- Inner City (band)
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Name = Inner City
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Origin =Detroit ,Michigan ,United States
Genre = TechnoHouse music
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Label = Virgin/Atlantic Records
Virgin/EMI Records
Columbia/SME Records
Ten Records flagicon|UK
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Current_members = Kevin Saunderson
Paris Grey
Past_members =Ann Saunderson
Notable_instruments =Roland TR-909 Inner City is an American music group formed in Detroit in 1987. The group is comprised of producer and composer
Kevin Saunderson and Chicago nativeParis Grey . Kevin Saunderson is renowned as one of theBelleville Three (along withJuan Atkins andDerrick May ), high school friends who later originated theDetroit Techno sound.Inner City topped dance charts in America and Britain 11 times, hit the UK Top 40 eight times and sold around 6 million records. The group is best known for their early dancefloor / pop music crossover tracks "Big Fun" (UK #8, US Dance #1) and "Good Life" (UK #4, US Dance #1). Other hits include "Do You Love What You Feel" (UK #16, US Dance #1) and "Whatcha Gonna Do With My Lovin'" (UK #12, US Dance #8). The music videos to these songs received significant airplay throughout the world. Later work introduced a hybrid of techno, jazz and swing beats with a more soulful sound in the vein of downtempo British groups like
Soul II Soul andMassive Attack . The group recorded three albums for Virgin Records and one single for Columbia/SME Records.Discography
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List of number-one dance hits (United States)
*List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart External links
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:inh9kemt7q79~T0 AllMusic guide about Inner City]
* [http://www.myspace.com/innercityfeatparisgrey Inner City's MySpace Fan Page]
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