Samuelle Prater, known simply as Samuelle, is an American
R&B singer who is a former member of the R&B group
Club Nouveau
Club Nouveau is an American R&B group formed by record producer/performer Jay King in 1986 in Sacramento, California, following the breakup of the Timex Social Club. The group's name (French for "New Club") was changed from its original incar ...
.
[Wynn, Ron]
Club Nouveau Biography
, Allmusic
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, retrieved 2011-07-17 He was the lead singer on Club Nouveau's #1
Pop
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Arts, entertainment, and media Music
* Pop music, a musical genre Artists
* POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade
* Pop!, a UK pop group
* Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band
Albums
* ''Pop'' (G ...
and Dance and #2 R&B hit remake of the
Bill Withers
William Harrison Withers Jr. (July 4, 1938 – March 30, 2020) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. He had several hits over a career spanning 18 years, including "Ain't No Sunshine" (1971), "Grandma's Hands" (1971), " Use Me" (1972) ...
classic, "
Lean on Me".
He released his first and only solo album entitled, ''
Living in Black Paradise
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* H ...
'' on October 30, 1990 on
Atlantic Records
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, which reached number 37 on the Billboard R&B Albums chart.
[Samuelle Charts & Awards]
, Allmusic
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, retrieved 2011-07-17 This album featured his biggest solo hit, "
So You Like What You See "So You Like What You See" is new jack swing song by Samuelle from his 1990 album ''Living in Black Paradise''. The hit song spent two weeks at number-one on the US R&B chart, but did not place on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The music video is nota ...
", which was accompanied by a music video featuring
Tyra Banks
Tyra Lynne Banks (born December 4, 1973), also known as BanX, is an American television personality, model, producer, writer, and actress. Born in Inglewood, California, she began her career as a model at the age of 15, and was the first Africa ...
. In October 2004, "So You Like What You See" appeared on the popular videogame ''
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'', playing on
new jack swing
New jack swing, new jack, or swingbeat is a fusion genre of the rhythms and production techniques of hip hop and dance-pop, and the urban contemporary sound of R&B. Spearheaded by producers Teddy Riley and Bernard Belle, new jack swing was ...
radio station
CSR 103.9
''Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'' is an open world, open-world, Action-adventure game, action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. First released on 16 October 2004 for the PlayStation 2, ''San Andreas'' ...
.
References
Living people
American contemporary R&B singers
Year of birth missing (living people)
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