Ten City

Ten City (derived from intensity) was an American, Chicago, Illinois-based R&B and house music act, that enjoyed a number of club hits and Urban radio hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s and was one of the first exponents of deep house.[1] Formerly known as Ragtyme, the group comprised vocalist Byron Stingily, guitarist Herb Lawson and keyboardist Byron Burke and were augmented by producer Marshall Jefferson.[2] The group was signed by Atlantic Records and released the album Foundation[3] in 1989, which became the group's only album to cross over, peaking at No. 49 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

Ten City
(left to right): Burke, Stingily, Lawson
(1994)
Background information
Also known asRagtyme
OriginChicago, Illinois, U.S.
GenresHouse, R&B
Years active1987–1996
LabelsAtlantic, EastWest Records America, Columbia
Past membersByron Burke
Herb Lawson
Byron Stingily

Biography

Ten City is best known for the singles "Devotion", "Right Back to You" and "That's the Way Love Is,"[1] which hit No. 1 on the US dance chart and No. 8 on the UK Top 40 in 1989.[4] Stingily, who left the group and became a successful solo artist, re-recorded the song and brought it back to No. 1 on the US dance chart in 1999.

Discography
Studio albums
  • Foundation (Atlantic, 1989) UK #22
  • State of Mind (Atlantic, 1990)
  • No House Big Enough (EastWest Records America, 1992)
  • That Was Then, This is Now (Columbia, 1994)
Compilation albums
  • The Best of Ten City (Ibadan, 2001)
Singles
  • "Devotion" (1987)
  • "Right Back to You" (1988) UK #80
  • "Funny Love" (1989)
  • "That's the Way Love Is" (1989) UK #8
  • "Devotion" (1989) (re-release) UK #29
  • "Where Do We Go?" (1989) UK #60
  • "Suspicious" (1989)
  • "Whatever Makes You Happy" (1990) UK #60
  • "Superficial People" (1990) UK #96
  • "I Should Learn to Love You" (1990)
  • "Only Time Will Tell" / "My Peace of Heaven" (1992) UK #63
  • "Fantasy" (1993) UK #45
  • "The Way You Make Me Feel" (1994)
  • "Goin' Up in Smoke" (1994)
  • "Nothing's Changed" (1996)
  • "All Loved Out" (1996)

See also
  • List of number-one dance hits (United States)
  • List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. dance chart

References
  1. "Foundation album review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  2. "Ten City bio". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  3. "Foundation track listing and credits". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  4. "Ten City UK Top 40 hits". Everyhit.com. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
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