Peaches & Herb
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Peaches & Herb was an American vocalist duo
, once comprising Herb Fame (born October 1, 1942) and Francine "Peaches" Hurd Barker (April 28, 1947 – August 13, 2005). Herb has remained a constant in "Peaches & Herb" since its creation in 1966, while six consecutive women have filled the role of "Peaches."
, Washington, D.C.
), sang in church
and neighborhood groups as a child. After graduation from high school
, he worked in a local record store
where he met
record producer
Van McCoy
and was signed to Columbia subsidiary Date Records by McCoy and
A&R executive Dave Kapralik. Francine "Peaches" Barker (born Francine Edna Hurd, April 28, 1947, in Washington, D.C.), using the stage name Francine Day, started
a singing trio initially dubbed The Darlettes and later renamed The Sweet Things after a change of record label to
Date Records. Having produced two releases for the trio, McCoy decided to record Feemster/Fame and Hurd/Day together at Kapralik's suggestion. The resulting single, "We're in This Thing Together," was distributed to radio stations but went nowhere for months until December 1966, when a St. Louis disc jockey broadcast the single's B-side, a revival of the 1934 hit "Let's Fall in Love."
The new duo, christened "Peaches & Herb," had a string of successful singles and albums over the next two years such as "Let's Fall in Love," "Close Your Eyes," "For Your Love," and "Love Is Strange
." Despite burgeoning success and a media image as the "Sweethearts of Soul," Barker chose to semi-retire from the duo after two years because of the rigors of touring. Marlene Mack (aka Marlene Jenkins), who had sung on the Jaynetts
' hit Sally Go 'Round the Roses
and had recorded as Marlina Mars, http://www.soulfulkindamusic.net/jaynettes.htm
replaced Barker on stage, but Barker remained on all of the duo's recordings for Date Records. During this period, the semi-retired "Peaches" also worked as a solo
artist
using her married name, Francine Barker. She released three singles in total on the Columbia Records
label, including "Angels in the Sky" and "Mister DJ."
Fame retired the act in 1970 when, for personal reasons, he enrolled in the police academy of Washington, D.C. and thereafter joined the city's police department
. Peaches & Herb lay dormant until Fame decided to re-enter the music business in 1976. In his search for a new "Peaches," Herb again enlisted the assistance of Van McCoy
, who suggested that Linda Greene would be suitable for the position. Fame met Greene and concurred, thereby leading to formation of the most successful of the "Peaches & Herb" incarnations to date.
Fame and Greene recorded seven albums altogether, including one album released only in Argentina.
Their first album, Peaches & Herb, was recorded
for MCA Records
and produced
by Van McCoy
, but it generated only one charted hit, "We're Still Together." Peaches & Herb signed with MVP/Polydor
and under the management of Paul J. Cohn, released 2 Hot, which went gold
. Its first single was "Shake Your Groove Thing
"' which went gold and peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1979. The follow-up single, viewed as the album's "secret weapon" by producer/songwriter Freddie Perren, was the triple platinum hit "Reunited." This song, evoking the 1960s Peaches & Herb hit "United," reached #1 on both the Hot 100 and the Billboard R&B chart
. It was also a chart-topper in Canada
. "Reunited" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Song of the Year
in 1980. Subsequent releases with Polydor produced several more hits, including the lasting wedding staple, "I Pledge My Love." After changing labels again to the Entertainment Company, Fame and Greene released their seventh album
in 1983. Scoring only one minor hit, Greene and Fame decided to make no more albums and retired their partnership. Once again, Fame returned to law enforcement and joined the U.S. Marshals Service
in 1986 as a deputized court security officer at the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Greene
returned to her family and, together with her husband Stephen Tavani, went on to release three gospel albums and start the charity WOW (Winning Our World).
While remaining employed at the court, Fame again revived the brand in 1990. For the fourth "Peaches" he chose Patrice Hawthorne, fresh from television exposure on the Natalie Cole-hosted talent show "Big Break." The duo appeared infrequently in concerts, and did not release any recordings. Hawthorne remains a Philadelphia bandleader
of her own orchestra
, CTO Soho.
Due to unpaid royalties
, Fame's financial state was far from wealthy despite years of hits and selling nine million records with Greene. Thus, in 2001, Fame and Greene hired attorneys Oren Warshavsky and Steven Ames Brown through Artists Rights Enforcement Corporation. The attorneys brought a lawsuit against MVP Records, then headed by Christine Perren. Perren's testimony at trial revealed a series of contradictions in MVP's defense, with the result that Fame and Greene received royalties, income, and a reaffirmation of their artists' rights. Those rights have since been vigorously defended.
Having financial security, Fame would then have been able to leave the court and focus solely on his music career. Instead, he banked significant funds and continued enjoying the work. A fifth "Peaches," Wanda Makle, subsequently performed with Fame in weekend appearances, and in 2008 they were reported to be planning a recording together. Those plans dissolved, and instead Makle was ultimately dropped in favor of the sixth "Peaches," Meritxell Negre
from Barcelona, Spain.
Negre, who was introduced to Fame by known producer Bill Davis, is the first-ever non-black "Peaches" and third recording artist to co-record a Peaches and Herb album. Together, Fame and Negre recorded "Colors of Love," the first album from Peaches & Herb since 1983, making her only the third recording artist to co-record a Peaches & Herb album. Combined with Fame’s classic, zesty tenor flair, Negre’s soulful, alto-soprano range seamlessly replaces Linda Greene 25 years after the Peaches & Herb album “Remember.” "Colors of Love" was released in May 2009 by Imagen Records, approximately three months after Negre's stage debut as "Peaches."
*Based on Billboard's Hot 100, R&B, and Disco/Dance singles charts. [Source: Billboard Top Pop Hits and Billboard Top R&B Hits by Joel Whitburn;"
*Based on Billboard's Hot 100, R&B, and Disco/Dance singles charts. [Source: Billboard Top Pop Hits and Billboard Top R&B Hits by Joel Whitburn;"
*Based on Billboard's Hot 100, R&B, and Disco/Dance singles charts. [Source: Billboard Top Pop Hits and Billboard Top R&B Hits by Joel Whitburn;"
# Based on Complete UK Hit Singles 1952 - 2006 published by Collins UK
"I Pledge My Love" also reached number one on the New Zealand Singles Chart for a week in 1980.
*Based on Billboard's Hot 100, R&B, and Disco/Dance singles charts. [Source: Billboard Top Pop Hits and Billboard Top R&B Hits by Joel Whitburn;"
song "Shake Your Groove Thing" has featured prominently in many film
s such as An Extremely Goofy Movie
, Monster, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
, Connie and Carla
and Marock
, as well as in an advertisement
campaign by Intel in the late 1990s.
The song was covered by Alvin and the Chipmunks
with Drew Seeley for their album Undeniable
, and again with the Chipettes
on the soundtrack
for Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
. Also, the cast of That '70s Show
sang it in the episode "That '70s Musical".
In June 2009, rock band Faith No More
opened their set at Brixton Academy with their own cover of "Reunited" the song alluding to the band's own eleven year break up and subsequent reunion. They subsequently did the same for their headlining slot at Download Festival
on June 12.
Duet (music)
A duet is a musical composition for two performers. In classical music, the term is most often used for a composition for two singers or pianists; with other instruments, the word duo is also often used. A piece performed by two pianists performing together on the same piano is referred to as...
, once comprising Herb Fame (born October 1, 1942) and Francine "Peaches" Hurd Barker (April 28, 1947 – August 13, 2005). Herb has remained a constant in "Peaches & Herb" since its creation in 1966, while six consecutive women have filled the role of "Peaches."
History
Herb Fame (born Herbert Feemster, October 1, 1942, in AnacostiaAnacostia
Anacostia is a historic neighborhood in Washington, D.C. Its historic downtown is located at the intersection of Good Hope Road and Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue It is the most famous neighborhood in the Southeast quadrant of Washington, located east of the Anacostia River, after which the...
, Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
), sang in church
Church service
In Christianity, a church service is a term used to describe a formalized period of communal worship, often but not exclusively occurring on Sunday, or Saturday in the case of those churches practicing seventh-day Sabbatarianism. The church service is the gathering together of Christians to be...
and neighborhood groups as a child. After graduation from high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
, he worked in a local record store
Record shop
A record shop or record store is an outlet that sells recorded music. Although vinyl records and audio cassettes are no longer sold in the majority of music stores, in favour of compact discs and home video recordings products, people in some countries, like the UK, still use the term "record...
where he met
record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
Van McCoy
Van McCoy
Van Allen Clinton McCoy was an accomplished musician, music producer, arranger, songwriter, and orchestra conductor. He is known best for his 1975 internationally successful song "The Hustle", which is still played in dance halls and on radio to this day more than thirty years since his death...
and was signed to Columbia subsidiary Date Records by McCoy and
A&R executive Dave Kapralik. Francine "Peaches" Barker (born Francine Edna Hurd, April 28, 1947, in Washington, D.C.), using the stage name Francine Day, started
a singing trio initially dubbed The Darlettes and later renamed The Sweet Things after a change of record label to
Date Records. Having produced two releases for the trio, McCoy decided to record Feemster/Fame and Hurd/Day together at Kapralik's suggestion. The resulting single, "We're in This Thing Together," was distributed to radio stations but went nowhere for months until December 1966, when a St. Louis disc jockey broadcast the single's B-side, a revival of the 1934 hit "Let's Fall in Love."
The new duo, christened "Peaches & Herb," had a string of successful singles and albums over the next two years such as "Let's Fall in Love," "Close Your Eyes," "For Your Love," and "Love Is Strange
Love Is Strange
"Love Is Strange" was a crossover hit by American rhythm and blues duet Mickey & Sylvia, which was released in late November 1956 by the Groove record label.The song was based on a guitar riff by Jody Williams. The co-writers of the song are of some dispute...
." Despite burgeoning success and a media image as the "Sweethearts of Soul," Barker chose to semi-retire from the duo after two years because of the rigors of touring. Marlene Mack (aka Marlene Jenkins), who had sung on the Jaynetts
The Jaynetts
The Jaynetts were a Bronx, New York girl group who became one-hit wonders with "Sally Go 'Round the Roses", which reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963.-Beginnings:...
' hit Sally Go 'Round the Roses
Sally Go 'Round the Roses
"Sally Go 'Round the Roses" is the name of a 1963 hit by the Jaynetts, a Bronx-based one-hit wonder girl group, released by J&S Records on the Tuff label.-Background:...
and had recorded as Marlina Mars, http://www.soulfulkindamusic.net/jaynettes.htm
replaced Barker on stage, but Barker remained on all of the duo's recordings for Date Records. During this period, the semi-retired "Peaches" also worked as a solo
Solo (music)
In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...
artist
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
using her married name, Francine Barker. She released three singles in total on the Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
label, including "Angels in the Sky" and "Mister DJ."
Fame retired the act in 1970 when, for personal reasons, he enrolled in the police academy of Washington, D.C. and thereafter joined the city's police department
Police
The police is a personification of the state designated to put in practice the enforced law, protect property and reduce civil disorder in civilian matters. Their powers include the legitimized use of force...
. Peaches & Herb lay dormant until Fame decided to re-enter the music business in 1976. In his search for a new "Peaches," Herb again enlisted the assistance of Van McCoy
Van McCoy
Van Allen Clinton McCoy was an accomplished musician, music producer, arranger, songwriter, and orchestra conductor. He is known best for his 1975 internationally successful song "The Hustle", which is still played in dance halls and on radio to this day more than thirty years since his death...
, who suggested that Linda Greene would be suitable for the position. Fame met Greene and concurred, thereby leading to formation of the most successful of the "Peaches & Herb" incarnations to date.
Fame and Greene recorded seven albums altogether, including one album released only in Argentina.
Their first album, Peaches & Herb, was recorded
Sound recording and reproduction
Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical or mechanical inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects. The two main classes of sound recording technology are analog recording and digital recording...
for MCA Records
MCA Records
MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...
and produced
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
by Van McCoy
Van McCoy
Van Allen Clinton McCoy was an accomplished musician, music producer, arranger, songwriter, and orchestra conductor. He is known best for his 1975 internationally successful song "The Hustle", which is still played in dance halls and on radio to this day more than thirty years since his death...
, but it generated only one charted hit, "We're Still Together." Peaches & Herb signed with MVP/Polydor
Polydor Records
Polydor is a record label owned by Universal Music Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom.-Beginnings:Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and German branches of the Gramophone...
and under the management of Paul J. Cohn, released 2 Hot, which went gold
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
. Its first single was "Shake Your Groove Thing
Shake Your Groove Thing
"Shake Your Groove Thing" is a song by disco duo Peaches & Herb. It reached #2 for four weeks on the Billboard Disco chart in 1978. The single reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #4 on the Billboard R&B Chart.-In pop culture:...
"' which went gold and peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1979. The follow-up single, viewed as the album's "secret weapon" by producer/songwriter Freddie Perren, was the triple platinum hit "Reunited." This song, evoking the 1960s Peaches & Herb hit "United," reached #1 on both the Hot 100 and the Billboard R&B chart
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...
. It was also a chart-topper in Canada
RPM number-one hits of 1979
This is a list of the Canadian RPM magazine number one Top Singles of 1979, based on the publication's top 100 singles lists. identifies Canadian musical acts.Note § - first issue of following year was released 12 January 1980.-See also:...
. "Reunited" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Song of the Year
Grammy Award for Song of the Year
The Song of the Year is one of the four most prestigious awards in the Grammy Awards ceremony, if not in all of the American music industry. It has been awarded since 1959 and unlike the Record of the Year award, which goes to the performer and production team of a single song, Song of the Year...
in 1980. Subsequent releases with Polydor produced several more hits, including the lasting wedding staple, "I Pledge My Love." After changing labels again to the Entertainment Company, Fame and Greene released their seventh album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
in 1983. Scoring only one minor hit, Greene and Fame decided to make no more albums and retired their partnership. Once again, Fame returned to law enforcement and joined the U.S. Marshals Service
United States Marshals Service
The United States Marshals Service is a United States federal law enforcement agency within the United States Department of Justice . The office of U.S. Marshal is the oldest federal law enforcement office in the United States; it was created by the Judiciary Act of 1789...
in 1986 as a deputized court security officer at the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. Greene
returned to her family and, together with her husband Stephen Tavani, went on to release three gospel albums and start the charity WOW (Winning Our World).
While remaining employed at the court, Fame again revived the brand in 1990. For the fourth "Peaches" he chose Patrice Hawthorne, fresh from television exposure on the Natalie Cole-hosted talent show "Big Break." The duo appeared infrequently in concerts, and did not release any recordings. Hawthorne remains a Philadelphia bandleader
Bandleader
A bandleader is the leader of a band of musicians. The term is most commonly, though not exclusively, used with a group that plays popular music as a small combo or a big band, such as one which plays jazz, blues, rhythm and blues or rock and roll music....
of her own orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
, CTO Soho.
Due to unpaid royalties
Royalties
Royalties are usage-based payments made by one party to another for the right to ongoing use of an asset, sometimes an intellectual property...
, Fame's financial state was far from wealthy despite years of hits and selling nine million records with Greene. Thus, in 2001, Fame and Greene hired attorneys Oren Warshavsky and Steven Ames Brown through Artists Rights Enforcement Corporation. The attorneys brought a lawsuit against MVP Records, then headed by Christine Perren. Perren's testimony at trial revealed a series of contradictions in MVP's defense, with the result that Fame and Greene received royalties, income, and a reaffirmation of their artists' rights. Those rights have since been vigorously defended.
Having financial security, Fame would then have been able to leave the court and focus solely on his music career. Instead, he banked significant funds and continued enjoying the work. A fifth "Peaches," Wanda Makle, subsequently performed with Fame in weekend appearances, and in 2008 they were reported to be planning a recording together. Those plans dissolved, and instead Makle was ultimately dropped in favor of the sixth "Peaches," Meritxell Negre
Meritxell Negre
Meritxell Negre is a singer-songwriter, who has also been recognized as the 6th "Peaches" of International R&B/pop duo, Peaches and Herb. Negre, was born in Barcelona, Spain. She was the lead singer in Barcelona’s The Sutton Club Orchestra and was a runner up in the hit TV talent show, El...
from Barcelona, Spain.
Negre, who was introduced to Fame by known producer Bill Davis, is the first-ever non-black "Peaches" and third recording artist to co-record a Peaches and Herb album. Together, Fame and Negre recorded "Colors of Love," the first album from Peaches & Herb since 1983, making her only the third recording artist to co-record a Peaches & Herb album. Combined with Fame’s classic, zesty tenor flair, Negre’s soulful, alto-soprano range seamlessly replaces Linda Greene 25 years after the Peaches & Herb album “Remember.” "Colors of Love" was released in May 2009 by Imagen Records, approximately three months after Negre's stage debut as "Peaches."
LPs / CDs
| Title | Label | Year of Release | Country of Release | Peak Billboard Chart Position* | Peaches: | LP | CD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For Your Love | Date | 1967 | USA | 13 | Francine Barker | LP | - |
| Let's Fall in Love | 30 | LP | - | ||||
| Peaches & Herb | MCA | 1977 | - | Linda Greene | LP | - | |
| 2 Hot 2 Hot 2 Hot! is the an album American vocalist duo Peaches & Herb. The album was issued in 1978.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Andrew Hamilton awarded the album 3 stars stating "Disco jams and sweet ballads are featured on Peaches & Herb's return to the charts after a long absence... This new Peaches... |
MVP / Polydor | 1978 | 2 | LP | CD | ||
| Twice the Fire | 1979 | 31 | LP | - | |||
| Demasiado Candente | Argentina | - | LP | ||||
| Worth the Wait | 1980 | USA | 120 | LP | CD | ||
| Sayin' Something | 1981 | 16 | LP | - | |||
| Remember | The Entertainment Co. / Columbia | 1983 | 204 | LP | - | ||
| Colors of Love | Imagen | 2009 | NA | Meritxell Negre | - | CD |
*Based on Billboard's Hot 100, R&B, and Disco/Dance singles charts. [Source: Billboard Top Pop Hits and Billboard Top R&B Hits by Joel Whitburn;"
Greatest Hits / Best Of / Compilations
| Title | Label | Year of Release | Country of Release | Peak Billboard Chart Position* | Peaches: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greatest Hits | Date | 1968 | USA | 18 | Francine Barker |
| Greatest Hits | Epic | 1979 | - | ||
| Sweathearts of Soul | Origianal Sound Entertainment | 1994 | - | ||
| Reunited: At Their Best | PSM | 1995 | - | Linda Greene | |
| Best of Peaches & Herb | MVP / Polydor | 1996 | - | ||
| Reunited | Rotation / MVP / Polydor | 2001 | EU | - | |
| 20th Century Masters | MVP / Polydor | 2002 | USA | - | |
| Two of a Kind | Collectables | 2005 | - | Francine Barker | |
| Old School Cruzin' With Peaches & Herb | Thump | - | |||
| The Best of Peaches & Herb: Love Is Strange | Epic / Legacy | 2007 | - | ||
| Greatest Hits | Wounded Bird | 2009 | - | ||
| Golden Duets | Wounded Bird | 2009 | - |
*Based on Billboard's Hot 100, R&B, and Disco/Dance singles charts. [Source: Billboard Top Pop Hits and Billboard Top R&B Hits by Joel Whitburn;"
7" Singles / Radio Promos
| Title | Label | Year | Country of Release | US Billboard Chart * | UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... Chart Position # |
NL (Dutch) | Peaches: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close Your Eyes | Date | 1967 | USA | 8 | - | - | Francine Barker |
| For You Love | 20 | - | - | ||||
| Two Little Kids b/w We've Got to Love One Another | 31 | - | - | ||||
| Let's Fall in Love | 21 | - | - | ||||
| Love Is Strange b/w It's True I Love You | 13 | - | - | ||||
| United b/w Thank You | 1968 | 46 | - | - | |||
| Let's Make a Promise b/w Me & You | 75 | - | - | ||||
| The Ten Commandments of Love | 55 | - | - | ||||
| Let Me Be the One b/w I Need Your Love So Desperately | 1969 | 74 | - | - | |||
| When He Touches Me (Nothing Else Matters | 49 | - | - | ||||
| Darling How Long b/w Cupid | - | - | - | ||||
| The Sound of Silence | 1970 | 100 | - | - | |||
| Just a Game, Love b/w Satisfy My Hunger | - | - | - | ||||
| God Save This World | Columbia | 1971 | - | - | - | ||
| I'm Counting on You | MCA | 1977 | - | - | - | Linda Greene | |
| Shake Your Groove Thing Shake Your Groove Thing "Shake Your Groove Thing" is a song by disco duo Peaches & Herb. It reached #2 for four weeks on the Billboard Disco chart in 1978. The single reached #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #4 on the Billboard R&B Chart.-In pop culture:... |
MVP / Polydor | 1978 | 5 | 26 | 22 | ||
| Reunited b/w Easy As Pie | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| Reunited b/w We Got Love | Germany | - | - | - | |||
| We Got Love b/w Four's a Traffic Jam | USA | 44 | - | 14 | |||
| Roller Skatin' Mate | 1979 | 66 | - | - | |||
| I Pledge My Love b/w (I Want Us) Back Together | 19 | - | - | ||||
| Howzabout Some Love b/w Put It There | Spain | - | - | - | |||
| Sacude Tu Alegria b/w Todo Tu Amor | Argentina | - | - | - | |||
| Fun Time | 1980 | USA | - | - | - | ||
| All Night Celebration | - | - | - | ||||
| Hearsay | - | - | - | ||||
| Freeway | 1981 | - | - | - | |||
| Bluer Than Blue | - | - | - | ||||
| Remember | The Entertainment Co. / Columbia | 1983 | - | - | - | ||
| In My World b/w Keep on Smiling | - | - | - |
*Based on Billboard's Hot 100, R&B, and Disco/Dance singles charts. [Source: Billboard Top Pop Hits and Billboard Top R&B Hits by Joel Whitburn;"
# Based on Complete UK Hit Singles 1952 - 2006 published by Collins UK
"I Pledge My Love" also reached number one on the New Zealand Singles Chart for a week in 1980.
12" Singles / Maxi Singles
| Title | Label | Year of Release | Country of Release | Peak Billboard Chart Position* | Peaches: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shake Your Groove Thing | MVP / Polydor | 1978 | USA | - | Linda Greene |
| Roller Skatin' Mate | 1979 | - | |||
| Fun Time | 1980 | - | |||
| Freeway | 1981 | - | |||
| Shake Your Groove Thing (Serious Rope Remixes) | Mother / MVP / Polydor | 1994 | UK | - |
*Based on Billboard's Hot 100, R&B, and Disco/Dance singles charts. [Source: Billboard Top Pop Hits and Billboard Top R&B Hits by Joel Whitburn;"
Legacy
The discoDisco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
song "Shake Your Groove Thing" has featured prominently in many film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
s such as An Extremely Goofy Movie
An Extremely Goofy Movie
An Extremely Goofy Movie is a 2000 American direct-to-video animated film made by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Douglas McCarthy, it is the sequel to A Goofy Movie, featuring the return of characters from the television series Goof Troop...
, Monster, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is a 1994 Australian comedy-drama film written and directed by Stephan Elliott. The plot is based on the journey of three drag queens who travel across the Australian Outback from Sydney to Alice Springs in a tour bus that they have named...
, Connie and Carla
Connie and Carla
Connie and Carla is a 2004 American comedy film directed by Michael Lembeck and starring Nia Vardalos, Toni Collette, and David Duchovny.The film was shot in Vancouver and featured a number of local drag queens.-Plot:...
and Marock
Marock
Marock is the 2005 Moroccan film by the female director Laïla Marrakchi. The movie was very controversial as it deals with a Muslim/Jewish love between two high school mates, Rita and Youri...
, as well as in an advertisement
Advertising
Advertising is a form of communication used to persuade an audience to take some action with respect to products, ideas, or services. Most commonly, the desired result is to drive consumer behavior with respect to a commercial offering, although political and ideological advertising is also common...
campaign by Intel in the late 1990s.
The song was covered by Alvin and the Chipmunks
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Alvin and the Chipmunks is an American animated music group created by Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. in 1958. The group consists of three singing animated anthropomorphic chipmunks: Alvin, the mischievous troublemaker, who quickly became the star of the group; Simon, the tall, bespectacled intellectual;...
with Drew Seeley for their album Undeniable
Undeniable (Chipmunks album)
Undeniable is a 2008 album by The Chipmunks. Its release was connected to the version of the Alvin and the Chipmunks franchise from the 2007 film Alvin and the Chipmunks, but contains no music from the film...
, and again with the Chipettes
The Chipettes
The Chipettes are a fictional group of anthropomorphic chipmunk singers first appearing on the cartoon series Alvin and the Chipmunks in 1983. In this and related materials, the Chipettes served as female featured characters in their own right, starring in numerous episodes...
on the soundtrack
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the licensed soundtrack based on the 2009 film Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel...
for Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel is a 2009 American comedy film directed by Betty Thomas. The film stars Zachary Levi, David Cross, Jason Lee, and the voices of Justin Long, Jesse McCartney, Matthew Gray Gubler, Christina Applegate, Amy Poehler, and Anna Faris...
. Also, the cast of That '70s Show
That '70s Show
That '70s Show is an American television period sitcom that centers on the lives of a group of teenage friends living in the fictional suburban town of Point Place, Wisconsin, from May 17, 1976, to December 31, 1979...
sang it in the episode "That '70s Musical".
In June 2009, rock band Faith No More
Faith No More
Faith No More is an American rock band from San Francisco, California, formed originally as Faith No Man in 1981 by bassist Billy Gould, keyboardist Wade Worthington, vocalist Michael Morris and drummer Mike Bordin. A year later when Worthington was replaced by keyboardist Roddy Bottum, and Mike...
opened their set at Brixton Academy with their own cover of "Reunited" the song alluding to the band's own eleven year break up and subsequent reunion. They subsequently did the same for their headlining slot at Download Festival
Download Festival
The Download Festival is a three day rock music festival held annually at Donington Park, England . It usually takes place in June...
on June 12.
See also
- Music of Washington, D.C.Music of Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C. has been home to many prominent musicians and is particularly known for the musical genres of hardcore punk, bluegrass, and a local funk genre called "go-go". The first major musical figure from D.C. was John Phillip Sousa, a military brass band composer...
- List of Soul Train episodes (seasons 1-9)
- List of artists who reached number one in the United States
- List of acts who appeared on American Bandstand
- List of Polydor Records artists
- List of performers on Top of the Pops
- List of artists who reached number one on the Billboard R&B chart