Charles Nelson

Charles was part of the 1980s R&B group "Force Mds", whose members included Antoine Lundy, his brother Stevie D Lundy, Jesse Lee Daniels and friends Trisco Pearson . The group hooked up with DJ Dr. Rock, billing themselves as Dr. Rock and the MCs. However, by the time the group signed to Tommy Boy Records in 1984 they changed their name to Force M.D.s (M.D. standing for "musical diversity"), and their music style had evolved into a more straightforward R&B vocal group. They had a string of R&B hits through the 1980s, but their only song to hit the top ten on the pop charts was the ballad "Tender Love," which was featured in the movie Krush Groove. They also appeared in the hip hop inspired motion picture "Rappin" (1985). 1987 produced the group's first R&B #1, "Love Is a House," but their popular appeal began to fade the following year. Mercury and Trisco left the group in 1990 and were replaced by Rodney "Khalil" Lundy and Shawn Waters. The group recorded five albums in their brief career, Love Letters (1984), Chillin (1986), Touch & Go (1987), Step to Me (1990), Moments in Time (1994) and a greatest hits album, For Lovers and Others: Force M.D's Greatest Hits in 1992. In the end, the only lasting mark the Force Md's left was that they had become one of the most tragic stories in the Rock Era. Charles died of a heart attack in 1995, Antoine Lundy died of Lou Gehrig's disease, and DJ Dr. Rock died under unknown circumastances. The Remaining MDs returned with a comeback album "The Reunion" in 2000.