Maurice Starr
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Within Vinony's link graph, Maurice Starr is referenced by 153 other articles, and connects out to DeLand, New Edition and California.
It is catalogued under topics including 1953 births, African-American songwriters and Arista Records artists.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1940-07-07
Discography
- Sentimental Journey1970
- Beaucoups of Blues1970
- Ringo1973
- Goodnight Vienna1974
- Ringo’s Rotogravure1976
- Ringo the 4th1977
- Bad Boy1978
- Stop and Smell the Roses1981
- Old Wave1983
- Time Takes Time1992
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,019
- Total plays
- 5,529
Tags
Starr, originally from Florida, moved to Boston with his brother Michael in the early 1970s. After moving to Boston he recorded two unsuccessful R&B albums, Flaming Starr and Spacey Lady. He was also a member of the seminal electro group Jonzun Crew with his brothers Michael Jonzun and Soni Jonzun. Has so recorded as Starr's Computer Band. In 1982, Starr found the band New Edition on his talent show. After losing New Edition, Starr needed a new band to record his songs. In 1984, he created New
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Johnson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- DeLand
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- contemporary R&B
- Instrument
- piano
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1953-01-01
- start of work period
- 1970-00-00
- birth name
- Larry Curtis Johnson
- pseudonym
- Maurice Starr
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
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