Ten City
(left to right): Burke, Stingily, Lawson (1994)
Background information
Also known as	Ragtyme
Origin	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Genres	House, R&B
Years active	1987–1996; 2021–present
Labels	Atlantic, EastWest Records America, Columbia, Ultra Music[1]
Members	Byron Stingily Marshall Jefferson
Past members	Byron Burke Herb Lawson

Ten City (derived from intensity) is an American, Chicago, Illinois-based R&B and house music act, that enjoyed a number of club hits and Urban radio hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s and was one of the first exponents of deep house.^[2]

Formerly known as Ragtyme, the group comprised vocalist Byron Stingily, guitarist Herb Lawson and keyboardist Byron Burke and were augmented by producer Marshall Jefferson.^[3] The group was signed by Atlantic Records and released the album Foundation^[3] in 1989, which became the group's only album to cross over, peaking at No. 49 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.^[4]

Ten City is best known for the singles "Devotion", "Right Back to You" and "That's the Way Love Is,"^[2] which hit No. 1 on the US dance chart and No. 8 on the UK Top 40 in 1989.^[5] Stingily, who left the group and became a successful solo artist, re-recorded the song and brought it back to No. 1 on the US dance chart in 1999.

In 2021, Stingily teamed up with producer Marshall Jefferson to release "Be Free" on Ultra Music,^[6] the first single in 25 years to be credited to Ten City.^{[7][8][9][10]} Its parent album, Judgment, was nominated for a Grammy Award that year in the category of Best Dance/Electronic Album.^[11]

• The Best of Ten City (Ibadan, 2001)

• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. dance chart

• Ten City discography at Discogs
• Ten City at AllMusic
• Byron Stingily 2012 Audio Interview at Soulinterviews.com