Perfect Gentlemen were an American

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 trio

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 of teen

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 R&B

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 vocalists formed under the direction of Maurice Starr

Maurice Starr

Maurice Starr is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer.-Biography:Starr, originally from Florida, moved to Boston with his brother Michael in the early 1970s. After moving to Boston he recorded two unsuccessful R&B albums, Flaming Starr and Spacey Lady...

, who discovered New Edition

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 and New Kids on the Block

New Kids on the Block

New Kids on the Block are an American boy band from Boston, Massachusetts, assembled in 1984 by producer Maurice Starr. The band currently consists of brothers Jordan and Jonathan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, and Danny Wood.New Kids on the Block enjoyed success in the late 1980s and...

.

Starr put the group together in Boston

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 in 1988, and had them tour the U.S

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 opening for the New Kids. An album

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 and a video

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 followed, and the group scored a hit single

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 with 1990's "Ooh La La (I Can't Get Over You)", which peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100

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 and #12 on the R&B/Hip Hop charts.

After the group's debut album, there were some member changes as Tyrone Sutton left the group, while Miles Wheeler and Stephen Reeves joined the group, making it a quartet. As a quartet the group released the album The Perfect Gentlemen in 1993, which featured the singles "Don't Forget To Call" and "I Need You."

Members

• Corey Blakely
• Maurice Starr Jr.
• Tyrone Sutton (on Rated PG)
• Miles" Masspike Miles " Wheeler (on The Perfect Gentlemen)
• Stephen Reeves (on The Perfect Gentlemen)

Discography

• Rated PG (Columbia Records
  Columbia Records
  Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
  
  , 1990) U.S. Billboard Top 200 peak #72, U.S. R&B peak #39
• The Perfect Gentlemen (Warner Bros. Records
  Warner Bros. Records
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  , 1993)

Where are they now

• Corey Blakely-has joined the US military.
• Maurice Starr Jr.- Is still producing and making music. (http://www.facebook.com/muzikmakerz & http://www.twitter.com/themuzikmakerz).
• Miles (Masspike) Wheeler-http://www.myspace.com/masspikemiles
• Stephen Starr is also working on new projects and sings with his brother in The Muzik Makerz.

(http://www.facebook.com/muzikmakerz, http://www.twitter.com/themuzikmakerz)