Ruffneck is an American house music

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from

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, consisting of

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s Dwayne Richardson, Derek Jenkins and Shaheer Williams. They placed three singles on the U.S.

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chart, including "Everybody Be Somebody," which was based on a sample from "Bostich" by the Swiss synthpop band

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, and spent three weeks at #1 in 1995. Their first two hits were released on

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's MAW

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. Their biggest success in the

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occurred in 1995, when " Everybody Be Somebody" peaked at #13. The featured

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on all their chart entries was Joanne "Yavahn" Thomas. Their tracks are officially credited to Ruffneck featuring Yavahn. Thomas was one of the original members of the house music trio,

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. She died of colon cancer in October 2003.

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Ruffneck at Discogs
American house music groups American dance music groups Electronic music groups from New Jersey {{house-band-stub

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