Tresvant was the lead singer on most of the songs. Early hits included ' Candy Girl,' ' Cool It Now,' and ' Mr. Brown left the group in late 1985 to begin a successful solo career, and they continued as a quartet for one album, before adding Johnny Gill to the lineup in 1987.
The lineup originally consisted of Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, Bobby Brown, Ronnie DeVoe, and Ralph Tresvant. The group reached its height of popularity in the 1980s. New Edition is an American R&B group from the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1978.
