the word "harmonic" which implies related wavelengths of waves....
.

Band members include American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
s Jimmy Helms
Jimmy Helms

Jimmy Helms is a soul music singer....
 (who also had a successful solo career and sang radio jingle
Jingle

A jingle is a memorable slogan, set to an engaging melody, mainly Broadcasting on radio and sometimes on television commercials.History ...
s) and George Chandler; with Jimmy Chambers (born 20 January 1946), from Trinidad
Trinidad and Tobago

The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an island country in the southern Caribbean, lying northeast of the South American country of Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles....
, and multi-instrumentalist William Henshall (credited as Willy M). Their follow-up single "A Better Love" became a Billboard Hot 100 Top 20 hit, and they returned to #1 on the dance chart with "Come Back" (Hot 100 #62).

In 1995, Londonbeat entered the UK heats of the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition....
 with "I'm Just Your Puppet on a ... (String)", however they were not selected to go to the main contest (losing out to rap group Love City Groove
Love City Groove

Love City Groove represented the United Kingdom in the 1995 Eurovision Song Contest 1995, with a self-titled song after being the runaway winner in a public vote....
) and the single limped in at Number 55 in the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
.

In 2003, Londonbeat re-grouped with a new line up and signed to German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 record label
Record label

In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
 Coconut
Coconut Records

Coconut Records is a Germany record label formed in 1981 in music by producers Tony Hendrik and Karin Hartmann. Acts that have been signed to Coconut have included Bad Boys Blue, CC Catch, Haddaway, Londonbeat, Chyp-Notic, Soultans, the Weather Girls and Modern Talking....
. An album called Back in the Hi-Life featured re-recordings of "A Better Love" and "I've Been Thinkin' About You" amongst the new tracks.

Marc Goldschmitz left the band in 2004, for his German indie-pop project, die Unerklärlichen.

Members


1980s and 1990s


  • Jimmy Helms
  • Jimmy Chambers
  • George Chandler
  • William Henshall (Willy M)


2000s


  • Jimmy Helms
  • Jimmy Chambers
  • Myles Kayne
  • Marc Goldschmitz


Trivia


  • Londonbeat was signed to David A. Stewart
    David A. Stewart

    David Allan Stewart, often known as Dave Stewart is an England born British musician and record producer, best known for his work with Eurythmics....
    's Anxious Records
    Anxious Records

    Anxious Records was a record label set up by David A. Stewart of Eurythmics.Besides distributing his own records, the label distributed also groups like Londonbeat and Soft Parade....
     label.


  • Jimmy Chambers and George Chandler performed backing vocals on Paul Young
    Paul Young

    Paul Antony Young is an England pop music musician....
    's albums The Secret of Association
    The Secret of Association

    The Secret of Association is the title of the second album released by Paul Young. It reached number one on the UK album charts and the Top 20 in the US....
     (1985) and Other Voices
    Other Voices

    Other Voices may refer to:Literature* Other Voices, Other Rooms , the 1948 novel by Truman Capote* Other Voices , an electronic journal of cultural criticism and cultural studies...
     (1990, where Jimmy Helms performed as well).


  • The group performed backing vocals on Deacon Blue
    Deacon Blue

    Deacon Blue are a Glasgow pop music band . The name of the band was rumoured to be taken from the title of a Steely Dan song, whose lyrics seem to reflect the group's early outlook:...
    's "When Will You Make My Telephone Ring" (1987).


  • Three members of the band, George Chandler, Jimmy Helms and Jimmy Chambers, performed backing vocals on Godley & Creme
    Godley & Creme

    Godley & Creme was an English pop music duo comprising Kevin Godley and Lol Creme. The pair began releasing albums as a duo after splitting from the pop band 10cc....
    's album Goodbye Blue Sky
    Goodbye Blue Sky (album)

    Goodbye Blue Sky was the final album by Godley & Creme. Released in 1988, the album generated two singles, "Little Piece of Heaven" and "10,000 Angels" as well as videos for those two singles....
     (1988).


  • The group performed backing vocals on the title track of Shakespears Sister
    Shakespears Sister

    Shakespears Sister was a synth-pop-rock musical band formed by former Bananarama singer-songwriter Siobhan Fahey in 1988. It was Fahey's first musical project since leaving Bananarama....
    's debut album Sacred Heart
    Sacred Heart (Shakespears Sister album)

    Sacred Heart is the debut album released by UK/US pop music duo Shakespear's Sister. Released in 1989 on FFRR Records, the album peaked at no.9 in the UK and was certified Gold by the BPI in October 1989 for sales of over 100,000 copies....
     (1989).


  • The group performed backing vocals on the title track of Dead or Alive
    Dead or Alive (band)

    Dead or Alive are a United Kingdom New Wave music band from Liverpool that rose to popularity during the 1980s, and evolved from the late 1970s band Nightmares in Wax....
    's album Fan the Flame (Part 1)
    Fan the Flame (Part 1)

    Fan the Flame is the fifth studio album from dance music band Dead or Alive in 1990. Their prior album Nude was a commercial and critical disappointment, except for in Japan....
     (1990).


  • Jimmy Helms had a solo
    Solo (music)

    In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer. In practice this means a number of different things, depending on the type of music and the context....
     UK Top 10 hit in 1973 with "Gonna Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse".


Discography


Albums


Year Title Chart
1988 Londonbeat Speak  
1990 In The Blood #34 (UK
UK Albums Chart

The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website ; the full Top 200 is published exclusively in ChartsPlus....
)
1992 Harmony  
1994 Londonbeat  
1997 The Very Best of Londonbeat  
1998 Best! The Singles  
2003 Back in the Hi-Life  
2004 Gravity  


Singles


Year Title Chart
1988 "There's a Beat Going On" #6 (NL)
1988 "9 A.M. (The Comfort Zone)" #19 (UK
UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
)
1989 "Falling in Love Again" #60 (UK)
1989 "It Takes Two Baby
It Takes Two (song)

"It Takes Two" was a hit single recorded in late 1966 by Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston for Motown's Tamla label.Produced by Weston's then-husband, longtime Gaye collaborator William "Mickey" Stevenson, and co-written by Stevenson and Sylvia Moy, "It Takes Two" centered around a romantic lyric which depicted many things in life being better wi...
" 		#53 (UK) (Liz Kershaw
Liz Kershaw

Liz Kershaw is a high-profile female UK music broadcaster....
, Bruno Brooks, Jive Bunny
Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers

Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers were an 80's Novelty record pop music act from Rotherham, Yorkshire, UK. The face of the group was Jive Bunny himself, a cartoon rabbit who appeared in the videos, and also did promotional appearances for them....
 and Londonbeat)
1990 "I've Been Thinking About You
I've Been Thinking About You

"I've Been Thinking About You" is a song recorded by Londonbeat. It was released as a single in the last months of 1990 in many countries.It hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 13, 1991, having hit number two in the United Kingdom the previous year....
" 		#1 (U.S.) / #2 (UK) / #1 (Australia) / #1 (NL) / #1 (Italy) / #2 (Israel) / #2 (Norway) / #1 (Sweden) / #1 (Germany) / #1 (Austria) / #1 (Switzerland) / #11 (France)
1990 "A Better Love" #18 (U.S.) / #52 (UK)
1991 "No Woman, No Cry
No Woman, No Cry

"No Woman, No Cry" is a reggae song made famous by Bob Marley & The Wailers. The song first became world-famous in 1974 through the studio album Natty Dread....
" 		#64 (UK)
1990 "A Better Love" (re-issue) #23 (UK)
1992 "You Bring on the Sun" #32 (UK) / #1 (Italy) / #1 (Israel) / #9 (Norway) / #9 (Sweden) / #10 (Austria) / #12 (Switzerland)
1992 "That's How I Feel About You" #69 (UK)
1992 "Lover You Send Me Colours -
1994 "Come back" #62 (U.S.) / #69 (UK - 1995)
1995 "I'm Just Your Puppet on a ... (String)" #55 (UK)
1995 "Build it with Love" -
1999 "Read Between Your Eyes" -
2003 "Where Are U" -
2004 "The Air" -
2004 "Heaven" -


See also


  • List of number-one hits (United States)
    List of number-one hits (United States)

    Pre-Hot 100 era Number-one hits of 1940 Number-one hits of 1941 Number-one hits of 1942 Number-one hits of 1943 Number-one hits of 1944 Number-one hits of 1945 ...
  • List of artists who reached number one on the Hot 100 (U.S.)
    List of artists who reached number one on the Hot 100 (U.S.)

    This is a list of recording artists who have reached number one on Billboard magazine's weekly pop singles chart.This list spans from the issue dated January 1, 1955 to the present....
  • List of number-one dance hits (United States)
    List of number-one dance hits (United States)

    This is a list of number-one dance hits as recorded by Billboard magazine's Hot Dance Club Play chart — a weekly national survey of popular songs in United States dance clubs....
  • List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart
    List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart

    This is a list of recording artists who have reached number one on Billboard magazine's Hot Dance Club Play chart. Billboard began ranking dance music on the week ending October 26 1974 and this is the standard music popularity chart in the United States for play in nightclubs....