Urban Soul was a
UK/
US house music
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studio project assembled by
producer
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, songwriter and vocalist
Roland Clark.
Biography
Urban Soul hit the US
Hot Dance Music/Club Play
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chart
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seven times through the 1990s, including hitting #1 in 1997 with the track "Show Me.
" Other Urban Soul tracks featured vocals by
Sandy B
Sandra Barber is a house music singer from New York City who uses the stage name Sandy B.
Music career
She is primarily known for two of her solo records which reached #1 on Billboard's Dance/Club Play chart, "Make the World Go Round" and "Ain ...
,
Ceybil Jeffries
Ceybil Jefferies, also known by the stage name Sweet Sable, was an American house and R&B vocalist best known for her work during the 1990s, including the 1996 Dutch house single, " It's Gonna Be Alright" with Deep Zone, which hit No. 20 on the ...
and Troyetta Knox.
UK chart singles
*"Alright" (1991) –
UK #60
*"Alright" (
remix
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) (1991) – UK #43
*"Always" (1992) – UK #41
*"Love Is So Nice" (1998) – UK #75
See also
*
List of number-one dance hits (United States)
*
List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
References
American house music groups
American house musicians
American electronic music groups
Chrysalis Records artists
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