The Fat Boys

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The Fat Boys
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General information
Genre (s) Hip hop
founding 1983
resolution 1991
Founding members
Mark "Prince Markie Dee" Morales
rap
 Damon Yul "Kool Rock-Ski" Wimbley
Darren "The Human Beat Box" Robinson

The Fat Boys (formerly The Disco Three ) were an American hip-hop formation from Brooklyn ( New York , NY ) from the 1980s .

history

The band members Robinson, Morales and Wimbley knew each other from an early age, as they grew up together in Brooklyn . First they appeared under the name The Disco Three. Robinson, called "The Human Beatbox", was one of the pioneers in the field of beatboxing . In 1983 they took part in a band competition organized by Coca-Cola , among others , and won - not least because of the "human drums", which was still quite unknown at the time - from a field of 500 bands the first prize, which was endowed with a recording contract.

After the debut single Reality , they changed their band name to The Fat Boys in 1984, which is said to have been coined by Charles Stettler , the group's manager at the time. He had been amused by the trio's eating habits during a tour of Europe . In addition, the name expressed very well that the three band members were very overweight. Under their new name, the group worked with Kurtis Blow , who composed and produced for them. Her debut album The Fat Boys brought her to number 48 on the Billboard album charts . In the same year they played their first film roles in Cry of the City . Over the next two years, the Fat Boys released two more albums that also made it onto the Billboard charts. Other small roles in the film business followed, including an appearance on the television series Miami Vice .

Unlike many other bands in the genre, the Fat Boys never tried to position themselves as gangsters or to respond to the insults of other groups with their own. Much of her lyrics deal with food, parties, and women. The Fat Boys thus occupy an exceptional position in rap and hip-hop, because few other artists have positioned themselves so friendly and peaceably.

The Fat Boys worked with the Beach Boys on the 1987 album Crushin ' . The joint title Wipeout , a cover version of the 1963 hit by surf rock band The Surfaris , reached number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two in the UK . The album went to number 8 on the Billboard 200 and became the band's most successful. In the same year they played their first leading roles in the comedy The Chaoten Team . For this film, they took their own version of the Beatles -title Baby You're a Rich Man to.

From the following album The Twist (Yo, Twist) was released, a new version of the song The Twist , which was recorded together with the original artist Chubby Checker . With this they took first place in Germany and Switzerland . In addition, the Fat Boys performed together with Chubby Checker alongside numerous other world stars of the music scene at a festival on the occasion of Nelson Mandela's seventieth birthday at Wembley Stadium .

In 1989 the band's career stalled. Her sixth album in six years was just able to maintain its position at number 175 in the charts. Mark Morales then left the band to work as a solo artist and producer. The remaining duo separated from the manager Stettler, changed the record company and recorded one last album, Mack Daddy . When this also flopped, the end of the Fat Boys was sealed. In 1992 Wimbley appeared on the Morales solo album as a guest musician. A reunion of the trio was not ruled out by the former band members. In December 1995, Darren Robinson died of a heart attack in New York . He was only 28 years old, but weighed over 200 kilograms at the time of his death.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / monthly data
(Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US R&B R&B
1984 Fat boys - - - - US48
gold
gold

(40 weeks)US 		R&B6 (42 weeks)
R&B
First published: December 1984
Producer: Kurtis Blow
1985 The Fat Boys Are Back - - - - US63
gold
gold

(33 weeks)US 		R&B11 (36 weeks)
R&B
First published: July 1985
Producer: Kurtis Blow
1986 Big and Beautiful - - - - US62 (19 weeks)
US 		R&B10 (22 weeks)
R&B
First published: May 1986
Producers: Dave Ogrin, Fresh Gordon,
The Latin Rascals, Mark Morales ,
Damon Wimbley, Darren Robinson
1987 Crushin ' - - - UK49 (4 weeks)
UK 		US8th
platinum
platinum

(49 weeks)US 		R&B4 (35 weeks)
R&B
First published: June 1987
Producers: Gary Rottger, Fat Boys,
The Latin Rascals
1988 Coming back hard again DE11 (13 weeks)
DE 		AT22 (1½ Mt.)
AT 		CH18 (5 weeks)
CH 		UK98 (1 week)
UK 		US33
gold
gold

(24 weeks)US 		R&B30 (214 weeks)
R&B
First published: June 1988
Producers: Albert Cabrera, Tony Moran,
Eddison Electrik, Van Gibbs, Gary Rottger,
Damon Wimbley, Darren Robinson, Steve Linsley,
Chris Richards, The Indiana Crew, Tony Bongiovi
1989 On and on - - - - US175 (3 weeks)
US 		R&B52 (8 weeks)
R&B
First published: October 1989
Producers: Franklyn Grant, Sonny Ochiai,
Albert Cabrera, Mark Rooney, Mark Morales,
Darren Robinson, Cliff Branch
1991 Mack daddy - - - - - R&B89 (5 weeks)
R&B
First published: December 1991
as Hefty Fat Boys Posse (without Prince Markie D)
Producers: Buff Love, Shawn's the Beat

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US R&B R&B
1987 Best part of the Fat Boys - - - - US108 (10 weeks)
US 		-
First published: September 1987

More compilations

  • 1988: Krush on You
  • 1988: Greatest Hits
  • 1997: All Meat No Filler
  • 2009: Fat Boys on Rewind

Singles

year title Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / monthly data
(Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US R&B R&B
1984 Fat Boys / Human Beat Box
Fat Boys 		- - - - - R&B65 (11 weeks)
R&B
First published: June 1984
as Disco 3
authors: Damon Wimbley, Kurtis Blow ,
Mark Morales , Ron Dean Miller, William Waring
Jail House Rap
Fat Boys 		- - - - US63 (4 weeks)
US 		R&B17 (19 weeks)
R&B
First published: September 1984
Authors: Damon Wimbley, Darren Robinson,
David Reeves, Kurtis Blow, Larry Smith,
Mark Morales, Sal Abbatiello
1985 Can You Feel It
Fat Boys 		- - - - - R&B38 (10 weeks)
R&B
First published: January 1985
Authors: Damon Wimbley, Darren Robinson,
Dave Ogrin, Kurtis Blow, Mark Morales
The Fat Boys Are Back
The Fat Boys Are Back 		- - - - - R&B27 (13 weeks)
R&B
First published: June 1985
Authors: Damon Wimbley, Darren Robinson,
Kurtis Blow, Mark Morales
Hard Core Reggae
The Fat Boys Are Back 		- - - - - R&B52 (7 weeks)
R&B
First published: September 1985
Authors: Damon Wimbley, Darren Robinson,
David Reeves, Kurtis Blow, Mark Morales
Don't Be Stupid
The Fat Boys Are Back 		- - - - - R&B62 (10 weeks)
R&B
First published: November 1985
Author: Kurtis Blow
1986 Sex Machine
Big & Beautiful 		- - - - - R&B23 (13 weeks)
R&B
First published: April 1986
Music: Bobby Byrd , James Brown , Ron Lenhoff
Text: Damon Wimbley, Darren Robinson, Mark Morales
Original: James Brown, 1976
In the House
Big & Beautiful 		- - - - - R&B51 (9 weeks)
R&B
First published: July 1986
Authors: Gordon Pickett, Mark Morales
1987 Falling in Love
Crushin ' 		- - - - - R&B16 (13 weeks)
R&B
First published: May 1987
Authors: Damon Wimbley, Darren Robinson,
Mark Morales, Eddison Sainsbury, Steve Linsley
Wipeout!
Crushin ' 		DE30 (8 weeks)
DE 		- - UK2
silver
silver

(13 weeks)UK 		US12 (19 weeks)
US 		R&B10 (14 weeks)
R&B
First published: December 1986
with The Beach Boys
authors and original: The Surfaris , 1963
1988 The Twist (Yo, Twist)
Coming Back Hard Again 		DE1
gold
gold

(19 weeks)DE 		AT5 (3½ months)
AT 		CH1 (13 weeks)
CH 		UK2 (11 weeks)
UK 		US16 (15 weeks)
US 		R&B14 (8 weeks)
R&B
First published: January 1988
with Chubby Checker
Text: Damon Wimbley, Jim "Jimbo" Glenn
Author and original: Hank Ballard , 1959
based on What'cha Gonna Do? by
Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters , 1955
Are You Ready for Freddy
Coming Back Hard Again 		- - - - US83 (3 weeks)
US 		R&B93 (3 weeks)
R&B
First release: September 1988
feat. The Voice of Freddy Krueger
from A Nightmare on Elm Street
Authors: M. Wells, Chris Richards,
M. Anderson, Giovanni, K. Thomas, P. Klein
Louie Louie
 DE45 (8 weeks)
DE 		- - UK46 (4 weeks)
UK 		US89 (3 weeks)
US 		-
First published: October 1988
Author: Richard Berry
Original: Richard Berry and the Pharaohs, 1957
1989 Lie-Z
On And On 		- - - - - R&B81 (4 weeks)
R&B
First published: September 1989
Authors: Damon Wimbley, Darren Robinson, Franklyn Grant
Just loungin '
on and on 		- - - - - R&B86 (6 weeks)
R&B
First published: November 1989
Authors: Damon Wimbley, Mark Rooney, Mark Morales

More singles

  • 1983: Reality (as Disco 3)
  • 1985: All You Can Eat
  • 1985: Chillin 'with the Refrigerator
  • 1986: Big and Beautiful
  • 1987: Rock Ruling / Hell No!
  • 1988: Baby, You're a Rich Man
  • 1989: If it Ain't One Thing It's Anuddah
  • 1991: Whip It on Me
  • 1991: Fly Car
  • 2013: All You Can Eat (vinyl only, limited)

Filmography

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  1. ↑ a b c Chart sources: Singles Albums UK Billboard 200
  2. ↑ a b c gold / platinum databases: DE UK US
  3. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0-89820-186-4 .

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