Club Nouveau best known for “Lean On Me,” performs today with 3 of their original 5 members -Jay King, Valerie Watson, Samuelle Prater – and they are still going strong. The other two original members, Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy pictured on the far left and far right in the above photo), left after the group’s initial success, to form their songwriting and production company together, later signing groups like En Vogue,Tony! Toni! Toné! and more.