Tony! Toni! Toné!
American soul/R&B band from Oakland, California / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tony! Toni! Toné! is an American soul/R&B band from Oakland, California, popular during the late 1980s and early to mid-1990s. During the band's heyday, it was composed of D'Wayne Wiggins on lead vocals and guitar, his brother Raphael Saadiq (born Charles Ray Wiggins) on lead vocals and bass, and their cousin Timothy Christian Riley on drums, keyboards, and background vocals. Originally, the band went by "Tony, Toni, Toné" as a joke, until they realized it "had a nice ring to it".[3]
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Origin | Oakland, California, U.S. |
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Discography | Tony! Toni! Toné! discography |
Years active | 1986–present |
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Website | tonytonitone |
After their debut album Who?[1] in 1988 followed by The Revival in 1990, the group achieved their greatest commercial success with the double platinum certified Sons of Soul in 1993.[4][5] Tony! Toni! Toné! disbanded after the release of their fourth album House of Music (1996), which critics cite as their best work.[6][7]