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The Brand New Heavies are an acid jazz and funk group formed in 1985 in Ealing in west London. Centered around strumentalists Simon Bartholomew and Andrew Levy, the core members of the group since its founding, Brand New Heavies are best known for a string of successful singles in the early 1990s featuring N'Dea Davenport as lead vocalist. The Brand New Heavies began in the 1980s as an instrumental acid jazz group called Brothers International.

The Brand New Heavies (album). The Brand New Heavies is the debut album by British acid jazz and funk group The Brand New Heavies. After signing with Acid Jazz, the band released "People Get Ready" as a vinyl single backed with "Gimme One Of Those". Their next release, in 1990, was the single "Dream Come True" featuring Jay Williamson, then known as Jay Ella Ruth, on vocals.

Eventually adding a brass section, the Brand New Heavies built a cult following throughout the London club circuit, surviving the shift that saw the rare groove scene fade in the wake of acid house. After an earlier recording deal with Cooltempo yielded the single "Got to Give," the Heavies - now including vocalist Jay Ella Ruth - signed with the fledgling indie label Acid Jazz; recorded on a budget of just 8,000 pounds, the group's self-titled LP appeared in 1990 to strong critical acclaim, resulting in a licensing deal with the American company Delicious Vinyl. In early 2006 it was announced that Davenport would be reuniting with the group. A new album, Get Used to It, was released later that year and was followed by a tour of the . A two-disc album, Live in London, appeared in 2009.

List of all The Brand New Heavies tickets and tour dates for 2019. Brand New Heavies found hits in the UK with Dream Come True and Stay This Way, but it was with Never Stop that the Heavies broke the US market, becoming the first group to break into the American R&B Chart since Soul II Soul’s success

Artist: The Brand New Heavies. Album: Shelter, 1997. From their 1997 Delicious Vinyl album, "Shelter". to hear the entire new album "Get Used To It" featuring N'Dea Davenport.