Washington, D.C. bassist and vocalist Tyrone Brunson played and sang in area bands through the '70s. He was signed to the Columbia-distributed Believe in a Dream label after some demos he'd submitted impressed CBS executives in 1982. His first single, the instrumental The Smurf, tapped into what was then a New York dance craze, and the song won international club recognition. But when the smurf trend cooled, so did Brunson. While The Smurf reached number 14 on the R&B charts. In 1982, the follow-up, Sticky situation, which stalled at #25. Brunson made a slight comeback in 1984 with Fresh, which reached #22. But neither of his LPs, Sticky situation or Fresh, managed consistent sales. He moved to MCA in 1987 where Mtume produced the, Love triangle-album, but it wasn't a success. Brunson later sang background vocals for Levert.
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