{{Short description|American vocal group}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Boy Krazy | origin = [[New York City]] | instrument = | genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[dance-pop]] | years_active = 1991–1993 | label = [[Next Plateau Records]] | past_members = Kimberly Blake<br />[[Johnna Lee Cummings]]<br />Josselyne Jones<br />[[Rue DeBona|Ruth Ann Roberts]]<br />Renee Veneziale }}

'''Boy Krazy''' was a [[New York City]]-based [[girl group]] that saw brief fame in 1991, and again in 1993 with their hit single "[[That's What Love Can Do]]".

==Career== {{One source|section|date=January 2015}} The group was put together through auditions by a management company in New York.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman: Ep 70: That's What Love Can Do on Apple Podcasts |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/ep-70-thats-what-love-can-do/id1565879477?i=1000653161122 |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=Apple Podcasts |language=en-AU}}</ref> Boy Krazy featured female singers Kimberly Blake, Josselyne Jones, [[Johnna Lee Cummings]], Renée Veneziale, and Ruth Ann Roberts (a former Miss Junior America). Their signature [[Dance-pop|pop]] song "That's What Love Can Do", written and produced by British mega music trio [[Stock Aitken Waterman]], was released in 1991, but it failed to become a hit. Shortly after the release of the single, Veneziale left the band.

Carrying on as a foursome, the group released their second single "[[All You Have to Do]]" in 1992, but it also failed to chart. That same year, "That's What Love Can Do" started gaining success in clubs and [[discothèque]]s across America and substantial airplay on radio stations. The song was remixed and re-released, becoming a hit in the US where it peaked at #18 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in February and March 1993.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1993-03-13|title=The Hot 100 Chart|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> It also reached #1 in pop airplay on the Radio & Records CHR/Pop chart. In the liner notes from their self-titled album the group credited [[KQKS]]/[[Denver, Colorado]], for breaking the song after one of the staffers played a remixed version of the track in December 1992. The album ''[[Boy Krazy (album)|Boy Krazy]]'' was released in 1993, and also included the follow-up single "[[Good Times with Bad Boys]]", which also hit the Billboard Hot 100. Each member sings the lead vocals on at least two songs on the album, which includes many tracks written for [[Kylie Minogue]] had Minogue stayed on Stock Aitken Waterman's [[Pete Waterman Entertainment|PWL]] label.

Main lead singer Cummings left the band in late 1993. The remaining members tried to develop a new album unsuccessfully and the group split shortly after. Additionally, they were supposed to release "Love Is a Freaky Thing" as their fourth single, but it was never released.

==Recent projects== After the group's demise, Ruth Ann Roberts switched careers and has become well known in the [[professional wrestling]] community. Now using her real name, [[Rue DeBona]], she co-hosted [[WWE]]'s ''[[WWE After Burn|After Burn]]'' from 2003 to 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lethalwow.com/news/archives/00000387.htm|title=Rue Baby|last=Chiappetta|first=Michael|date=2003-11-24|publisher=WWE.com|accessdate=2008-08-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109183840/http://www.lethalwow.com/news/archives/00000387.htm|archive-date=2009-01-09|url-status=dead}}</ref> She married former co-host, [[Josh Mathews|Josh Matthews]] in 2006, but they divorced in 2008.

From there, she moved to [[Ion Television]], and hosted the short-lived ''Firebrand'', an attempt at commercials-as-content website and TV show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvdecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/firebrand-burns-out/|title=Firebrand Burns Out|last=Elliot|first=Stuart|date=2008-03-04|publisher=tvdecoder.blogs.nytimes.com|accessdate=2008-08-14}}</ref>

Cummings pursued a solo career, but it was unsuccessful. In July 2007, Portland, Oregon-based filmmaker Kimberly Craig posted ''Expect Less'', a short documentary featuring Cummings on [[YouTube]]. In it, Cummings discusses her life since the hey-day of Boy Krazy.<ref>{{cite video |people=Kimberly Craig, Johnna Lee Cummings |date=2007-07-27 |title=Expect Less |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxAipty0ZEs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/LxAipty0ZEs |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|medium=Documentary |publisher=YouTube |accessdate=2008-08-14}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Josselyne Jones (now known as Josselyne Herman-Saccio) is now a producer and agent, founding Josselyne Herman & Associates<ref>[http://www.jhamanagement.com/bio.htm Josselyne Herman & Associates<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421191611/http://www.jhamanagement.com/bio.htm |date=April 21, 2008 }}</ref> in New York City. She is also a coach for the Landmark (Forum) and Landmark's Advance Course.

Renee Veneziale sang with different bands, among them Fig, Delux and RnR. She has also worked as a theater actress, and is now a [[yoga]] teacher.

In August 2009, Boy Krazy's back catalogue was reissued through [[iTunes]], including three songs recorded for the album but never released: "Exception to the Rule", "I'll Never Get Another Chance Like This", and "Don't Wanna Let You Go". Also issued were a host of unreleased remixes, including commissioned mixes for the never released fourth single "Love Is a Freaky Thing".

==Discography== '''Albums''' *''[[Boy Krazy (album)|Boy Krazy]]'' (1993)

'''Singles''' *"[[That's What Love Can Do]]" (1991) UK #86 *"[[All You Have to Do]]" (1992) UK #91 *"That's What Love Can Do" (house remix) (1993) UK #80, US Hot 100 #18, US Adult Contemporary #19, Australia ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]]) #124,<ref name=aus>{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/DkGCr8v.jpg |title=Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 2015-06-05 |accessdate=2015-09-09 |publisher=imgur.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605213523/http://i.imgur.com/DkGCr8v.jpg |archivedate=2015-06-05 }}</ref> Canada #7 *"[[Good Times with Bad Boys]]" (1993) US #59, Canada #32

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==External links== *[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p37540|pure_url=yes}} Boy Krazy] at [[Allmusic]] *[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Boy+Krazy Boy Krazy] at [[Discogs]]

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