Joe Public is an American
new jack swing group from
Buffalo,
New York. The group consists of lead singer and bass guitarist Kevin Scott, keyboardist and guitarist Jake Carter, percussionist and drummer Dwight "Mr. Dew" Wyatt and lead guitarist Joe "J.R." Sayles. They are best known for their
hit
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single "
Live and Learn," which reached #4 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in 1992.
Musical work
Joe Public evolved from the group Atension, signed to
Island Records in 1989. Their debut album on
Columbia Records, ''
Joe Public'', contained their hit single
"Live and Learn" which became their
only top-40 hit peaking at #4 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100. Their follow-up
single, "I Miss You" reached #55 on the same chart. Joe Public was the first-ever R&B group to perform on MTV's ''
Unplugged
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Albums and EPs
* ''Unplugged'' (5'nizza album), 2002
* '' ...
'' series where they were also the back up band for
Boyz II Men and
Shanice
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. Joe Public was also the back up band for
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on ''
The Arsenio Hall Show
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'', which featured
Jermaine Dupri
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Early life
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's first national TV appearance.
They hosted the "NBA Jams Music Video," a
VHS promotional release for the
video game
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''
NBA Jam: Tournament Edition'' that contained
music video
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s intercut with professional
basketball
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highlight footage. The video for "Live and Learn" is contained on it, as well as improvised live footage between video segments.
They later released their second studio album ''
Easy Come, Easy Go'' in 1994, also under Columbia Records.
They continued to act as
songwriters, writing the song "
Keep It Comin'" for fellow New Jack Swing artist
Keith Sweat in 1991 as well as songs for
Tyrese
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.
Discography
Albums
*1992: ''
Joe Public'' #111
U.S.
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, #23 U.S.
R&B
*1994: ''
Easy Come, Easy Go''
Singles
References
External links
*
American contemporary R&B musical groups
Musical groups from Buffalo, New York
Musical groups established in 1989
New jack swing music groups
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