Solo (group)
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Solo is an American rhythm and blues
/ soul
musical group.
Eunique Mack, Darnell Chavis and Daniele Stokes performed on the streets of New York
in the early 1990s. The production team of Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis overheard the guys and helped them get established. The bassist Robert Anderson joined the group to make them a quartet and the line-up that would be known as Solo. The group also had a fifth member named James Smith who died after the group met Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis and was signed. The group dedicated an interlude to him on their debut album.
The group recorded their self-titled debut album in Minneapolis and released it in 1995
. Released on A&M Records, the album featured production by Jam & Lewis. The album scored several hits, including "Heaven" and "Where Do U Want Me To Put It." The two tracks reached #7 and #8 on the R&B charts respectively. The album moved enough copies that by early 1996, it managed to go gold selling more than 700,000 copies.
Solo released a follow up album titled 4 Bruthas and a Bass in 1998
. The album had a hit with "Touch Me" which reached #26 on the Billboard R&B charts. After Perspective Records
folded shortly after, the rest of the group decided to focus on other endeavors. After spending several years working apart, the group has reconnected. Eunique Mack, Darnell Chavis, Daniele Stokes, and Robert Anderson have reunited and are working on a new Solo project due out in early in 2011. Eunique Mack left Solo so he will no longer be a part of Solo. He has decided to pursue a solo career. Darnell, Daniele, & Robert are finishing up the new album without him.
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
/ soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
musical group.
Eunique Mack, Darnell Chavis and Daniele Stokes performed on the streets of New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
in the early 1990s. The production team of Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis overheard the guys and helped them get established. The bassist Robert Anderson joined the group to make them a quartet and the line-up that would be known as Solo. The group also had a fifth member named James Smith who died after the group met Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis and was signed. The group dedicated an interlude to him on their debut album.
The group recorded their self-titled debut album in Minneapolis and released it in 1995
1995 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1995.- January–February :*January 18 – Jerry Garcia crashes his rented BMW into a guard rail near Mill Valley, California, USA, but is not injured in the accident....
. Released on A&M Records, the album featured production by Jam & Lewis. The album scored several hits, including "Heaven" and "Where Do U Want Me To Put It." The two tracks reached #7 and #8 on the R&B charts respectively. The album moved enough copies that by early 1996, it managed to go gold selling more than 700,000 copies.
Solo released a follow up album titled 4 Bruthas and a Bass in 1998
1998 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1998.-Events:*January 28 – "Weird Al" Yankovic gets LASIK surgery to cure his myopia...
. The album had a hit with "Touch Me" which reached #26 on the Billboard R&B charts. After Perspective Records
Perspective Records
Perspective Records was an American record label, launched in 1991 by the producing team Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, through a joint venture with A&M Records—which Jam/Lewis had had a prosperous working relationship with throughout the 1980s, with several of its major acts including Janet Jackson, The...
folded shortly after, the rest of the group decided to focus on other endeavors. After spending several years working apart, the group has reconnected. Eunique Mack, Darnell Chavis, Daniele Stokes, and Robert Anderson have reunited and are working on a new Solo project due out in early in 2011. Eunique Mack left Solo so he will no longer be a part of Solo. He has decided to pursue a solo career. Darnell, Daniele, & Robert are finishing up the new album without him.
Singles
- 1995 Heaven (#7 R&B, #42 Pop)
- 1995 Where Do U Want Me To Put It (#8 R&B, #50 Pop)
- 1996 He's Not Good Enough (#50 R&B)
- 1998 Touch Me (#26 R&B, #59 Pop)