Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew's The Showin 1985. At the age of 18, Riley produced Kool Moe Dee's 12single, Go See the Doctor.Released on an independent label in 1986, the song became a crossover hit, reaching No.89 on the Billboard Hot 100.Riley had previously worked on the production of Doug E. Under the guidance of local music producer Gene Griffin, Riley formed the short-lived group Kids at Work. By 14, upstateNew York rappers began making music to his tracks. His uncle, who owned the famed Harlem club The Rooftop, built a studio in the club in which Riley would spend most of his time while growing up. A child prodigy from the age of five, he began playing instruments in church. Along with Neo Soul style of singers such as Marvin Gaye, he has had a seminal influence on gospel and R&B music, which became more open to using rap and sound effects in their recordings. Riley's consistency and drum ideas had some influence on modern-day R&B, which since him contained more samples and rapping segments as well as singing, a practice which in part was reminiscent of the Jackson family. Fresh, Today, Heavy D & the Boyz, Hi-Five, Men of Vizion and Profyle, as well as his spearheaded groups Guy and Blackstreet. (Riley credits Barry Michael Cooper for giving it its name.)He fused hip hop and R&B in his production work with artists including Michael Jackson, Bobby Brown, Keith Sweat, Samantha Mumba, Doug E. Occupation: Singer, Keyboardist, Music ProducerĮdward Theodore Riley (born October 8, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and multi-instrumentalist credited with the creation of the new jack swing genre. Teddy Riley Genres: Pop, Hip, Hop, Funk, Soul
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