Bobby released albums ( ) with New Edition (including well-known songs as "Candy Girl", "Lost In Love", "Mr Telephone Man" (Bobby was the lead singer for this song) and "Cool It Now") before leaving and starting a solo career in 1986.
His first solo album, out in 1986, was "King Of Stage" and included songs as "Girlfriend", "King Of Stage", "Spending Time".
In 1988, Fans discovered his new album "Don't Be Cruel" with 9 songs including "Don't Be Cruel", "My Prerogative", "Every Little Step", "Roni".
In 1989, "Dance! ...Ya Know It!" was realised. Bobby also sang 2 songs for "Ghostbusters II" soundtrack: "We're Back" and "On Our Own". And Bobby started a tour.
Bobby was arrested during his 1989 Tour for lewd conduct onstage. And rumors started. Of the rumors, Bobby told a reporter,"It bothers me. It hurts my mother even more because she raised her child different than everyone is making him out to be."
After the tour, Bobby went to Atlanta with his son, Landon, and his father, Herbert. Bobby built a recording studio and formed his own record label.
In 1989, Bobby won a Grammy award, an American Music Award, a Soul Train Music award, The People's choice awards, Performance Magazine's Entertainer of the Year Reader's Pool Award, Nickelodeon's Year-end kids' Awards and got 8 Boston Music Award Nominations.
At the Soul Train Music Awards, Whitney Houston hit his head!?! They first became friends, then, they felt in love. Bobby told "Los Angeles Times", "I may be a B-boy and she may be America's Sweetheart, but it's love. (...)When it happens, you have to grab it. You can't let it go, no matter what anybody else thinks".
In 1992, Whitney & Bobby were on date, parked in an automobile, he pulled a small, unpretendious diamond ring from his vest pocket and handed it to her. She said yes. Bobby took the cheap ring from her hand, put it back in his pocket and gave her a magnificent diamond ring. " I just wanted to see if you would say yes, even if I didn't have nothing", Bobby said. The ceremony took place in Whitney's house in Mendham Township (New Jersey) on July 18th, 1992 with hundreds of guests including celebrities as Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, Nathalie Cole, Donald Trump...
Then, they came to Europe for a Mediterranean cruise. "Bobby" album was release the same year and included a duet with Mrs Brown as well as "Good Enough", "Humpin' Around", "Get Away",... (a video with the same titled came out the same year).
