Calloway is an R&B duo of Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...

, natives Reginald (born on January 23, 1955) and Vincent (born on January 5, 1957) Calloway. The brothers had a major hit in 1990 with "I Wanna Be Rich

I Wanna Be Rich

"I Wanna Be Rich" is a hit song released in 1989 by R&B duo Calloway on their album All the Way. It is the band's first and only Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, reaching #2 in May 1990 and also hitting #5 on the R&B charts in the United States...

". After the duo's recording

Sound recording and reproduction

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 career dried up, they became successful record producer

Record producer

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Biography

The brothers

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 grew up around music

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 with a father who played the trumpet

Trumpet

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, an uncle who played keyboards

Keyboard instrument

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, and an aunt who sang opera

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. As teenagers, they began writing song

Song

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s and forming bands

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, and in college they formed Midnight Star

Midnight Star

Midnight Star is an R&B and electro-funk group that had a string of R&B hits in the 1980s.-Band history:The group was formed in 1976 at Kentucky State University by trumpeter Reggie Calloway, vocalist Belinda Lipscomb, guitarist/vocalist Melvin Gentry, bassist Kenneth Gant, multi-instrumentalist...

, a synth

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-funk

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 outfit that hit big in the early 1980s

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. The Calloways were instrumental (in multiple senses of the word) in orchestrating the band's 1983 multi-platinum breakthrough album, No Parking on the Dance Floor

No Parking on the Dance Floor

-Reception:Released in 1983 containing the hit singles "Freak-A-Zoid," "Wet My Whistle," "Electricity," and "No Parking ." Also on the album is the classic quiet storm staple, "Slow Jam."-Track listing:...

, and Midnight Star would continue to experience mainstream success throughout the brothers' tenure in the group.

After Star ran its course, the two left to focus on solo

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 and producing work. During their time with Midnight Star, they had also written hits for acts

Musician

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 like Klymaxx

Klymaxx

Klymaxx is a female Pop/R&B band from Los Angeles, California.-Biography:Klymaxx was conceived and formed by Bernadette Cooper, who also chose the name. The dream of an all girl band became a quest she pursued after leaving college...

 ("Meeting in the Ladies Room"), and The Whispers

The Whispers

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 ("Contagious.") Following their exit from Star, they continued writing for other musicians, such as Teddy Pendergrass

Teddy Pendergrass

Theodore DeReese "Teddy" Pendergrass was an American R&B/soul singer and songwriter. Pendergrass first rose to fame as lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes in the 1970s before a successful solo career at the end of the decade...

 ("Joy"), Gladys Knight & the Pips

Gladys Knight & the Pips

Gladys Knight & The Pips were an R&B/soul family musical act from Atlanta, Georgia, active from 1953 to 1989. The group was best known for their string of hit singles on Motown's "Soul" record label and Buddah Records from 1967 to 1975, including "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and "Midnight...

 ("Love Overboard"), Natalie Cole

Natalie Cole

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 ("Jump Start"), and Levert

LeVert

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 ("Casanova"), before forming their own eponymous group, Calloway in the late 1980s. As Calloway, the duo scored a number two Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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 hit and number five soul hit with "I Wanna Be Rich". After scoring with the follow-ups "Sir Lancelot" (Top 20 R&B), "All the Way" and "Let's Get Smooth," (both R&B Top 40 hits), the hits dried up and the Calloways concentrated on production work. Yet they still release albums to this day.

Albums

• 1989: All the Way
• 1992: Let's Get Smooth

Singles

• 1989: "All the Way"
• 1989: "Sir Lancelot"
• 1990: "I Wanna Be Rich
  I Wanna Be Rich
  "I Wanna Be Rich" is a hit song released in 1989 by R&B duo Calloway on their album All the Way. It is the band's first and only Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, reaching #2 in May 1990 and also hitting #5 on the R&B charts in the United States...
  
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• 1992: "Let's Get Smooth"