# Perfect Gentlemen

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{{short description|American contemporary R&B group}}
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| name                = Perfect Gentlemen
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| background          = group_or_band
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| origin              = [Boston](/source/Boston), Massachusetts, United States
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| genre               = [R&B](/source/Contemporary_R%26B), [hip hop](/source/Hip_hop_music), [new jack swing](/source/new_jack_swing)
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| years_active        = 1988–1993
| label               = [Columbia Records](/source/Columbia_Records)<br>[Warner Bros. Records](/source/Warner_Bros._Records)
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| current_members     = 
| past_members        = Corey Blakely<br/>[Maurice Starr Jr.](/source/Maurice_Starr)<br/>Miles 'Masspike' Wheeler<br/>Stephen Reeves<br/>Tyrone Sutton
}}

'''Perfect Gentlemen''' were an American [trio](/source/trio_(music)) of teen [R&B](/source/contemporary_R%26B) vocalists formed under the direction of [Maurice Starr](/source/Maurice_Starr), who discovered [New Edition](/source/New_Edition) and [New Kids on the Block](/source/New_Kids_on_the_Block).

Starr put the group together in [Boston](/source/Boston) in 1988, and had them tour the [US](/source/United_States) opening for New Kids on the Block.<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p13928|pure_url=yes}} Biography], AllMusic</ref> An album and a [video](/source/music_video) followed, and the group scored a [hit single](/source/hit_single) with "Ooh La La (I Can't Get over You)" (1990), which peaked at No. 10 on the [''Billboard'' Hot 100](/source/Billboard_Hot_100) and No. 12 on the R&B/Hip Hop charts.<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p13928|pure_url=yes}} Billboard Singles], AllMusic</ref>

==Members==
*Corey Blakely
*Maurice Starr Jr.
*Tyrone Sutton (on ''Rated PG'')
*Miles "Masspike Miles" Wheeler (on ''The Perfect Gentlemen'')
*Stephen Reeves (on ''The Perfect Gentlemen'')

==Discography==
*''Rated PG'' ([Columbia Records](/source/Columbia_Records), 1990) U.S. [Billboard Top 200](/source/Billboard_Top_200) peak No. 72, U.S. R&B peak No. 39<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p13928|pure_url=yes}} Billboard], AllMusic</ref>
*''The Perfect Gentlemen'' ([Warner Bros. Records](/source/Warner_Bros._Records), 1993)

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Category:American contemporary R&B musical groups
Category:American boy bands
Category:New jack swing music groups
Category:Musical groups from Boston

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