Hi Five / Tony Thompson ♪ Session:

This is the playlist for all "Hi Five" fans. Hi Five is one of my favorite groups from the 90's era. They gave us hit after hit. Lead singer "Tony Thompson" had a voice like no other. Unfortunately Tony passed away in June of 2007. Gone way too soon. It is my pleasure to pay homage to Tony's amazing talent. If we are being honest he was Hi Five. I also have included songs from his one and only solo project "Sensational". Wiki Info: "Hi-Five was an American R&B quintet based in Waco, Texas. Hi-Five had a #1 hit on Billboard's Hot 100 in the early 1990s with "I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)". The band was formed in 1989, and consisted of Tony Thompson, Roderick "Pooh" Clark, Marcus Sanders, Russell Neal, and Toriano Easley. Easley was later replaced by Treston Irby." Rise to fame "Hi-Five was originally signed to Jive Records in late–1989 and released their eponymous debut album in 1990.[1] The album went platinum and was produced by Teddy Riley; it included such singles as "I Just Can't Handle It" (R&B #10), "I Can't Wait Another Minute" (Pop #8, R&B #1), and their biggest hit to date, "I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)", which went to number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and the U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[2] The group's second LP, Keep It Goin' On, came out in 1992. Though not as successful as their debut effort, several tracks from this album, including "She's Playing Hard To Get" (Pop #5, R&B #2) and the R. Kelly-penned "Quality Time" (Pop #38, R&B #3) got major airplay in East Coast (US) urban markets. Shortly after this album was released, the group was involved in a vehicular accident, which left Roderick "Pooh" Clark paralyzed from the chest down. In 1993, Hi-Five emerged with a third album, Faithful, which featured the songs "Unconditional Love" (Pop #92, R&B #21) and "Never Should've Let You Go" (Pop #30, R&B #10).[2] "Unconditional Love" was also featured in the multi-platinum Menace II Society soundtrack, and received extensive airplay on urban contemporary stations throughout the summer of 1993 as the movie increased in popularity. "Never Should've Let You Go" was featured in the Sister Act 2 soundtrack." "After Hi-Five disbanded in 1994, Thompson released a solo album, Sexsational, in 1995. He later reunited Hi-Five on his own independent N'Depth label for the release of the album The Return in 2005.[3] On June 1, 2007, police found Thompson dead near an air conditioning unit behind an East Waco apartment complex.[4] A later autopsy revealed he had died as a result of inhaling freon from an air conditioning unit.[" R.I.P: Tony Thompson. Your music lives on.