Friday 5 March 2021

Byron Stingily

Byron Stingily is an American R&B and house-music singer born in Chicago, Illinois, known for his falsetto voice. Stingily had several hit records in the late 1980s as the lead singer of Ten City. As a solo artist, Byron Stingily had his biggest success on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, where he scored #1 on three occasions. In 1997, he spent a week at the top spot with "Get Up (Everybody)" which sampled Sylvester's "Dance (Disco Heat)". In 1998, a remake of Sylvester's "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" reached #1. "That's the Way Love Is" a #1 dance hit in 1989 for Ten City, brought him to #1 again in 1999 when he re-recorded it on his own.

90 Hits (Discography):
Date	   UK	Song
Jan 1997   14	Get Up (Everybody)
Nov 1997   38	Sing A Song
Jan 1998   13	You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)

What happened next?
Byron Stingily actually had to wait until 2000 before "That's the way love is" was a UK Top 40 hit. Over the years, he was a part-time principal at a school in Chicago while still performing. He still bookable and looks to be reuniting with Ten City in 2021.

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