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Biography

Lyte Funky Ones ( LFO ) was an United States|American three-man pop music|pop / Rap music|rap group consisting of Rich Cronin (August 30, 1974 – September 8, 2010), Devin Lima (born Harold Lima, March 18, 1977), and Brad Fischetti (born September 11, 1975). Before Lima joined the group in 1999, the third member was Brian Gillis (known as "Brizz"), who was with the group from its start in 1995. The band is best known for their hit songs " Summer Girls ", " Girl on TV ", and " Every Other Time ".

History

Origins

In 1995, in Fall River, Massachusetts , Rich Cronin met Brian Gillis, who was also known as Brizz. LFO's biggest single, " Summer Girls ", was produced by Dow Brain and Brad Young of Underground Productions. Previously, LFO had marginal success with the remake of the Yvonne Elliman song, " If I Can't Have You|Can't Have You ", which missed the Top 40 , reaching #54 on the UK Singles Chart . In 1997, they released a cover of New Kids on the Block 's "Step By Step" as a single. In 1999, Gillis was frustrated with the lack of progress that the group had made so he left to pursue a solo career, which led him to multiple college tours and a job in the music industry , with a radio promotion position in Florida with BMG.

Success

After Gillis left, Fischetti and Cronin still wanted to continue to pursue their dreams of making it big, so they headed back to the United States and had an open audition . Devin Lima, an employee of a hardware store at the time, was chosen in place of Gillis. Devin decided that the group should discontinue being called Lyte Funky Ones and use the name LFO exclusively instead. In the UK, however, they were unable to use the abbreviated name of LFO due to an Intelligent dance music|IDM act on the Warp Records record label|label , who had been using the name since 1988.

Still signed with Trans Continental and now with Arista Records, LFO recorded some new material with Dow Brain, Brad Young and Danny Wood of New Kids on the Block , at Underground Studios second location, the basement of a 200+ year old house in Needham, MA. Wood had been a long-time friend of original member Brian Gillis. Among the songs LFO had recorded in an attempt to make a demo (music)|demo was a song called " Summer Girls ". This song would change their lives, and give LFO their path to success. "Summer Girls" made its way to the Top 10, eventually reaching the number 3 position on the Billboard Hot 100 , and the number 1 position on the Billboard single sales chart. New York City radio station Z100 ( WHTZ 100.3FM-MHZ), part of the Clear Channel network, also helped LFO's popularity through frequent promotion and airings of the song "Summer Girls" before the songs national Top 10 status.

Their debut album, LFO (album)|LFO , sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide, and scored two Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100: "Summer Girls" and "Girl on TV". In 1999, "Summer Girls" was nominated for a Billboard Music Award for Top Selling Single of the Year; the song sold over 1.5 million copies in the U.S. The song itself contained numerous Non sequitur (absurdism)|non sequiturs , such as "You're the best girl that I ever did see/The great Larry Bird , jersey 33" and "Fell deep in love, but now we ain't speakin'/ Michael J. Fox was Alex P. Keaton ". This album featured many vocals from original member Brian. The label loved the original versions of the records so much that they left all of the vocals from Brian, including leads on "Can't have you".

The year 2000 was a busy year for LFO, featuring nonstop Concert tour|tour s, performing at over 230 concerts that year. They also served as opening act for Britney Spears , and co-headlined Nickelodeon's All That Music & More summer tour. They also found success in the UK at the same time when second single, the Dow Brain and Brad Young co-written "Girl on TV", entered the UK chart at #6. In 2000, the band won the Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Group of the Year. Play Along Toys made Celebrity doll|dolls of the group in 2001.

They appeared on The Amanda Show as guest stars, singing a song while Amanda danced in the background with the show's famous 'dancing lobsters'. At the end, LFO described Amanda as 'the most beautiful girl in the world'. The episode has been repeated on Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon since its creation.

After LFO

In an attempt to form a pop group without having it labeled as a boy band , Cronin founded Bad Mood Mike in 2003. The project failed, as it never produced an album, and ended after a few months. Cronin was later in a group called Loose Cannons with Toothpick (Doug Ray). He was also part of the TV show Mission: Man Band , which aired on VH1 .

In July, 2003, LFO went on an indefinite hiatus, so that the members could work on solo projects.

Lima, along with his new band The Cadbury Diesel, has released their debut record Mozart Popart in July 2008. Rich Cronin launched his first solo-studio album named Billion Dollar Sound .

Reunion

On June 3, 2009, LFO posted a blog entitled "LFO is Back" on their unofficial MySpace page which announced that they have reunited and are going on the Malcolm Douglas Tribute tour beginning September 23, 2009, with Rookie of the Year (band)|Rookie of the Year , Go Crash Audio, and Kiernan McMullan. A new song titled "Summer of My Life" was also announced in association with the reunion.

Nearly four months later, on September 28, 2009, LFO announced (through their YouTube page) that they had broken up. However, the individual members of the band planned to continue making music with their various side projects.

Rich Cronin's death

Cronin died on September 8, 2010, at the age of 36 after a long battle with leukemia and stroke.

Discography

Albums

Year	Album	Peak chart positions							sales threshold )
Year	Album	US	CAN	UK	NZ	IRE	SPA	MEX	sales threshold )
1999	LFO (album) Released: August 24, 1999 Label: Arista Records	21	—	62	—	—	—	—	RIAA certification\|US sales : Platinum Canadian Recording Industry Association\|Canada sales : Gold Worldwide sales: 2.5 million
2001	Life Is Good (LFO album) Released: June 26, 2001 Label: Arista Records	75	—	—	—	—	—	—	US sales: — Canada sales: — Worldwide sales: —

Singles

Year	Single	Chart Positions				Album
Year	Single	US	UK	CAN	NZ	Album
1997	"(Sex U up) The Way You Like It"	—	—	—	—	Non-Album singles
1997	" Step by Step (New Kids on the Block song)	—	—	—	—	Non-Album singles
1998	"Can't Have You" (feat. Kayo)	70	54	—	—	LFO (album)
1999	" Summer Girls "	3	16	18	14
1999	" Girl on TV "	10	6	39	—
2000	"I Don't Wanna Kiss You Goodnight"	61	—	—	—
2000	"West Side Story"	84	—	—	—
2001	" Every Other Time "	44	24	*	18	Life Is Good (LFO album)
2002	"Life Is Good"	—	—	—	—	Life Is Good (LFO album)
"—" denotes the single failed to chart or was not released.

Music videos

Year	Title	Director(s)	Note(s)
1997	"(Sex U up) The Way You Like It"	Unknown	Debut-Single
1997	Step by Step "	Unknown	Cover version of boy band New Kids On The Block
1998	(feat. Kayo Shekoni>Kayo )	Unknown	Yvonne Elliman cover version. Features the Swedish singer Kayo.
1999	" Summer Girls "	Marcus Raboy
1999	" Girl on TV "	Gregory Dark	Features a guest appearance by Rich Cronin 's ex-girlfriend and actress Jennifer Love Hewitt
2000	"I Don't Wanna Kiss You Goodnight"	Unknown
2000	"West side story"	Unknown
2001	Every Other Time "	Unknown
2002	"Life Is Good"	Unknown

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