Crown Heights Affair are an American R&B / funk / disco group from Brooklyn, New York City, founded in 1967. In the UK Singles Chart they made the top 40 in 1978 with "Galaxy of Love", and #10 in 1980 with "You Gave Me Love". Both tracks were huge disco hits in the UK, with a powerful brass section on "Galaxy of Love" and strong chorus vocals on "You Gave Me Love".
Their follow-up album, Do It Your Way, contained the tunes "Dancin'", "Far Out" and their answer to New Birth's song "Gotta Get a Knutt', "(Do It) The French Way". In the 1980s they were successful record producers for some Prelude Records acts like France Joli ("Gonna Get Over You"), and they produced two songs for Amii Stewart in 1981. Crown Heights Affair disbanded in 1984.
Bert Reid died of lung cancer on December 12, 2004, at the age of 48. Thomas joined the Flamingos in 2007.
Raymond Reid (born on November 30, 1952, in New York) died of cancer on May 21, 2013. He was 60.
Trumpeter James "Ajax" Baynard died on February 20, 2015, after a car crash in South Jamaica, New York. He was 63. The news of his death was posted on the Crown Heights Affair Facebook page.
Discography
Studio albums
{|class=wikitable
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Title
! colspan="3"| Peak chart positions
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! style="width:30px;"|US<br>
|-
|| 1974
| "Leave the Kids Alone"
| align=center | —
| align=center | 96
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1975
| "Dreaming a Dream"
| align=center | 43
| align=center | 5
| align=center | 1
| align=center | —
|-
| "Every Beat of My Heart"
| align=center | 83
| align=center | 20
| align=center | 2
| align=center | —
|-
|| 1976
| "Foxy Lady"
| align=center | 49
| align=center | 17
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1977
| "Dancin'"
| align=center | 42
| align=center | 16
| align=center | 6
| align=center | 58
|-
| "Do It the French Way"
| align=center | —
| align=center | 60
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1978
| "Galaxy of Love"
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | 24
|-
| "Say a Prayer for Two"
| align=center | —
| align=center | 41
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
|-
| "I'm Gonna Love You Forever"
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | 47
|-
|| 1979
| "Dance Lady Dance"
| align=center | —
| align=center | 20
| align=center | —
| align=center | 44
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1980
| "You Gave Me Love"
| align=center | 102
| align=center | 74
| align=center | 12
| align=center | 10
|-
| "Sure Shot"
| align=center | —
| align=center | 72
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
|-
| "You've Been Gone"
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | 44
|-
|| 1982
| "Somebody Tell Me What to Do"
| align=center | —
| align=center | 31
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
|-
|| 1983
| "Rock the World"
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | 76
|-
|| 1989
| "I'll Do Anything"
| align=center | —
| align=center | —
| align=center | 43
| align=center | 83
|-
| colspan="7" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.
|}
See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
References
External links
- Crown Heights Affair biography