Joe Public is an American new jack swing group from Buffalo, New York. The group consists of lead singer and bass guitarist Kevin Scott, keyboardist and guitarist Jake Carter, percussionist and drummer Dwight "Mr. Dew" Wyatt and lead guitarist Joe "J.R." Sayles. They are best known for their hit single "Live and Learn," which reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1992. Joe Public evolved from the group Atension, signed to Island Records in 1989. Their debut album on Columbia Records, Joe Public, contained their hit single "Live and Learn" which became their only top-40 hit peaking at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Their follow-up single, "I Miss You" reached #55 on the same chart. Joe Public was the first-ever R&B group to perform on MTV's Unplugged series where they were also the back up band for Boyz II Men and Shanice. Joe Public was also the back up band for Kris Kross on The Arsenio Hall Show, which featured Jermaine Dupri's first national TV appearance. They hosted the "NBA Jams Music Video," a VHS promotional release for the video game NBA Jam: Tournament Edition that contained music videos intercut with professional basketball highlight footage. The video for "Live and Learn" is contained on it, as well as improvised live footage between video segments. They later released their second studio album Easy Come, Easy Go in 1994, also under Columbia Records. They continued to act as songwriters, writing the song "Keep It Comin'" for fellow New Jack Swing artist Keith Sweat in 1991 as well as songs for Tyrese. Albums Edit 1992: Joe Public #111 U.S., #23 U.S. R&B 1994: Easy Come, Easy Go
An extra positive reaction 🙌🏾! Live And Learn was released as the lead single from Joe Public's 1992 album: Joe Public. It was written by Joe Public and Nathan Sayles. It was produced by Joe Public and Lionel Job. It sampled: I Don't Know What This World Is Coming To by The Soul Children (1972), Peg by Steely Dan (1977), All Your Goodies Are Gone by Parliament (1974), The Humpty Dance by Digital Underground (1989), The Grunt by The J.B.'s (1970), Get Up Get Into It Get Involved by James Brown (1970), Mary Mary Quite Contrary by Traditional Folk (1744) and Funk You Up by The Sequence (1979). The song reached #3 on the R&B chart, #4 on the Hot 100 and #36 on the Dance Club chart. No info on the music video is available. The group performed the song live on the television shows: Soul Train, It's Showtime At The Apollo and The Tonight Show With Jay Leno. It was ranked number 16 on Complex magazine's list of the "25 Best New Jack Swing Songs Of All Time". Joe Public Info 📰: Joe Public is a New Jack Swing group from Buffalo, New York. The group consists of lead singer and bass guitarist Kevin Scott, keyboardist and guitarist Jake Carter, percussionist and drummer Dwight "Mr. Dew" Wyatt and lead guitarist Joe "JR" Sayles. They are best known for their hit single: "Live and Learn", which reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1992. The group began as two bands. Jake Carter, Kevin Scott and Dwight "Mr Dew" Wyatt got together in seventh grade as part of a 15-member band. They got serious and ousted the other members of the group. Joe "JR" Sayles was in a separate group - competing for gigs in the musically active Buffalo, New York metro area. When Joe "JR" Sayles band broke up, Jake Carter, Kevin Scott and Dwight "Mr Dew" Wyatt invited him to join their group. They played proms, clubs, parks even a boys’ home under various names including: The Ice Band, New World Production and Atension. In 1987, the group participated in a local “Battle Of The Bands” contest where music executive Lionel Job saw them play. Lionel Job knew the group had potential, but felt they needed polish. For a year they worked on their craft at a loft in Buffalo, provided by Lionel Job, who became their manager. That year helped their writing and sharpened their musical abilities. Joe Public eventually evolved from the group Atension (Dwight Wyatt, Isaac Scott, Jake Carter, Joe Sayles, Kevin Scott, Nathan Sayles), and was signed to Island Records in 1989. They would release some singles as the group Atension but the group did not chart any of their releases and subsequently left the record label. Kevin Scott, Jake Carter, Joe "JR" Sayles and Dwight "Mr Dew" Wyatt decided to continue on and formed a new band. The new band needed a name as they joked around one night and came up with “Joe Public”. They looked up "Public" in the dictionary just to be sure of the meaning. One definition was: “To serve the people”. They all agreed that the name suited them. Joe Public's 1992 self titled debut album on Columbia Records: Joe Public, contained their hit single: "Live And Learn", which became their only top-40 hit peaking at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Their follow-up single: "I Miss You", reached #55 on the same chart. Joe Public was the first-ever R&B group to perform on MTV's Unplugged series where they were also the back up band for Boyz II Men and Shanice. Joe Public was also the back up band for Kris Kross on The Arsenio Hall Show, which featured Jermaine Dupri's first national TV appearance. The group later released their second studio album: Easy Come Easy Go, in 1994, also under Columbia Records. Which would be their final album as a group. The group's single: Easy Come Easy Go, reached #81 on the R&B chart. In 1996, they hosted the "NBA Jams Music Video", a VHS promotional release for the video game "NBA Jam: Tournament Edition" that contained music videos intercut with professional basketball highlight footage. The video for the song: "Live And Learn", is contained on it, as well as improvised live footage between video segments. They continued to act as songwriters, writing the song: "Keep It Comin'" for fellow New Jack Swing artist Keith Sweat in 1991, as well as writing-producing songs for other artists including: Tupac, Coko, Keesha, Doggy's Angels, Tyrese, Calvin Richardson, Howard Hewett and Simply Red. In 2013, Joe Public was inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall Of Fame. As far as I can tell Joe Public doesn't perform as a group in 2023. Joe Public Group Members 👨🏾🎤🎹🥁🎸: Kevin Scott Jake Carter Joe "JR" Sayles Dwight "Mr Dew" Wyatt Joe Public Albums 📀: Joe Public (1992) Easy Come, Easy Go (1994) Some more good Joe Public songs 🎶: I Miss You, Easy Come Easy Go, Deeper, Your Love Is On, This Time, I've Been Watchin', Anything, This One's For You, Rumors, Touch You, Do You Everynite, When I Look In Your Eyes, I Like It, Call Me, I L.O.V.E. U, Show Me, I Gotta Thang, Crazy 'Bout You, Let Me Push It To Ya, Def On Arrival, What Goes Around and Things You Do 4 Luv. Fun Fact 🕵🏾♂: Joe Public worked with Tupac on his 1993 album: Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z., as sound engineers.
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Joe Public is an American new jack swing group from Buffalo, New York. The group consists of lead singer and bass guitarist Kevin Scott, keyboardist and guitarist Jake Carter, percussionist and drummer Dwight "Mr. Dew" Wyatt and lead guitarist Joe "J.R." Sayles. They are best known for their hit single "Live and Learn," which reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1992.
Joe Public evolved from the group Atension, signed to Island Records in 1989. Their debut album on Columbia Records, Joe Public, contained their hit single "Live and Learn" which became their only top-40 hit peaking at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Their follow-up single, "I Miss You" reached #55 on the same chart. Joe Public was the first-ever R&B group to perform on MTV's Unplugged series where they were also the back up band for Boyz II Men and Shanice. Joe Public was also the back up band for Kris Kross on The Arsenio Hall Show, which featured Jermaine Dupri's first national TV appearance.
They hosted the "NBA Jams Music Video," a VHS promotional release for the video game NBA Jam: Tournament Edition that contained music videos intercut with professional basketball highlight footage. The video for "Live and Learn" is contained on it, as well as improvised live footage between video segments.
They later released their second studio album Easy Come, Easy Go in 1994, also under Columbia Records.
They continued to act as songwriters, writing the song "Keep It Comin'" for fellow New Jack Swing artist Keith Sweat in 1991 as well as songs for Tyrese.
Albums
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1992: Joe Public #111 U.S., #23 U.S. R&B
1994: Easy Come, Easy Go
I got this song on repeat...🎵🎵🎵
46 and I still have this song on repeat!
An extra positive reaction 🙌🏾! Live And Learn was released as the lead single from Joe Public's 1992 album: Joe Public. It was written by Joe Public and Nathan Sayles. It was produced by Joe Public and Lionel Job. It sampled: I Don't Know What This World Is Coming To by The Soul Children (1972), Peg by Steely Dan (1977), All Your Goodies Are Gone by Parliament (1974), The Humpty Dance by Digital Underground (1989), The Grunt by The J.B.'s (1970), Get Up Get Into It Get Involved by James Brown (1970), Mary Mary Quite Contrary by Traditional Folk (1744) and Funk You Up by The Sequence (1979). The song reached #3 on the R&B chart, #4 on the Hot 100 and #36 on the Dance Club chart. No info on the music video is available.
The group performed the song live on the television shows: Soul Train, It's Showtime At The Apollo and The Tonight Show With Jay Leno. It was ranked number 16 on Complex magazine's list of the "25 Best New Jack Swing Songs Of All Time".
Joe Public Info 📰:
Joe Public is a New Jack Swing group from Buffalo, New York. The group consists of lead singer and bass guitarist Kevin Scott, keyboardist and guitarist Jake Carter, percussionist and drummer Dwight "Mr. Dew" Wyatt and lead guitarist Joe "JR" Sayles. They are best known for their hit single: "Live and Learn", which reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1992.
The group began as two bands. Jake Carter, Kevin Scott and Dwight "Mr Dew" Wyatt got together in seventh grade as part of a 15-member band. They got serious and ousted the other members of the group.
Joe "JR" Sayles was in a separate group - competing for gigs in the musically active Buffalo, New York metro area. When Joe "JR" Sayles band broke up, Jake Carter, Kevin Scott and Dwight "Mr Dew" Wyatt invited him to join their group. They played proms, clubs, parks even a boys’ home under various names including: The Ice Band, New World Production and Atension.
In 1987, the group participated in a local “Battle Of The Bands” contest where music executive Lionel Job saw them play. Lionel Job knew the group had potential, but felt they needed polish. For a year they worked on their craft at a loft in Buffalo, provided by Lionel Job, who became their manager. That year helped their writing and sharpened their musical abilities.
Joe Public eventually evolved from the group Atension (Dwight Wyatt, Isaac Scott, Jake Carter, Joe Sayles, Kevin Scott, Nathan Sayles), and was signed to Island Records in 1989. They would release some singles as the group Atension but the group did not chart any of their releases and subsequently left the record label.
Kevin Scott, Jake Carter, Joe "JR" Sayles and Dwight "Mr Dew" Wyatt decided to continue on and formed a new band. The new band needed a name as they joked around one night and came up with “Joe Public”. They looked up "Public" in the dictionary just to be sure of the meaning. One definition was: “To serve the people”. They all agreed that the name suited them.
Joe Public's 1992 self titled debut album on Columbia Records: Joe Public, contained their hit single: "Live And Learn", which became their only top-40 hit peaking at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Their follow-up single: "I Miss You", reached #55 on the same chart.
Joe Public was the first-ever R&B group to perform on MTV's Unplugged series where they were also the back up band for Boyz II Men and Shanice. Joe Public was also the back up band for Kris Kross on The Arsenio Hall Show, which featured Jermaine Dupri's first national TV appearance.
The group later released their second studio album: Easy Come Easy Go, in 1994, also under Columbia Records. Which would be their final album as a group. The group's single: Easy Come Easy Go, reached #81 on the R&B chart.
In 1996, they hosted the "NBA Jams Music Video", a VHS promotional release for the video game "NBA Jam: Tournament Edition" that contained music videos intercut with professional basketball highlight footage. The video for the song: "Live And Learn", is contained on it, as well as improvised live footage between video segments.
They continued to act as songwriters, writing the song: "Keep It Comin'" for fellow New Jack Swing artist Keith Sweat in 1991, as well as writing-producing songs for other artists including: Tupac, Coko, Keesha, Doggy's Angels, Tyrese, Calvin Richardson, Howard Hewett and Simply Red.
In 2013, Joe Public was inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall Of Fame.
As far as I can tell Joe Public doesn't perform as a group in 2023.
Joe Public Group Members 👨🏾🎤🎹🥁🎸:
Kevin Scott
Jake Carter
Joe "JR" Sayles
Dwight "Mr Dew" Wyatt
Joe Public Albums 📀:
Joe Public (1992)
Easy Come, Easy Go (1994)
Some more good Joe Public songs 🎶: I Miss You, Easy Come Easy Go, Deeper, Your Love Is On, This Time, I've Been Watchin', Anything, This One's For You, Rumors, Touch You, Do You Everynite, When I Look In Your Eyes, I Like It, Call Me, I L.O.V.E. U, Show Me, I Gotta Thang, Crazy 'Bout You, Let Me Push It To Ya, Def On Arrival, What Goes Around and Things You Do 4 Luv.
Fun Fact 🕵🏾♂: Joe Public worked with Tupac on his 1993 album: Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z., as sound engineers.
This whole group produced one of Keith Sweats Albums “Keep It Coming’”
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Some reactions to consider 🤔: New Edition- Lost In Love Live (toninho marcal YT channel), Jason Weaver- Stay With Me or Sammie- Crazy Things I Do (Official Video).