“Motownphilly’s back again…”
Ever so often, a music group breaks onto the scene and stay there. Boyz II Men is such a group and have been giving us good music for longer than I have been alive for. They’re the kings of emotional ballads and a cappella harmonies and got me through many heartbreaks. I was fortunate enough to see them live in Johannesburg in 2015 when they toured South Africa and it had been an amazing experience. Their harmonies are still amazing and the show felt like a karaoke bar as the crowd knew the lyrics to all their songs, I mean every single one! I’ve never seen ladies almost trampling each other as they did when Shawn started handing out roses, such a swoon-worthy moment.
The group was originally known as Unique Attraction and formed by Nathan Morris and Marc Nelson, along with George Baldi, Jon Shoats, and Marguerite Walker in 1985. Wanya Morris joined in 1987 and after Baldi, Shoats, and Walker left in 1988, Shawn Stockholm was recruited. The band originally consisted of five members Marc Nelson, Nathan Morris, Wanya Morris (does anyone know if they’re brothers?) Shawn Stockman and Michael McCary. They eventually renamed the group “Boyz II Men”, after one of New Edition’s songs, “Boys to Men“, from their 1988 album, as they were big fans.
Due to other issues, Marc left the group before they found international fame and we knew Boyz II Men as Nathan, Wanya, Shawn and Michael, who was their bass singer. From the beginning, Boyz II Men featured all four members as leads, avoiding the usual R&B group arrangement of one or two lead singers and a team of background singers. The multiple-lead arrangement became a Boyz II Men trademark, and it became typical to hear Wanya Morris’ vibrato-heavy tenor, Shawn Stockman’s tenor voice, Nathan Morris’ baritone, and Michael McCary’s bass (often used in spoken-word sections of many Boyz II Men hits) trading bars in each song. Their first single, Motownphilly did really well and cemented their place in their industry.
Over the years they’ve brought us amazing music and my favourites are listed here so I won’t get into it again. What I will get into though is providing you with the when, where, and how of their upcoming SA tour.
When and where:
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