New York City was an American R&B

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. They formed in 1972 under the name "Tri-Boro Exchange", and all of the group's members had had significant experience singing in other

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and

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ensembles. They are also from

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Career

Under the direction of

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and

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, New York City released two

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s and several

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s, the biggest being 1973's " I'm Doin' Fine Now", which reached

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number 17. They toured in 1973 with the Big Apple Band (two of whose members would later become part of

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) as their backing band, but after two

s, the group parted ways.

Members

*Tim McQueen (lead singer) *John Brown (ex

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The Moonglows The Moonglows were an American Rhythm and blues, R&B group in the 1950s. Their song "Sincerely (song), Sincerely" went to number 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, R&B chart and number 20 on the ''Billboard'' Juke Box chart. They wer ...

) *Claude Johnson (ex The Genies, Don & Juan) *Eddie Schell - from Savannah, Georgia *

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- (Chic) *

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- (Chic)

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

*''The Best of New York City'' (1976,

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)

Singles

References

External links

* * African-American musical groups American soul musical groups Musical quartets American rhythm and blues musical groups Musical groups established in 1972 Musical groups disestablished in 1975 Musical groups from New York City {{R&Bsoul-bio-stub