Club Nouveau
Turning soul, funk and hip-hop sounds into a strutting, modern style of pop
music in the 1980s, Club Nouveau were one of the early New Jack Swing acts and
found major success with their 1986 debut album, Life, Love And Pain. Jay King
originally made his name as the producer of Timex Social Club, a Bay Area R&B
group who toured with Run DMC and New Edition, and scored the biggest-selling
single of 1986 with post-disco track "Rumors." Their success was remarkable at
the time, considering they were releasing their music independently through
King's own label, and when they split he ...
