RJ's Latest Arrival

R. J.'s Latest Arrival was a R&B, dance, and soul music band from Detroit, Michigan who formed in the late 1970s and reached the peak of their popularity in the mid-1980s. They released their self-titled debut album in 1979 (this debut would be the first of three eponymous albums the group released throughout their career, with a second one following in 1982, and a third in 1985). Their biggest hit came with the 1984 single "Shackles," off their Harmony album from the same year, which fused R. J.'s raps and DeDe's soulful vocals. Rudy Famous left the band during The Shackles Tour 1984 and was featured in the follow-up video "Harmony." The group would score another big hit in 1985 with the single "Heaven In Your Arms." They continued to score moderate hits on the R&B chart throughout the 1980s. The group later became more based in traditional R&B and Soul music and broke up in the late 1990s.