René Moore (born Ivan Rene Moore; August 19, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter and producer, and is more memorable musically for hits he produced with his soul co-singer Angela Winbush as part of René & Angela, including "I'll Be Good," "Save Your Love (For #1)," "Your Smile," and "You Don't Have to Cry."
Biography
Moore and singer Angela Winbush first met in 1976 They would go on to become a successful writer/producer duo, cultivating hit songs for contemporary artists, including Stephanie Mills and Kurtis Blow. They released their second album Wall to Wall in 1982, followed by Rise (1983), both also on Capitol Records. During this period they had two moderate R&B hit singles, "I Love You More" and "My First Love".
During Rene & Angela's early years, Moore and Winbush were asked to produce songs for Janet Jackson's 1982 self-titled debut album, Janet Jackson. One of the songs, "Young Love", became Jackson's first top ten R&B hit reaching number six on the chart. They also wrote successfully for Stephanie Mills, (their "I Have Learned to Respect the Power of Love", gave Mills her first-ever No. 1 R&B single, in 1985). Just prior to that, Rene & Angela decided to sign with Mercury Records in 1984.
They released their breakthrough album, A Street Called Desire in early 1985. Among the hit singles included on this album was their first R&B No. 1 with the dance single, "Save Your Love (For #1)",
The two stopped working professionally together in 1986.