About
Color Me Badd was an R&B/pop/New Jack Swing/"hip-hop doo-wop" vocal group, formed while its members were students at Northwest Classen high school (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) in the mid-1980s. They are probably best known for their hit songs, I Wanna Sex You Up, I Adore Mi Amor, and All 4 Love. They also appeared as themselves on a season two episode of Beverly Hills, 90210 ("Things To Do On a Rainy Day").
Members (left to right):
- Samuel Joshua Watters First tenor/falsetto. Born July 23, 1970 in Camp Springs, Maryland.
- Bryan Keith Abrams - Lead singer (multi-octave range). Born November 16, 1969 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
- Kevin Kraig "K.T." Thornton - Bass/baritone. Born June 17, 1969 in Amarillo, Texas.
- Mark Elra Calderon - Second tenor. Born September 27, 1970 in Los Angeles, California.
Fast Facts:
- Signed their deal with Giant Records in 1990.
- Debut album C.M.B. released July 23, 1991 (Sam's 21st birthday).
- Remix album Young, Gifted & Badd: the remixes released November, 1992.
- Time and Chance arrived November 16, 1993 (Bryan's 24th birthday).
- After a short break, Color Me Badd released Now & Forever in May, 1996.
- They later switched over to Epic Records, who released their final album Awakening, July 28, 1998.
- The group broke up in the fall of 1998, when Thornton entered the ministry, and Watters launched a songwriting/producing career.
- Though several incarnations of Color Me Badd have happened through the years, the original quartet has never reuinited. Sam Watters was not involved in any of the "reboots."