Boyz II Men Comes To The St George Theatre 11/14

By: Oct. 21, 2010
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Boyz II Men, four time Grammy award winners, hailed by the RIAA as the most commercially successful R&B group of all time - return to center stage with a stunning new album, Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA. The Decca label debut is the first major-label release in five years for Boyz II Men, who have sold an estimated 60 million recordings in a spectacular career that will enter its seventeenth year in 2008. Working with producer Randy Jackson, Shawn Stockman, Wanya Morris, and Nathan Morris bring their special brand of musical magic to twelve all-time Motown hits including Marvin Gaye's "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)," Smokey Robinson & The Miracles' "The Tracks of My Tears," The Temptations' "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)," Edwin Starr's "War," and the Stevie Wonder favorites "I Was Made to Love Her" and "Ribbon In the Sky." The album closes with a beautiful new recording of the record-breaking Boyz II Men hit, "End Of The Road," produced by super star Brian McKnight, who also sings on the track.

It's no surprise that the concept should be such a perfect fit for Boyz II Men. The four-time Grammy Award-winning group was originally signed to Motown Records in 1991 and the very first Boyz II Men single, the million-selling "Motownphilly" (No. 4 R&B/No. 3 Pop), was a tip of the musical hat to the soul music production centers of Detroit and Philadelphia. For the follow-up, Boyz II Men sang another Motown classic, G.C. Cameron's "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday," a gold-certified single that shot to No. 1 R&B/No. 2 Pop.

The creation of the original Motown Sound was due in large part to the musicians of the label's house band-later known as the Funk Brothers-who played on a vast number of Motown recordings, espe cially in the period 1960-1967. Producer Randy Jackson emulated this approach in the making of Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA-with stellar results. In praise of Boyz II Men, Randy Jackson says: "All of the greats have a natural talent that continually bubbles up no matter what's going on. Boyz II Men are like that-just naturally gifted, and the most talented vocal group of our era."
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Showtime: 7:30pm
Tickets: $75, $55, $35, $25
To purchase tickets go to www.ticketmaster.com
or call the St George Theatre at 718-442-2900 during box office hours.


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