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who were active in the early 1990s.

History

ABC consisted of Romelle "RoRo" Chapman, Chris Sellers, David Shelton and brothers allmusic ((( Another Bad Creation > Overview ))) Retrieved November 7, 2007. Demetrius and Marliss ("Red" and "Mark", respectively) Pugh, as well as Adrian "G.A." (General Austin) Witcher. They were discovered by Michael Bivins. ABC's debut album '' Coolin' at the Playground Ya Know!'' was released on February 11, 1991. allmusic ((( Coolin' at the Playground Ya Know > Overview ))) Retrieved November 8, 2007. The album's two biggest singles were the first and second singles: " Iesha" and "

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", respectively, which reached the top ten on both the R&B and

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charts (the latter was also the group's only showing on the Dance chart).Billboard.com – Artist Chart History – Another Bad Creation
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" followed, as well as the singles "Spydermann" and "My World". allmusic ((( Another Bad Creation > Discography > Singles & EPs ))) Retrieved November 8, 2007. The album reached #7 on the ''Billboard'' 200

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Retrieved November 8, 2007. and eventually went

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. During this time, Mark and Dave appeared among other children (including Macaulay Culkin) in a scene of

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Retrieved March 12, 2008. Also during this time, all the members of ABCThe Meteor Man (1993) – Full cast and crew
Retrieved November 8, 2007. made their only movie appearance to date, as characters in '' The Meteor Man'' (which also featured appearances from various other musicians).Another Bad Creation Filmography – Yahoo! Movies
. Retrieved November 8, 2007. They all dyed their hair blonde for the movie,
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for the East Coast Family's only collective song, allmusic ((( East Coast Family, Vol. 1 > Overview ))) Retrieved November 8, 2007. "1-4-All-4-1". On March 3, 1991 Another Bad Creation appeared on sketch comedy show '' In Living Color''. Keenen Ivory Wayans introduced them by comparing them to

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, New Edition, and

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. The group then sang "Iesha". ABC's second album '' It Ain't What U Wear, It's How U Play It'' was released on September 21, 1993. allmusic ((( It Ain't What U Wear It's How U Play It > Overview ))) Retrieved November 8, 2007. Neither the album nor any of its singles charted on any Billboard chart.

Discography

Albums

, - , 1991 , '' Coolin' at the Playground Ya Know!'' *Released: February 11, 1991 *Label: Motown , align="center", 7 , align="center", 2 , align="center", 80 , * US: Platinum , - , 1993 , '' It Ain't What U Wear, It's How U Play It'' *Released: September 21, 1993 *Label: Motown , align="center", – , align="center", – , align="center", – , , -

Singles

Hip-Hop Network – Goldmic
. Retrieved October 21, 2007.

References

External links

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