Soul II Soul

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Soul II Soul
Background information
Origin London, United Kingdom
Genre(s) Dance/Club, R&B
Years active 1988 – present
Members
Jazzie B
Former members
Caron Wheeler

Soul II Soul is a 2-time Grammy winning act that emerged at the end of the 80s from London. The group initially attracted attention as a sound system, playing records at house and street parties (where their clothing style - dubbed "Funki Dred" - quickly made a splash, inspiring them to start a line of clothing). Founded by Jazzie B and featuring a changing roster of other musicians - notably Nellee Hooper and Caron Wheeler - Soul II Soul's experiments in music-making of their own resulted in the dub plate "Fairplay," which secured them a deal with Virgin Records. They had huge hits in 1989 with the singles "Keep on Movin'" and "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)," both from their debut album Club Classics Vol. I. These songs (both featuring Wheeler on vocals) set the tone for early 90s mainstream dance music in the UK.

Their follow-up album, Vol. II: 1990 - A New Decade, yielded the hits "Get A Life" and "A Dream's A Dream," the latter featuring operatic vocals by Victoria Wilson-James. While their U.S. following declined somewhat following its release, Soul II Soul continued to have hits in the UK, including 1992's top 10 single, "Joy."

Soul II Soul reached Volume 5 of their series for Virgin in 1995, then released 2 more albums for Island Records.

In October 2004 Keep On Movin appeared in popular videogame Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, playing on R&B, Soul radio station CSR 103.9.

Contents

Year Album UK US
1989 Club Classics Vol. I 1 14
1990 Vol. II: 1990 - A New Decade 1 21
1992 Just Right Vol. III 3 88
1993 The Classic Singles 88-93 Vol. IV 10 -
1995 Believe Volume. V 13 -
1995 Time of Change - -

Year Title Album UK U.S. U.S. R&B U.S. Dance
1988 "Fairplay" Club Classics Vol. I 63 - - 9
1988 "Feel Free" Club Classics Vol. I 64 - - -
1989 "Keep on Movin'" Club Classics Vol. I 5 11 1 1
1989 "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)" Club Classics Vol. I 1 4 1 1
1989 "Jazzie's Groove" Club Classics Vol. I - - 6 3
1989 "Get a Life" Vol. II: 1990 - A New Decade 3 54 5 9
1990 "A Dream's a Dream" Vol. II: 1990 - A New Decade 6 85 19 3
1990 "People" Vol. II: 1990 - A New Decade - - 44 3
1990 "Missing You" Vol. II: 1990 - A New Decade 22 - 29 39
1992 "Joy" Just Right Vol. III 4 - 14 -
1992 "Move Me No Mountain" Just Right Vol. III 31 - 33 29
1992 "Just Right" Just Right Vol. III 38 - - -
1993 "Wish" The Classic Singles 88-93 Vol. IV 24 - - -
1995 "Love Enuff" Believe Vol. V 12 - - -
1995 "I Care" Believe Vol. V 17 - - -
1996 "Keep on Movin'" (remix) - 31 - - -
1997 "Represent" Time of Change 39 - - -
1997 "Pleasure Dome" Time of Change 51 - - -

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