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Biography
Refimprove|date=July 2009Infobox musical artist| name = Crown Heights Affair| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Brooklyn , New York City|New York , United States | genre = Rhythm and blues|R& B , disco , Dance music|dance , funk | years_active = 1970s - 1980s| label = De-Lite Records|De-Lite , RCA Records|RCA ( USA )| associated_acts =| website =| current_members =| past_members = Ben Iverson Arnold 'Muki' Wilson Bert Reid (deceased) Darryl Gibbs James Baynard Phillip "Flip" Thomas Raymond Rock William Anderson Raymond Reid Howard Young Crown Heights Affair was an United States|American Rhythm and blues|R& B / funk / disco musical ensemble|group from New York City|New York , founded in the early 1970s.
Career
Originally known as Ben Iverson and the Nue Dey Express on Britne Records, founded by then bassist Donnie Linton, the group took their new name from a district of their native Brooklyn , and consisted of Phillip Thomas, William Anderson, Howard Young, Bert Reid, James Baynard, Raymond Reid, Arnold 'Muki' Wilson, Julius Dilligard Jr., and Raymond Rock. Signed by RCA Records|RCA they sound recording and reproduction|recorded a self titled debut album in 1974.
Personnel changes followed, along with a shift in 1975 to De-Lite Records , the then home of Kool and the Gang . The record label 's subsequent liaison with Polygram Records saw the group gain worldwide audiences for single (music)|singles such as "Dreaming A Dream", "Every Beat of My Heart", "Foxy Lady" and "Dancin'".
"Dreaming A Dream" reached Chart-topper|Number one on the Hot Dance Club Play record chart|chart in 1975, (plus Billboard Hot 100 #43); and they topped out at #2 on the Dance chart later that year with "Every Beat Of My Heart" (Billboard Hot 100 #83). In the United Kingdom|UK they made the Top 40 in 1978 with "Galaxy Of Love", and #10 in 1980 with "You Gave Me Love".cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 128
In the 1980s they were successful record producer s for some Prelude Records acts like France Joli ("Gonna Get Over You"), and they produced two songs for Amii Stewart in 1981.
Footnote
Bert Reid died of lung cancer on December 12, 2004, at the age of 48. http://thedeadrockstarsclub.com/2004b.html Thedeadrockstarsclub.com - accessed May 2011 Thomas joined The Flamingos in 2007.
See also
List of number-one dance hits (United States)
List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
