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Naturally 7

   
Number of songs: 3 | Total weeks on charts: 35
Appearing in a total number of: 4 charts | Total period running: 225 days
Biography

Naturally 7 is an American music group with a distinct a cappella style they call "Vocal Play". The group was formed in 1999 at New York City. They sing primarily R&B with extensive beatboxing. It currently consists of the Thomas brothers (Roger (musical director, arranger, 1st baritone, rap) and Warren (percussion, guitar, clarinet, 3rd tenor)), Rod Eldridge (1st tenor, scratching, trumpet), Napoleon “Polo” Cummings (4th tenor, guitar), Dwight Stewart (2nd baritone, vocals, trumpet), Garfield Buckley (2nd tenor, harmonica), and Armand “Hops” Hutton (bass guitars). Former members include Jamal Reed, Marcus Davis, and Andre Edwards. They have been touring with, and opening for, Michael Bublé's Crazy Love Tour. They will release their U.S. debut album on October 15, 2014. 

Naturally 7 was founded in 1999 by brothers Roger and Warren Thomas, who recruited five other singers the brothers had come to know over the years of singing around the city. Roger Thomas developed his singing quality after being in an out of several and traditional male groups over the years. When the group was invited to sing at a major a cappella competition in New York City, they won and moved onto the nationals before they took two more wins in the competition. Riding their new-found success and still having made no decision whether to have Naturally 7 as an a cappella group or a traditional band, Roger had the novel idea that the group would become both. 

Naturally 7 has released a number of albums over the years since the formation at New York City in 1999, including their first debut studio album entitled Non-Fiction released in 2000, What Is It released in 2003, Christmas... It's a Love Story released in 2004, and Ready II Fly in 2006, released through Virginia Records. The group gained success by the partial cover of Phil Collins's "In the Air Tonight", titled as "Feel It (In the Air Tonight)", which contains additional lyrics from the group. The performance of the song at a subway has received over four and a half million hits on YouTube alone, and a number of people discovering the group, which adds to a figure daily. The single itself has turned into a Top 3-chart- success in countries outside North America, such as France, Belgium and South Africa, and also made the single charts in other European countries. 

In January 2009, the group released Wall of Sound as an exclusive special album in the United Kingdom and Ireland to commemorate their participation at the Royal Variety Performance. It contains known material from their previous albums, as well as five brand new tracks, which entered the British Album-Charts in the first week after release at #29. The group appeared on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, performing "Stardust" with Michael Bublé. In November 2009, the group travelled to Bermuda, as they took part in Quincy Jones's 2009 Bermuda Music Festival performing before an enthusiastic crowd. 

The CD/DVD version of Vocal Play, which was released in 2010, contains original self-made tracks, such as "SOS (Anybody Out There)", the power ballad of "Love Me", the Motown-influenced “Ready or Not”, the Latin 768 and a duet with Michael Bublé on the Dinah Washington classic, “Relax Max”. The DVD includes HD live material from their performance at Madison Square Garden, extensive interviews with each group member, as well as their video clips. In fall 2010, the group, along with American rapper Ludacris, were featured on a track that appeared in Quincy Jones's album, Soul Bossa Nostra, which led them to a performance at The View in November, before continuing on touring with Bublé. Naturally 7 contributed a few songs for the soundtrack of the 2010 German/English dub film Animals United, including "King of the Road", "Splish Splash", "Hokey Pokey", and "Move On Up". 

Members: 
Roger Thomas (musical director, producer, arranger, 1st baritone, rap, keyboard) (1999 ~ present) 
Warren Thomas (drums, percussion, guitar, clarinet, horn, 3rd tenor) (1999 ~ present) 
Rod Eldridge (1st tenor, DJ scratching, loop station, guitar, trumpet, string) (1999 ~ present) 
Napoleon “Polo” Cummings (4th tenor, guitar, string) (2010 ~ present) 
Dwight Stewart (2nd baritone, vocals, trombone) (1999 ~ present) 
Garfield Buckley (2nd tenor, trumpet, harmonica) (1999 ~ present) 
Kelvin K Mitchell (bass guitar, contrabass) (2015 ~ present) 

Discography: 
2000 - Non-Fiction 
2003 - What Is It 
2006 - Ready II Fly 
2009 - Wall of Sound 
2010 - Vocal Play 
2012 - Live 
2015 - Hidden in Plain Sight
Sources: Wikipedia, Top40-Charts.com Editorial team


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