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Ten City a chicago, Illinois based dance-pop/house music trio who enjoyed a number of club hits and Urban radio hits in the eighties and nineties. Lead by vocalist Byron Stingily and producer Marshall Jefferson. Ten City's debut album, Foundation became their only album to crossover, peaking at #49 on the Top rhythm and blues/hip-hop Albums chart. Of their ten entries on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, they are best remembered for Track page: That's the Way Love Is, which hit #1 in 1989 and is still considered to be a House classic today. Stingily, who left the group and became a successful solo artist, rerecorded the song and brought it back to #1 on the dance chart in 1999. Ten City's several Top 10 Hot Dance chart/Single sales entries include Right Back to You, Devotion, My Piece of Heaven and [track artist=Ten City]Fantasy. Discography Albums: * Foundation Atlantic Records 1989 * State of Mind Atlantic Records 1990 * No House Big Enough Atlantic Records 1992 * That Was Then, This Is Now Sony Records 1994 * The Best of Ten City Ibadan 2001 Singles: * "Devotion" * "Right Back To You" * "That's The Way Love Is" * "That's The Way Love Is (Club House Mix)" (Produced by Stock Aitken Waterman) * "Where Do We Go?" * "Suspicious" * "Foundation" * "Whatever Makes You Happy" * Superficial People" * "Nothing's Changed" * "My Piece of Heaven" * "Only Time Will Tell" * "Fantasy" * "Goin' Up In Smoke"

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Bahamian Trumpeter Giveton Gelin Wins Award And Ten-City International Tour

Bahamian Trumpeter Giveton Gelin Wins Award And Ten-City International Tour

Source: Tony Franquiz

Twenty-one-year-old jazz musician Giveton Gelin will perform a ten-city international tour of North America after winning the 2020 LetterOne RISING STARS Jazz Award, including a performance at the Blue Note Jazz Festival in New York City, where Gelin is currently studying at Julliard. Gelin was selected by a high-profile jury of musicians, journalists and record producers, chaired by Mikhail Fridman—an international businessman, philanthropist and jazz fan—and jazz guitarist George Benson. His winnings include the ten-city tour and a full year ...

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