740 Boyz is an American dance

Dance music

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 music group founded in 1991, by Winston Rosa aka BIG WIN from New York

New York

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BIG WIN worked with several singers

Singing

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 including Shaggy

Shaggy (musician)

Orville Richard Burrell , better known by his stage name Shaggy, is a Jamaican-American reggae singer and rapper. He is perhaps best known for his 1995 single "Boombastic" and 2000 single "It Wasn't Me"...

 and Afrika Bambatta. While working in a studio called INS Studios in New York City, he met Rafael Vargas aka Dose Material. Dose Material has been included in the group 2 In A Room

2 In A Room

2 In A Room was a Dominican hip hop, freestyle music and hip house duo, from Washington Heights, New York, which includes rapper Rafael "Dose" Vargas and producer/remixer Roger "Rog Nice" Pauletta. They are best known for their 1990 hit single "Wiggle It"...

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Their first single

Single (music)

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, "Shimmy Shake", was successful in France

France

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 (#2 in late 1995) and Belgium

Belgium

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, while it had a little success on the British

United Kingdom

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, German

Germany

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 and U.S.

United States

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 charts. A few months later, the second single "Bump Bump (Booth Shake)" was released ; it peaked at #14 in France and achieved a minor success in other European countries, including Belgium and the Netherlands

Netherlands

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In 2003, The Porn Kings

The Porn Kings

The Porn Kings were a dance musical ensemble from Liverpool, England.Originally formed by Davy T, Paul Rowland and Dan Evans. The groups first single was released as a white label called "Pumping the Junk" it featured an original sample from Josh Wink's "Higher State of Consciousness"...

 vs. Flip & Fill

Flip & Fill

Flip & Fill are a Manchester, England based electronic dance music duo, consisting of the producers/remixers, DJs Graham Turner and Mark Hall. They are signed to the All Around The World record label.-Career:...

 featuring 740 Boyz, reached #28 in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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with "Shake Ya Shimmy".