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Love City Groove were a musical group who represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995, with their self-titled song after being the winner in a public vote. The song finished tenth with 76 points; and peaked at No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart.

The band
Beginnings Love City Groove were formed by the producer and songwriter Stephen "Beanz" Rudden, The final line-up of Love City Groove consisted of Stephen Rudden, rappers Jay Williams and Yinka Charles (a.k.a. "Reason"), and Paul Hardy. The selectors were looking for something a little different from past British Eurovision entries, that better represented what was popular in the charts. The band members were all from different backgrounds, and multi-racial. Hardy's father was from Cyprus, Williams is of Hispanic background, and Reason (Yinka Charles) is Trinidad/Irish. However it was popular at home and peaked at No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart, selling over 200,000 copies. After Eurovision However the band failed to achieve further success. The follow-up "Soft Spot" missed out on the UK Singles Chart. This was followed by "J.u.m.p." which likewise did not enter the official UK listing. Their debut album Hard Times received a limited release, and sold in small quantities. The group then split from their record label, Planet 3. The band returned a year later with a cover of the track "I Found Lovin'". With several line-up changes, but not much success, the group finally split up for good. ==Solo careers==
Solo careers
Stephen Rudden In the mid-1980s, Rudden worked with various local groups, such as Smell Funky Beast and behind the scenes programming work with British synth-pop dance band Kissing the Pink and then solo instrumental project Plutonic, releasing Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells" (CBS Records 1989). This landed him a contract at CBS Records in London and a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell Music. He then turned Plutonic into the first of many group projects he would helm with "Twilight Zone" (Sony – 1991) and, in 1992, an album for Arista Records, including the singles "One Life" (mixes by Frankie Knuckles and Mike "Hitman" Wilson) and "Sentence of Love" (with a remix by Eric Kuppa). After Love City Groove, Rudden established a new band, The Collective, who were signed to Simon Cowell's record label. They entered a song for the 1998 Eurovision pre-selection in 1998, but did not get selected to proceed. He wrote a song for Shirley Kwan, called "About Me", which reached no. 1 in southeast Asia and held the position for six weeks. He also wrote music (the title theme, "Get Crafty") for the film The Real Howard Spitz, starring Kelsey Grammer, and for Disney's game Astro Knights. It was released in August 2011 on the record label Strawberry Hill. A music video for the track was shot in Trafalgar Square in London. She started rapping in old-school hip hop style when she was 15 and enjoyed great success, performing in concerts and on music channels and programmes around the world, including YO MTV and Top of the Pops. She has performed with many well-established artists, and had a top 10 hit in the UK Charts, and two albums in Japan with Love City Groove. was signed to Planet 3 and also Signed to JVC in Japan. Yinka aka Reason toured with the likes of Mark Morrison, Boys Zone, Peter Andre, All saints, Peter Andre, China Black and UK tours, Radio 1 and Pepsi, Capital Radio. She appeared on many popular TV shows. In 1988 Yinka was part of a duo Rhyme & Reason had a top 20 hit "Acid Rapping". Yinka also took an interest in the theatre and acted in a play by Biyi Bandele "way past cool" and worked with Rigg O'Hara post office theatre in Nottinghill. In 1988, she featured as MC Reason on a track called "Money" on a hip hop music hip hop compilation album called Various – Hard Core 1. Produced by Mc Dexter and Sparky, artists featured such as Mc Mello, DJ Q-Tip, Colt 45, D2K. In 1990, she released the hip-hop single A side "House quake" AA Symbolise, produced by Chapter n Verse on Positive Beat Label...credited as "The Voice of Reason a.k.a. MC Reason". In 1991 released single flight X produced by Paul Haig and remixed by Mantronix. In 93 she had two tracks "Come Correct" and Part time Lover" on an album Rhythm Within produced by Jazz Black toured with the likes of Mc Lyte, Poor Righteous Teachers, DA Youngsters and Roots. Serenade and montage, Zapp, Black Moon, South Central Cartel. Noel Mckoy. In 2013, she collaborated with hip hop artists Jonie D (a.k.a. Jonie Centro, Johny D) and Mista Stixx (a.k.a. DJ Stixx) as Awol Collaboration, releasing the track "Tings Affi Run" on CD. In 2015, Also in 2015, she released "I Get Up When I Fall" Yinka aka Reason featuring Joni D on YouTube. She has also participated in an African version of the TV show Loose Women and was still involved in the music industry in 2020. Jay Williams Jay Williams started a new career, and, according to Hardy, never told his colleagues about Eurovision. ==Discography==
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