Timex Social Club

Timex Social Club

The Timex Social Club was a U.S. group from Berkeley, California, formed in 1982. Its members Gregory Thomas, Marcus Thompson, Kevin Moore, Michael Marshall, Craig Samuel, Darrien Cleage, and Alex Hill specialized in both old school rap and the merger of urban R&B with hip-hop rhythms, which was later known as new jack swing. The group was signed to Danya Records, and their only album "Vicious Rumors" was released in 1986. "Vicious Rumors" had only one major hit on it, "Rumors", which hit #8 on the Billboard Hot 100, August 30, 1986 with Michael Marshall as the lead singer. The two following singles "Thinkin' About Ya" and "Mixed-Up World" both reached the R&B top 20.

In 1987 the Vicious Rumor Club had a hit with a rap version of the song "Rumors" with the single "Rumor Rap (Yeah Yeah That's It)" produced by Questar Welsh and Ron Sorice of "Off The Records Productions.

Soon afterwards, their producer Jay King replaced them with a new band that he formed, an R&B group called Club Nouveau. After five years of being together, the Timex Social Club broke up.

External links

[http://timexsocialclub.com/ Official Website]

ee also

*List of number-one dance hits (United States)
*List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart


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