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Years active
  
1982–1987

Active until
  
1987

Associated acts
  
Club Nouveau

Albums
  
Vicious Rumors

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Also known as
  
TSC, The Social Club, The Timex Crew

Labels
  
Jay Records/Danya/Fantasy Records

Past members
  
Marcus ThompsonGregory "Greg B" ThomasMichael MarshallCraig Samuel, Ocea SavageDarrien CleageAlex HillKevin Moore

Origin
  
Berkeley, California, United States (1982)

Members
  
Michael Marshall, Samuelle, Marcus Thompson, Alex Hill

Genres
  
Contemporary R&B, New jack swing, Dance-pop, Post-disco, Soul music

Similar
  
Club Nouveau, Nu Shooz, The SOS Band, Midnight Star, Jermaine Stewart

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The Timex Social Club was an American contemporary R&B group, formed in 1982 and best known for the 1986 hit single, "Rumors".

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History

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Originally known as the Timex Crew, members included Marcus Thompson (founder), Gregory "Greg B" Thomas, Michael Marshall, Craig Samuel, and Darrien Cleage. By 1986, Samuel, Cleage, and Thomas had departed, Alex Hill and Kevin Moore were added, and the name Timex Social Club was adopted. They specialized in both old school hip hop and the merger of urban R&B with hip hop rhythms, which were later known as new jack swing.

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In 1986, they released the Vicious Rumors album on Danya/Fantasy Records. Its one major hit, "Rumors", peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100; it reached #1, #13 in the UK, and #1 on US Billboard R&B, Hot Black Singles-Sales, Hot Black Singles-Airplay, US Hot Dance Club Play, and Hot Dance/Disco-12 inch Singles-Sales charts.

The two follow-up singles, "Thinkin' About Ya" and "Mixed-Up World", reached the R&B Top 20.

Tour

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The success of the single "Rumors", prompted hip hop impresario Russell Simmons to hire the group as the opening act for 38 dates on Run DMC's Raising Hell tour in 1986. Other acts on the tour were Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, and Whodini. Besides solo dates, the group also opened for New Edition, Midnight Star, the S.O.S. Band, Kool & The Gang, and Jermaine Jackson.

Split

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Timex Social Club disbanded shortly after the success of "Rumors". The band's producer and sideman Jay King formed Club Nouveau, whose first single was "Jealousy", an answer song to "Rumors" that references Timex Social Club's split. Club Nouveau subsequently had a #1 Billboard Hot 100 hit in 1987 with a cover of Bill Withers' "Lean on Me".

Revival

As of 2011, the current Timex Social Club roster consisted of founding member Marcus Thompson as DJ and Samuelle Prater on vocals.

Albums

  • Vicious Rumors (1986) - US R&B #29

    • Books

  • I Heard It Through the Grapevine: Rumor in African-American Culture by Joseph Stone(1994)
  • Mad Season: (Changing Stations)] by Joseph Stone(2005)
  • Flashbacks to Happiness: Eighties Music Revisited by Randolph Michaels (2005)
  • How Do Rumors Get Started: The True Story Of Timex Social Club by Marcus A. Thompson (2011)

    • TV & Film

  • 1986: Modern Girls
  • 2004: The_Hills_(season_4) MTV
  • 2017: The New Edition Story BET

    • Songs

    RumorsVicious Rumors · 1986
    Thinkin' About YaVicious Rumors · 1986
    Mixed Up WorldVicious Rumors · 1986

    References

    Timex Social Club Wikipedia
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