My Musicstars, #9, Nu Shooz

In 1985 local Portland band Nu Shooz released their second album That's Right which included the single I Can't Wait.  That year the single went to the Netherlands and came back with a dance remix.  The song was ubiquitous in Portland, it hit the Top 40 and was number on the Billboard Hot 100 in June of 1986.  Nu Shooz was a freestyle/R&B group with between seven and twelve members.  It was fronted by Valerie Day and her husband John Smith.  They are still in Portland and appear around town in various incarnations.