AccuRadio Song Of The Day-Immature

Artist:Immature

Song:Never Lie

Album:Playtyme Is Over

Immature was a pre teen R&B boy band who scored a top five hit with the 1994 single Never Lie. It was their biggest hit. Ultimately they were unsuccessful to the point where the group name was changed to IMx. They were probably too similar to groups like New Edition and they came along later. Whichever group is first is always going to be the most successful. All three members of Immature were ten years old when the group was formed in 1991 in Los Angeles. They were Marques "Batman" Houston, Jerome "Romeo" Jones and Don "Half-Pint" Santos. Santos was replaced by Kelton "LDB" Kessee in 1994 after Santos' parents pulled him from the group after Immature appeared in the 1993 film House Party 3. Immature was managed and produced by Chris Stokes. Stokes met Jones at an acting class and he put him together with Houston and Santos and named them Immature. After they won some local talent contests, Stokes got them a record deal with Virgin Records and they released the 1992 album On Our Worst Behavior. When the album didn't sell, Stokes took them to MCA Records for the 1994 album Playtyme Is Over. They also appeared in the 1993 film House Party III. That's when Santos was replaced by Kessee. Like the first album, Stokes wrote and produced. His co-producer, co-writer and recording engineer was Claudio Cueni. Never Lie reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100. It turned out to be Immature's only big hit. Houston sang lead on most of the songs. This album is available as a budget CD. After subsequent albums didn't do as well, Randy Jackson of American Idol convinced Immature to change their name to IMx for the 1999 album Introducing IMx. When that didn't sell, Stokes moved them to Warner's New Line label for the 2001 album IMx. They split up after that. Houston has had solo success on the R&B charts. Jones recorded a couple of unsuccessful albums. They recorded for Stokes' TUG label. Stokes is a film producer and director for Tubi Originals. Here's the video for Never Lie by Immature.