New Kids on the Block

Two summers ago, black songwriter-producer-manager Maurice Starr's young hit-making
protégés in New Edition bowed out of the radio-bubblegum sweepstakes while former
member Bobby Brown began tightening his choke hold on the airwaves with "My
Prerogative," a grumpy and undeniably adult dance hit. But that season saw no dearth of
teen ballads – Starr's next project, five white Boston homies he named New Kids... More >