Samuelle (born Grady Samuelle Prater from Sacramento, California) is an R&B singer from the late ’80s and early ’90s.
Samuelle was the lead singer for R&B group Club Nouveau. After they released their debut album, he left the group to pursue a solo career.
In 1990, he released his only solo album, “Living in Black Paradise” on Atlantic Records which peaked at #37 on Billboard’s R&B Albums chart.
The lead single, “So You Like What You See” topped Billboard’s Hot R&B Singles chart for 2 weeks in late October of 1990, staying on the chart for 22 weeks. It also peaked at #33 on Billboard’s Hot Dance Music\Maxi-Singles Sales chart.
The follow-up single, “Black Paradise” peaked at #24 on Billboard’s Hot R&B Singles chart, staying on the chart for 14 weeks.
The last single released from the album, “Greedy Man” didn’t make the charts at all. Between 1991 and 1995, he provided vocals for artists such as Alexander O’Neal, Michael Cooper and F-Mob.
In 1995, Samuelle released the single, “All That Matters To Me” on the Bellmark Records label which didn’t make the charts at all.
In 2005, he and his brother released the single, “Don’t Worry There’s Love in The Ghetto” independently under the name Samuelle and Dylnn.
Around 2009, Samuelle reunited with Club Nouveau and has been performing with them ever since. In 2011, he joined the reformed version Timex Social Club with and performs with them occasionally.
To see a video for “So You Like What You See”, go to:
To see a video for “Black Paradise”, go to:
To see a video for “Greedy Man”, go to:
To see a video for “All That Matters To Me”, go to:
[updated on 12/22/2021]