Candy Girl Tour
| Tour by New Edition | |
| Associated album | Candy Girl (album) |
|---|---|
| Start date | February 5, 1983 |
| End date | July 28, 1984 |
| New Edition concert chronology | |
The Candy Girl Tour was a concert tour by the boy band New Edition, launched to support their first album Candy Girl.
Background
[edit]New edition dropped their first single candy Girl in february 1983. The song was played by local radio stations around Boston and later became a smash hit, this marked an opportunity for them to perform professionally.
In the beginning, they started doing track dates in nightclubs and Skating rink parties in the Northeastern region on weekends performing few minute sets on a pre-recorded tape. When summer came, they performed at some festivals, the Indiana Black Expo and by august became an opening act for Rick James on his four month Cold Blooded Tour.[1] On this tour, Rick James thought it would be better for them perform their set with a live band, and provide them with his own musicians, the Stone City Band.
August also marked their first trip oversea, as the group appeared on TV Show performing live version of their hits "Popcorn Love" and "Candy Girl" on Switch in England[2] and Vorsicht, Musik! on August 15th in Germany lip-synching "Candy Girl".[3] During the trip in London, they shot the videos for Popcorn Love and "She Gives Me a Bang" on the same day.[4] Coming back to the Unite States, New edition recived their first royalty check for an amount of $1.87 each. Frustrated by this situation, they acquired new management in september and parted ways with Streetwise by November. Two months later, they crossed paths with Jerhyl Busby who signed them on MCA Records.[5] They spent the rest of the year opening for Rick James and other other R&B acts like the Gap Band and Stacy Lattisaw.
In 1984, the group was headlining 45-minute concert backed by the Q-Band in theaters around the country and even in the Bahamas. While there, Jheryl Busby invited Ray Parker Jr. to attend one of their concert, Parker met the group members who explained to him that they were already including the cover of "Mr. Telephone Man" by Junior Tucker on their show and wanted to record a studio version of it.[6] In the spring, New Edition were part of the line-up of the "Kool Jazz Festival" with Luther Vandross, Patti LaBelle, and others artists.
Setlist
[edit]Songs are not in order:
- December 1983 - 1984
- Popcorn Love
- Should Have Never Told Me
- Jealous Girl
- The Jackson 5 Medley: I Want You Back/ABC/The Love You Save
- Mr. Telephone Man ( by Junior Tucker)
- Is This the End
- Just Once (by James Ingram)
- Pass the Beat
- Candy Girl
Personnel
[edit]- Musicians
The Q-Band (Questarr Band):
- Drexel "BOOTS" Anderson – guitar
- Robert "Suave Bob" Cepeda – percussions
- Ralph "The Phunky Drumma" Vargas – drums
- Anthony "T-Bone" McEwan – bass and keyboards
- Carl T. "The Smooth" Smith – keyboards
- John Steiner – keyboards
- Rick Roberts – band manager
Tour dates
[edit]- 1984
References
[edit]- ^ "Rick James & Stone City Band w/special guests...New Edition", facebook, 1983-11-17
- ^ "New Edition - "Popcorn Love" & "Candy Girl" - Rare - Live on Switch", youtube.com, 1983
- ^ "New Edition - Candy Girl Vorsicht Musik German TV Show 1983", youtube.com, 1983-08-15
- ^ I Want My MTV: Uncensored Story of Music Video Revolution. 2011-10-27.
- ^ "Bell v. Streetwise Records, Ltd., 640 F. Supp. 575 (D. Mass. 1986)", Law.justia.com, 1986-06-11
- ^ "R&B/Pop Legend Ray Parker Jr. Talks About Writing His Big Hit "Ghostbusters" And Other Classic Songs". SongwriterUniverse.com (Interview). 2016-12-18.
