Maurice Starr

this is not their original song.

It was originally recorded by another group that Maurice Starr also worked with, the Superiors.

So they released this song in 1987 on Motown Records.

However, their original version of the track just didn't do very well, which is why Maurice decided to give it a second chance with a different band in a different style.

New Edition only has one UK number one single, which was Candy Girl in 1983.

So Candy Girl is actually quite significant because...

That obviously their first single, but it was given to them after they were signed by Maurice Starr.

Return of Maurice Starr in this top 10.

Not one track but two that an- actually transported me back there to the year 1984, starting with Kenny G, and of course, taken off the LP G-Force on Arista Records, and a acapella version of Introduce Yourself to My Love, produced by Kenny G.

And of course, there's another version out there by the little-known artist named Kashif that just so happens to be co-producer with Morris Starr.

Then we went back to, uh, [laughs] the Cameo album, where I knew it didn't even last one album until I played another track, and, uh, a little-known track there g- goes back to 1984 that I heard both of tr- these tracks on the same dance floor on the same night in a certain nightclub that resided at 43 Peckham High Street, London, SE15, and they blew you away every weekend day with kisses.

[static] From the mind and soul of the Master J, this is the Dance Decade.

And then, of

course, come to find out, Maurice Starr, the iconic Maurice Starr.

So after that's over, I told my mom, I'm like, I'm going to meet them one day.

Those guys are good.

Come on now.

Yeah.

So literally, but Face the Music, they had stopped working with Maurice Starr.

They were working with Ted and Raleigh.

Who, who was there? I think Tiffany was opening up for them, and then Tommy Page, who ended up being a real dear friend of mine.

Um, and yeah, I met them, and the producer, Maurice Starr, saw me and said to Greg McPherson, "Who is that young lady? I like her look." Right? And he discovered New Edition, New Kids on the Block.

And so then I got invited to come up to Boston-

Mm-hmm

You know, he had a formula-

Yeah

... honey, let me tell you about Mr. Maurice Starr.

And Rick West was gonna be like his Elvis with the three soul ladies behind him.

So it was a whole Boston connection.

Maurice Starr, New Edition, New Kids, Arthur Baker.

Yep, Boston crew.

Planet Patrol, Johnson Crew.

Okay.

Well, yeah, that's where Maury Starr started.

Now, if you know your boy band history, after New Edition splits, Maury Starr comes back six, seven years later with Kendall putting on the spot.

Who did Maury Starr found?

Who did he found? From

Austin, 1987.