Which group were one hit wonders with the 1983 hit 'It's Raining Men'?
"""It's Raining Men"", other hits by the original line-up (which adopted the Weather Girls moniker permanently after the hit) included ""Dear Santa (Bring Me a Man this Christmas)"", for which, as with ""It's Raining Men"", an accompanying music video was made, and ""No One Can Love You More Than Me."" In total, Wash and Rhodes released 5 albums overall, 2 albums recorded as Two Tons (1980's ""Two Tons O' Fun"" and 1981's ""Backatcha"") and a further 3 albums as The Weather Girls (the 1982 album ""Success"", 1985's ""Big Girls Don't Cry"" and 1988's ""The Weather Girls"".) The group disbanded in"
"their own they achieved success with a number of disco-oriented tracks, culminating in the 1982 release ""It's Raining Men"", a worldwide hit which peaked at No. 2 on the UK singles chart, No. 1 in Australia, No. 1 on the Euro Hot 100, No. 46 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, No. 34 on the U.S. R&B chart, and No. 1 on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart. It reached the top ten in numerous other countries. ""It's Raining Men"" still receives regular play in dance clubs and R&B radio, reflecting its status as a classic song from the late-disco"
"Hagen, Robert Plant, Peter Criss, Scandal, Brian Wilson, ""Late Show"" regular Warren Zevon, jazz trumpeter Lew Soloff, jazz saxophonist Lou Marini and bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs. In 1982, he co-wrote ""It's Raining Men,"" with Paul Jabara. It was No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play charts, a No. 2 hit in the UK for The Weather Girls in 1984 and a UK No. 1 remake for Geri Halliwell in 2001. Shaffer and The World's Most Dangerous Band performed the Chuck Berry song ""Roll over Beethoven"" for the 1992 film ""Beethoven"". In 2017, Shaffer reunited with his band,"
"Play chart under the ""Two Tons o' Fun"" name: ""Earth Can Be Just Like Heaven"" (1980); ""Just Us"" (1980 and also made #29 on the US R&B chart); and the Hi-NRG song ""I Got the Feeling"" in 1981. They were brought together by Sylvester as his backing group (from 1977 to 1981), who also gave them the name 'Two Tons O' Fun.' They are best known for their 1982 #1 club and pop hit, ""It's Raining Men"", the recording of which music producer Paul Jabara supervised and from which the name ""The Weather Girls"" was derived. After the success of"
"19-year-old relatively unknown R&B singer named Whitney Houston. The tracks ""It's Raining Men"" and ""Hope"" were both included on the Weather Girls' 1983 debut album ""Success"" and the album also featured a song co-written by Diana Ross and Paul Jabara (""Ladies Hot Line""). Side one Side two Paul Jabara & Friends Paul Jabara & Friends is the fourth studio album by American actor, singer and songwriter Paul Jabara, best known for writing Donna Summer's hit ""Last Dance"" and the Summer/Barbra Streisand duet ""No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)"". The album includes the multimillion-selling single release ""It's Raining Men"" by The"
"The Weather Girls The Weather Girls are an American musical duo formed in San Francisco, California in 1977 as Two Tons O' Fun, the duo, consisting of singers Izora Armstead and Martha Wash, originally served as Sylvester's backup singers. Later changing their name to The Two Tons and finally The Weather Girls, the duo reached their peak in popularity in 1982 with the international hit ""It's Raining Men"", which sold over 6 million copies worldwide and was included the following year in their album ""Success"". The duo disbanded in 1988; however, Armstead premiered a new version of The Weather Girls"
"in 1990, together with her daughter Dynelle Rhodes. Following Armstead's death in 2004, the duo has no original members left. The group consist now of Dynelle Rhodes and Dorrey Lynn Lyles. The original members of the group were Martha Wash and Izora Rhodes (later known by her married name, Izora Armstead). Though the mainstream pop market considers the team a one-hit wonder for ""It's Raining Men"" (though the song did not make the Top 40 in the US, peaking at #46 on the Billboard Hot 100), they recorded three songs which peaked at #2 on the ""Billboard"" Hot Dance Club"
"1982 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, becoming the highest debut on that chart for all of 1982, and peaked at No. 11. The record was a big success on the European charts, reaching the top 10 in Austria, the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, and Switzerland. This was the group's last top 40 hit on the United Kingdom singles chart. The song plays on Fox Networks NASCAR coverage in the USA whenever the rain interrupts activities. It's Raining Again ""It's Raining Again"" is a song recorded by British progressive rock band Supertramp and released as a single from their 1982 album ""…Famous"
"14. The Belle Stars (album) The Belle Stars is the only studio album by the all-female band of the same name released in 1983 (see 1983 in music). The band's eponymous debut album reached number 15 on the UK Albums Chart. The Belle Stars had some success with their single ""Iko Iko"", a cover of The Dixie Cups' 1965 hit. It charted at number 35 in June 1982 on the UK Singles Chart. Seven years later the song became a hit on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart after it was featured in the movie ""Rain Man"", where it peaked at"
"but after ""It's Raining Men"" was offered to Halliwell, the song was released as the first single, and was added to ""Scream if You Wanna Go Faster"". Halliwell's version received positive reviews by music critics, experienced international success and hit the top ten in over two dozen countries around the world, going to number one in several of them, although it did not fare as well on the American charts. However, in the United Kingdom, ""It's Raining Men"" debuted at number-one on the UK Singles Chart and stayed there for two weeks. It became Halliwell's fourth consecutive number-one single in"
"the band, ""There's only one factor left that makes us work. And that factor, I think, we've burned away, with the crucible of time, into something that's actually genuine."" Men at Work, Divinyls, and Hoodoo Gurus, all formed between 1979 and 1981, would go on to be hugely successful worldwide. Men at Work's ""Down Under"" hit number one in Australia, Europe, the UK, Canada, and the United States, and was considered the theme song of Australia's successful showing at the 1983 America's Cup. Hoodoo Gurus, meanwhile, hit it big on the US college circuit—all of their 1980s albums topped the"
"the album peaked at number five in the United Kingdom, and sold 200,000 copies there and was certified gold. It included her cover version of the Weather Girls' 1983 hit, ""It's Raining Men"", was also used on the ""Bridget Jones's Diary"" film soundtrack, and the video game, ""DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution 7thMix"". The song was released as the lead single from the album. ""It's Raining Men"" became a major hit worldwide, it peaked at number one in the United Kingdom and peaked in the top 10 in over 27 countries, becoming Halliwell's biggest hit to date. The song won her"
"Records compilation CD ""RuPaul's Go-Go Box Classics"". VH1 ranked the song at number 35 in their list of the 100 Greatest Dance Songs in 2000 and also at number 35 in their 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the 1980s in 2009. ""Paste Magazine"" ranked the song number 12 in their list of The 60 Best Dancefloor Classics in February 2017. ""It's Raining Men"" ""It's Raining Men... The Sequel"" ""It's Raining Men"" was released on April 30, 2001 as the first single from Geri Halliwell's second solo album, ""Scream if You Wanna Go Faster"". It was also featured as the lead"
"The Belle Stars (album) The Belle Stars is the only studio album by the all-female band of the same name released in 1983 (see 1983 in music). The band's eponymous debut album reached number 15 on the UK Albums Chart. The Belle Stars had some success with their single ""Iko Iko"", a cover of The Dixie Cups' 1965 hit. It charted at number 35 in June 1982 on the UK Singles Chart. Seven years later the song became a hit on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart after it was featured in the movie ""Rain Man"", where it peaked at number"
"It's Raining Again ""It's Raining Again"" is a song recorded by British progressive rock band Supertramp and released as a single from their 1982 album ""…Famous Last Words…"" with credits given to Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson, although as indicated on the album sleeve, it is a Hodgson composition. The end of the song incorporates the old nursery rhyme ""It's Raining, It's Pouring"". All of the voices on the studio version of the track are Hodgson's. In live versions on the accompanying ""Famous Last Words"" tour, John Helliwell and Scott Page sang the lower harmonies on stage while Hodgson sang"
"Martha Wash Martha Elaine Wash (born December 23, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter. Known for her distinctive and powerful voice, Wash first achieved fame as one half of the successful act Two Tons O' Fun who sang backing for American disco singer Sylvester. After gaining their own record deal, they released three consecutive commercially successful songs which all peaked at number 2 in the dance charts. The duo was renamed The Weather Girls in 1982 after they released the multi-platinum single ""It's Raining Men"", which brought the band to mainstream pop attention. As a duo, Two Tons/The Weather Girls released"
"soundtrack of the film ""Rain Man"", starring Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman. The song had been a favourite of Hoffman's. Matthias toured the US to promote the song. Leyton went on to join the all-girl ska band The Deltones in 1984; they released an album on Unicorn Records in 1989. Matthias has recently guested on the ""1973"" and ""Decadent"" albums by Skaville UK, and has more recently formed a new ska band with Lee Thompson from Madness called The Dance Brigade, and is currently performing in her new band 1-Stop-Experience, with Skip McDonald, Paget King and Chico Chigas. She is"
"as the pre-eminent gay anthem. Village People's ""Y.M.C.A."", The Weather Girls's ""It's Raining Men"", Diana Ross' ""I'm Coming Out"" and ""Ain't No Mountain High Enough"", ABBA's ""Dancing Queen"" are classic gay anthems. Mariah Carey's ""Hero"", Ultra Naté's ""Free"", Janet Jackson's ""Together Again"", Cher's ""Believe"", Jessica Simpson's ""I Think I'm in Love with You"" and ""A Public Affair"", Kylie Minogue's ""Spinning Around"" and ""Can't Get You Out of My Head"", Geri Halliwell's ""It's Raining Men"" and ""Ride It"", Dannii Minogue's ""I Begin to Wonder"", Melanie C's ""Never Be the Same Again"" and ""Think About It"", Tamar Braxton's ""Hot Sugar"" and ""My"
"People! People! was a one-hit wonder rock band that was formed in San Jose, California in 1965. Their greatest chart success came with their summer hit single ""I Love You"". The song, written by The Zombies bass guitarist Chris White, rose to number one in Japan (twice), Israel, Australia, Italy, South Africa, and the Philippines, and peaked at No. 14 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in June 1968. At various times, band members have included Robb Levin, Geoff Levin, Albert Ribisi, John Riolo, David Anderson, Larry Norman, Gene Mason, Denny Fridkin, Tom Tucker, Bruce Thomas Eason (as Scott Eason), John"
"for The Rays) and Little Richard's 1957 hit ""The Girl Can't Help It"". More cover versions followed in 1978 with ""Come Back My Love"" (originally recorded by US R&B group The Wrens in 1955), and ""The Boy from New York City"" (originally a US hit for The Ad Libs in 1965). Their next single of 1978 was an original song ""It's Raining"" written by band member Griff Fender (real name Ian Collier). All three of the aforementioned hits reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart and sold a combined total of 1.25 million copies. Following ""It's Raining"" in September"
"Bubbling Under chart.<br> ""Hey Girl"" did not chart on the Hot 100, but hit #104 on the Bubbling Under chart.<br> The 1976 release of ""The Way You Look Tonight"" was a new disco version. The Lettermen The Lettermen are an American male pop vocal trio. The Lettermen's trademark is close-harmony pop songs with light arrangements. The group started in 1959. They have had two Top 10 singles (both #7), 16 Top 10 singles on the Adult Contemporary chart (including one #1), 32 consecutive ""Billboard"" chart albums, 11 gold records, and five Grammy nominations. A Lettermen group was formed in the"
"like ""Say My Name"" in 2000), Kelly Rowland (4 #1 hits like Dilemma in 2002), Kelly Clarkson (3 #1 hits like ""A Moment Like This"" in 2002), rock and roll pioneer Roy Orbison (d.1988) (2 #1 hits like ""Oh, Pretty Woman"" in 1964), country singer Kenny Rogers (2 #1s like ""Islands in the Stream"" in 1983), Christopher Cross (2 #1s like ""Sailing"" in 1980), The Crickets (w/Buddy Holly (d.1959), ""That'll Be the Day"" in 1957), B.J. Thomas (""Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"" in 1970), Janis Joplin (d.1970) (""Me and Bobby McGee"" in 1971, she attended the University of Texas),"
"had only really attained success in Europe and Australia. This changed in March 1984, when they released the single ""People Are People"". The song became a hit, reaching No. 2 in Ireland and Poland, No. 4 in the UK and Switzerland, and No. 1 in West Germany — the first time a DM single topped a country's singles chart — where it was used as the theme to West German TV's coverage of the 1984 Olympics. Beyond this European success, the song also reached No. 13 on the US charts in mid-1985, the first appearance of a DM single on"
"Rats (1978), The Clash (1979), The Jam (1980), The Selecter (1980), UB40 (1981), Girlschool (1981), U2 (1982), Whitesnake (1983), The Alarm (1984), Nina Hagen (1984), The Cure (1985), The Damned (1986), The Pretenders (1987), The Stranglers (1988), Tanita Tikaram (1989), Georgia Satellites (1989), Soundgarden (1990), Bob Dylan (1990), Midnight Oil (1990), Billy Idol (1991), Nirvana (1992), Faith No More (1993), Chris Isaak (1993), Jethro Tull (1993), Aerosmith (1994), Simple Minds (1995), Bon Jovi (1995), Blur (1996), Pulp (1996), Neil Young (1996), David Bowie (1997), Sting (1997), Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (1997), Pet Shop Boys (1997), Beastie Boys (1998),"
"The Fearless Four (band) The Fearless Four (also known as Fearless 4 and Fearless Four) is an American old school hip hop group from Harlem, New York. The group is best known for its 1982 single ""Rockin' It"", which was based on the Kraftwerk track ""The Man-Machine"" and was featured in the 1983 documentary ""Style Wars"". Originally, the Fearless Four was a two-member group called the Houserockers Crew. Later, it reappeared as a six-member group consisting of the Great Peso, Devastating Tito, Mighty Mike C, Krazy Eddie, DLB, and Master OC. In 1983, the group collaborated with rapper Kurtis Blow"
"Paul Jabara & Friends Paul Jabara & Friends is the fourth studio album by American actor, singer and songwriter Paul Jabara, best known for writing Donna Summer's hit ""Last Dance"" and the Summer/Barbra Streisand duet ""No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)"". The album includes the multimillion-selling single release ""It's Raining Men"" by The Weather Girls, written and produced by Jabara in late 1982. The album was reissued on March 13, 1993 ""Paul Jabara & Friends"" was released in 1983 on the CBS Records label, with guest vocalists including The Weather Girls and Leata Galloway. It also features vocals of a"
"Boys Town Gang The Boys Town Gang were a disco and Hi-NRG band from San Francisco, California. Their popularity peaked in the 1980s when the group reached No. 5 on ""Billboard""'s Hot Dance Club Play chart with the single ""Cruisin' the Streets"" and No. 1 in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Spain (No. 4 on the UK Singles chart) with their cover version of ""Can't Take My Eyes Off You"". In 1980, DJ Bill Motley saw an opportunity to form a group that catered to San Francisco's large gay clientele. In his search to form a group, he auditioned hundreds of"
"Hole of Rock and Roll"" on New York’s WFMU. The Gentlemen (Dallas band) The Gentlemen were an American garage rock band from Dallas, Texas who were active from 1964-1968. They are best known for their 1966 song, ""It's a Cry'n Shame,"" which has been recognized as one of the greatest songs in garage rock. The band is noted for the contributions of guitarist and songwriter, Seab Meador. Jimmie Vaughan, later a member the Fabulous Thunderbirds and brother of Stevie Ray Vaughan, served a brief stint for several months in the Gentlemen in late 1965 and early 1966, but did not"
"of the ""Record World"" magazine in the USA. Although it did not reach the number-one on any chart, ""Shining Star"" was The Manhattans's highest charting hit since the worldwide hit ""Kiss and Say Goodbye"" released in 1976. It should not be confused with the song ""Shining Star"" by American band Earth, Wind & Fire, which is a different song from 1975. ""Shining Star"" won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals in 1980. It was the only Grammy Award received by The Manhattans. The B-side of the ""Shining Star""'s 7"" single contains the"
"Rainmakers when they were signed to Polygram by A&R man Peter Lubin. The band's self-titled 1986 debut album received good reviews in the U.S. entertainment media (""Newsweek"" magazine dubbed it ""the most auspicious debut album of the year"") and reached No. 87 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" album chart. The band made a fan of horror author Stephen King, who quoted the band's lyrics in his novels ""The Tommyknockers"" and ""Gerald's Game"". The album, however, achieved its greatest commercial success overseas. In the United Kingdom, the single ""Let My People Go–Go"", (a song based on the American Negro spiritual anthem ""Go"
"The Manhattans The Manhattans are an American popular R&B vocal group. Their work includes million-selling songs ""Kiss and Say Goodbye"" recorded in 1976 and 1980's ""Shining Star"". The Manhattans have recorded 45 chart hits on the Billboard R&B Chart, including twelve top 10 R&B hits in the United States charting on the Billboard chart for the first time in 1965. Sixteen of which reached the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, including two Top 10s and a number 1 hit with their song ""Kiss and Say Goodbye"". Their 1983 song ""Forever by Your Side"" remains especially popular in Brazil thirty years after its"
"The Rembrandts The Rembrandts are an American pop rock duo, formed by Danny Wilde and Phil Solem in 1989. They had previously worked together as members of Great Buildings in 1981. The Rembrandts are best known for ""I'll Be There for You"", which was used as the theme song for the television sitcom ""Friends"", first broadcast in 1994, and for their top-20 single ""Just the Way It Is, Baby"" (1990). Before the foundation of The Rembrandts, Solem and especially Wilde were well-regarded music industry veterans. Wilde was a member of 1970s cult recording act The Quick, and had released several"
"outfits, outgoing personalities and affirmations of equality. Geri Halliwell, in particular, went on to become a gay icon in her own right during her solo career in the 2000s, covering The Weather Girls' classic gay anthem, ""It's Raining Men"". In 2016, Halliwell received the Honorary Gay Award at the annual Attitude Awards. The main single of I Turn to You by Melanie C, which became a gay anthem, was released as the ""Hex Hector Radio Mix"", for which Hex Hector won the 2001 Grammy as Remixer of the Year. Following her ""Ride It"" single in 2004, which became a gay"