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a Motown aficionado also from the Windy City, and Di Reed, a gospel singer from Houston. Brought together by producer Vassal Benford, Jade's first success was on the Class Act soundtrack in 1992. Their hit single, "I Wanna Love You", was one of the breakout songs on the soundtrack, cracking the Top 10 of the R&B charts and reaching #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It led the way for their best known single, "Don't Walk Away." The single climbed to #2 on the pop chart and reached gold certification in 1993. The single would go on to sell 1.5 million copies worldwide. Follow-up singles including, "Looking for Mr. Do Right," and "One Woman," helped to push their debut album, Jade To the Max, to platinum-selling status, prompting a lengthy tour and spots on The Tonight Show, Arsenio Hall, and the U.K.'s Top of the Pops. In 1994 the band appeared in the movie The Inkwell, and released their second studio album, Mind, Body & Song, upon which they served as co-writers and co-producers. Singles "5-4-3-2 (Yo! Time Is Up)" and "Every Day of the Week" propelled the album to gold status. The group disbanded thereafter, briefly rejoining in 1997 to contribute the track "Keep on Risin," to the soundtrack for the film The Sixth Man.