{{Short description|Dominican-American musical group}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = 740 Boyz | image = | caption = | image_size = | alias = | origin = New York City, U.S. | genre = Dance, hip house | years_active = 1991– | label = | website = | current_members = Winston "Big Win a.k.a. Xientifico"<br>Joe "Teklas" }}
'''740 Boyz''' is a Dominican-American dance music group founded in 1991, by Winston Rosa a.k.a. Big Win from New York City.
Big Win worked with several singers including Shaggy and DJ Jazzy Jay. While working in a studio called INS Studios in New York City, he met Rafael Vargas a.k.a. Dose Material. Vargas was also in the group 2 in a Room.<ref>Elia Habib, ''Muz hit. tubes'', p. 333 ({{ISBN|2-9518832-0-X}})</ref>
Their first single, "Shimmy Shake", was successful in France (#2 in late 1995) and Belgium,<ref>"Shimmy Shake", in various singles charts [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=740+Boyz+feat%2E+2+In+A+Room&titel=Shimmy+Shake&cat=s Lescharts.com] (Retrieved February 13, 2008)</ref> while it had little success on the British, German and U.S. charts. A few months later, their second single "Bump Bump (Booty Shake)" was released; it peaked at No. 14 in France and achieved minor success in other European countries, including Belgium and the Netherlands.<ref>"Bump Bump", in various Singles Charts [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=740+Boyz&titel=Bump+Bump+%28Booty+Shake%29&cat=s Lescharts.com] (Retrieved February 13, 2008)</ref>
In 2003, a version titled "Shake Ya Shimmy" credited to the Porn Kings vs. Flip & Fill featuring 740 Boyz reached No. 28 on the UK Singles Chart.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 489}}</ref>
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Category:American dance music groups Category:American electronic music duos Category:Hip house music groups Category:Musical groups established in 1991