Way before there were boy bands -- before Backstreet Boys, BTS or even New Kids on the Block -- there was a groundbreaking group from Boston.

We're talking about New Edition. The men from Roxbury have garnered so much success and community impact over the years. So much so that the City of Boston has dubbed Saturday "New Edition Day," highlighted by a huge block party and street renaming.

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NBC10 Boston's Latoyia Edwards spoke with New Edition's Ricky Bell and Johnny Gill ahead of their big day.

"To me it would have to be 'Candy Girl,'" Bell said when asked for his favorite song. "Wow, yeah, I'll never forget standing in my living room hearing that song for the first time."

That song -- the group's first -- skyro

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