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[youtube id=”5cesxvEZK5U”] Ralph Tresvant’s first solo album had a successful launch with the lead single “Sensitivity.” It was his first time away from New Edition and his album followed Bobby Brown’s Don’t Be Cruel explosion and the emergence of band members Ricky Bell, Ronnie DeVoe and Michael Bivins’group BBD. JimmyContinue Reading

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In 1978 Michael Bivins,Ricky Bell and Bobby Brown all from the Roxbury section of Boston, Massachusetts started singing together. By 1980 Ralph Tresvant and Ronnie Devoe joined the group and local choreographer Brooke Payne name them New Edition. Former Jonzun Crew member and boy band impresario Maurice “The General” StarrContinue Reading

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