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Ralph Tresvant (born Ralph Edward Tresvant Jr., on 16 May, 1968 in Roxbury, Massachusetts) is an American tenor singer, best known as one of the lead singers in R&B act New Edition. Ralph sang lead on many of the lead singles including "Candy Girl", "Cool It Now" and "If It Isn't Love". Tresvant, whose voice resembles Michael Jackson's, led the group from 1983 to 1989.
Despite the success of groupmates Bobby Brown and the guys of Bel Biv Devoe, Tresvant was cautious about his own solo career. Signing to MCA Records, Tresvant let his apprehension be known in several interviews.
Nevertheless, well-known producers Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis were confident in his abilities after having worked with him on the album Heartbreak. They wrote the song "Sensitivity" for him which hit #1 on the R&B charts, #4 on the Hot 100 and it went gold. His self-titled album released shortly after in 1990 and went platinum as well, topping the R&B charts. The album scored two more hits with "Stone Cold Gentleman" reaching #3 on the R&B charts and "Do What I Gotta Do" which reached #2.
Tresvant appeared in the movie House Party 2 in 1991 and the play, "The Man Of Her Dreams" in 2002. In 1993, he released his second album, It's Goin' Down. The album gave Tresvant greater involvement as he produced many of the tracks himself. However, perhaps due to limited promotion, the album failed to perform commercially as well as the debut.
In October 2004 Sensitivity appeared in popular videogame Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, playing on R&B, Soul radio station CSR 103.9.
Ralph's third solo album Rizz-Wa-Faire, was released March 7, 2006. The first single from Rizz-Wa-Faire is "My Homegirl".
Image:http://videodetective.com/photos/439/018462_26.jpg|Ralph Tresvant in Stone Cold Gentleman music video
Image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/26/Ap_essence_405.jpg|Ralph Tresvant performing with Bobby Brown (right)
Discography
Albums
- 1990: Ralph Tresvant
- 1993: It's Goin' Down
- 2006: Rizz-Wa-Faire
Singles
- 1990: "Sensitvity" #4 US, #1 US R&B #18 UK
- 1991: "Stone Cold Gentleman" #34 US, #3 US R&B
- 1991: "Do What I Gotta Do" #2 US R&B
- 1991: "Rated R" #69 US R&B
- 1991: "Yo Baby Yo"
- 1992: "Money Can't Buy Me Love" #54 US, #2 US R&B
- 1993: "Who's The Mack" #35 US R&B
- 1994: "When I Need Somebody" #45 US R&B
- 2006: "My Homegirl"
External links/Sources
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