Bas Noir was an American

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 female vocal pop group. The duo

Duet (music)

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 consisted of Morie Bivens and Mary Ridley. Their only UK

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 chart

Record chart

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 success was called "My Love is Magic", which was released on the 10 Records label

Record label

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. It entered the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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 on 11 February 1989, and reached number 73; it was only in the chart for 1 week. In the United States, their best known single was a top 20 Hot Dance Club hit, "Superficial Love," in 1992.

Their debut album

Album

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, Ah...Bas Noir, contained eleven tracks. It was described as "a mixture of sensuous vocals ranging from R&B

Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...

, dance, club music and jazz like styles."