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Throwback Thursday Forgotten 45: New Edition

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Throwback Thursday Forgotten 45: New Edition


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One more day of “Cool” tunes on the Forgotten 45 at 3:45 as we go back to 1984 for a group of kids out of Boston, New Edition with “Cool It Now”.

Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, & Mike along with lead singer Ralph Tresvant delivered 8 Top 40 hits between 1983 and and 1996. The name was taken as they were a “new edition” of the Jackson Five. “Cool It Now” was the groups first top 5 hit reaching #4 on the charts.

The group later added Johnny Gill to replace Bobby Brown who went on to solo success, and the group Bell Biv DeVoe was also a spinoff from New Edition.

Here’s the video for “Cool It Now” by New Edition today’s Forgotten 45!

Jeff Winfield
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