The Brand New Heavies are one of the most successful acid jazz and funk groups of all time and were formed in 1985 in Ealing, London. The group revolve around songwriters/multi-instrumentalists Simon Bartholomew and Andrew Levy, the core members of the group since its founding. Lead vocalists over the years include Linda Muriel, Jay Ella Ruth, N'Dea Davenport, Siedah Garrett, Carleen Anderson, Nicole Russo, Honey Larochelle, Dawn Joseph and Sulene Fleming. All but the last two have appeared on lead vocals on the group's records. The group enjoyed the most success with N'Dea Davenport in the first half of the 90s. Davenport returned to The Heavies for the "Get Used To It" and "Live In London" albums, after which the latest vocalist Dawn Joseph gradually took over lead vocal duties.
90 Hits (Discography):Date UK Song Feb 1992 24 Dream Come True (featuring N'Dea Davenport) Apr 1992 19 Ultimate Trunk Funk EP (featuring Never Stop) (featuring N'Dea Davenport) Aug 1992 24 Don't Let It Go To Your Head (featuring N'Dea Davenport) Dec 1992 40 Stay This Way (featuring N'Dea Davenport) Mar 1994 15 Dream On Dreamer (featuring N'Dea Davenport) Jun 1994 23 Back To Love (featuring N'Dea Davenport) Aug 1994 13 Midnight At The Oasis (featuring N'Dea Davenport) Nov 1994 26 Spend Some Time (featuring N'Dea Davenport) Mar 1995 38 Close To You (featuring N'Dea Davenport) Apr 1997 11 Sometimes Jun 1997 21 You Are The Universe Oct 1997 9 You've Got A Friend Jan 1998 31 Shelter Sep 1999 35 Saturday Nite
What happened next?
Joseph and the drummer and co-lead vocalist Jan Kincaid, one of the founding members, both left the group in late 2015 (and soon formed MF Robots). N'Dea re-joined the band for their 2016 tour. Brand New Heavies will be doing a UK Tour in 2021.
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