Coordinates | 28°36′36″N77°13′48″N |
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name | For Real |
background | group_or_band |
genre | R&B;, Pop, Dance |
years active | 1993–1999 |
label | Arista RecordsA&M; Records, Rowdy Records |
past members | Wendi WilliamsLatanyia BaldwinJosina Elder Necia Bray |
notable instruments | }} |
The band released their debut album, It's a Natural Thang, with production from Brian McKnight on A&M; Records in 1994, and it became a critical success, including a rare four stars from Rolling Stone Magazine. Their first single, "You Don't Wanna Miss" hit #28 on the Billboard chart, courtesy of a danceable new jack swing remix by Steve "Silk" Hurley, which was featured in the song's video. A second single, "Easy To Love," peaked at #65 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The album scored another chart hit with the a cappella love song, "You Don't Know Nothin'," which was written and produced by Mervyn Warren, and which peaked at #27. The song peaked at #54 in the UK Singles Chart in July 1995. The album sold over one million copies worldwide, and peaked at #80 on the Billboard 200.
In 1995, the band appeared in Italian Vogue, modeling mens suits. They toured alongside Stevie Wonder, and lent their voices to the Martin Scorsese film project Grace of My Heart. The foursome also forayed into acting with appearances in the film Shake, Rattle and Rock! starring Renée Zellweger and Howie Mandel on Showtime.
They also hit the US Top 20 with the single "Freedom (Theme from Panther)" featuring Aaliyah, TLC, En Vogue, BlackGirl, SWV, and Vanessa Williams from the movie Panther. They also recorded a duet with Stevie Wonder called "Stubborn Kind Of Fellow", which appeared on the Marvin Gaye tribute album, Inner City Blues: The Music Of Marvin Gaye. For Real also recorded songs for the soundtracks of the films Waiting to Exhale and Fled respectively.
After a label change from A&M; to Dallas Austin's Arista imprint Rowdy Records in 1996, For Real struck again with the Austin-produced, 60s-leaning single "Like I Do," from their second album Free. "Like I Do" hit #10 on the Billboard singles chart, the video also earned a Billboard nomination for Best R&B; Clip, the album made the Top 100, and nearly 400,000 copies in the US, the album's next and last single was the Diane Warren-penned pop ballad "The Saddest Song I Ever Heard" which hit #65 on the Top 100 singles chart. The band performed "Saddest Song" on the TV show All That. Free included production from top R&B;/pop producers like Babyface, Mario Winans, and Jon B.
The band also recorded three songs ("I Do", "Born to Love That Boy" and "Unwanted Number") and appeared in the critically acclaimed film Grace of My Heart. The films soundstrack won a Satellite Award in 1997.
In January 1997, the band won an American Music Award for their work on the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack, in Summer 1997, the group earned a Soul Train Award nomination for Album Of The Year (By A Group, Band Or Duo) for "Free".
In 1999, Wendi Williams lent her voice to the Oscar nominated film Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, with Halle Berry, in which Berry plays a singer but Williams is behind her singing voice.
In 2002, their song "Love Will Be Waiting At Home", appeared in the movie, Two Can Play That Game, that starred Vivica A. Fox and Morris Chestnut.
In 2009, CoryLavel began to work with Josina Elder on her new album.
Year | Result | Award | Category | Work |
Nominated | Grammy Award | Album of the Year | |
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Nominated | Billboard Music Award | Best Clip - R&B; | |
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Nominated | Soul Train Music Award | Album of the Year (By a Group, Band or Duo) | |
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The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is an independent, voluntary, consumer organization based in St Albans, England, whose main aims are promoting real ale, real cider and the traditional British pub. It is now the largest single-issue consumer group in the UK, and is a founding member of the European Beer Consumers' Union (EBCU).
CAMRA is organized on a federal basis, with numerous independent local branches, each covering a particular geographical area of the UK, that contribute to the central body of the organization based in St Albans. The local branches are grouped into 16 regional branches across the UK, such as the West Midlands or Wessex.
CAMRA has established influence at national government level, including English Heritage, and has been designated by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry as a "super-complainant" to the Office of Fair Trading.
The Campaign also organizes an annual Great British Beer Festival in August, in London. Previously this was held at Olympia, but currently resides at Earl's Court.
The group maintains two inventories of "Heritage pubs", the National Inventory (NI), which contains only those pubs that have been maintained in their original condition (or have been modified very little) for at least 30 years, but usually since at least World War II. The second, larger inventory is the Regional Inventory (RI), which is broken down by county and contains both those pubs listed in the NI and other pubs that are not eligible for the NI, due to reasons such as having been overly modified, but are still considered historically important, or have particular architectural value.
The NI contains 289 pubs as of June 2009.
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