Which girl group took 'Robert de Niro's Waiting' to Number 3 in the UK pop charts of 1984?
"group's contemporaneous interviews. ""Billboard"" named the song #74 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time. The music video for ""Robert De Niro's Waiting..."" was directed by Duncan Gibbins and shows Bananarama walking around dark streets, possibly followed by mafia-style clothed men. When it gets to the bridge part of the song, Bananarama member Sara Dallin is shown running along, looking behind her as if being followed. As the video winds down, Sarah and the other two members of Bananarama, Siobhan Fahey and Keren Woodward, are back in their apartment, when the door bell rings. Keren"
"of the group on a red background, except for CDs which had a white background and no pictures. The single was received very positively over most of the world except for North America. In April 1984, it became number three in the United Kingdom, and was within the top 10 in many European and Latin American countries, but only peaked at number 45 on the US charts. The single was certified gold in the UK. MTV and some other US stations refusing to air the video played a role in the low US ranking. The video was finally aired in"
"topics: ""Hotline To Heaven"" (UK#58) is a stand against the drugs-are-cool culture; and ""Rough Justice"" (UK#23) deals with social apathy. The album contained the hit singles, ""Robert De Niro's Waiting...,"" (UK#3) and their first US Top 10 hit, ""Cruel Summer"" (UK#8, US#9) (1983), which was included in the film ""The Karate Kid."" The trio also recorded the single, ""The Wild Life"" (US#70) for a 1984 American film of the same name. Bananarama featured on the Band Aid single, ""Do They Know It's Christmas?,"" and were the only artists to appear on both the original 1984 Band Aid and the 1989"
"which reached No. 7 in the UK Albums Chart. In February 1983, Fun Boy Three released their second album, ""Waiting"", which contained two Top Ten hits: ""The Tunnel of Love"" and ""Our Lips Are Sealed."" The latter was a song Hall had written with Jane Wiedlin, who had already had success in the United States with her group The Go-Go's. In 1984, Hall formed The Colourfield, releasing the album ""Virgins & Philistines"" in 1985, which included the hit single ""Thinking of You."" The album spent seven weeks in the UK chart, peaking at No. 12. This new musical direction would"
"Girls"" (aka ""Delta Pi"", 1985) with Academy Awards winner Ruth Gordon, and the Australian film ""Backstage"". She sang on major national television and radio campaigns for products including Dr Pepper, Coca-Cola and Chrysler, which sponsored her 1985–1986 ""Hold Me"" tour. The year 1984 was the height of the European synthpop era, and ""Self Control"", the title track of Branigan's third album, released in April 1984 became her biggest hit internationally, topping the charts in over six countries, most notably West Germany, where it spent six weeks at No. 1. The original version. recorded a few months earlier in 1984 by"
"Dancing"", which reached number three in the UK singles chart. They also had UK top twenty hits with ""Don't Make Waves"" (1980), ""Gotta Pull Myself Together"" (1980), ""Who's Gonna Rock You"" (1981), ""Attention to Me"" (1981), ""Chemistry"" (1981) and ""Don't Love Me Too Hard"" (1982). In 1981 they won the Tokyo Music Festival with the song ""Sexy Music"". In 1991 the group won a 33rd Japan Record Awards Kikaku-shō (Prize for Planning) for Cover version of Japanese pops. On 5 February 1974 Nolan made her first television appearance with her sisters when she was almost nine years old, as the"
"heavy lyrical content did not prove to be as successful as their prior single (""Robert De Niro's Waiting...""). It peaked at number 23 in the UK singles chart. In Australia, the song failed to chart and it was not released as a single in the United States. ""Rough Justice"" was remixed slightly from its album version when released as a single, most notably in the track's introduction. The music video features the girls preparing for an appearance on a show at a TV studio. The video begins with a young boy dressed in a tuxedo entering the girls' dressing room"
"period it was released a third single from the album: ""Good Enough"". Sirens (British band) Sirens are British girl group from Newcastle upon Tyne, best known for their Top 50 single, ""Baby (Off the Wall)"". The Sirens line-up originally consisted of Karina Brians, Kat Haslam, Lynsey Schofield and Michelle Heaton. Heaton left the band before their debut single was released and was replaced by Lea Cummings. They dubbed themselves Sirens in honour of the infamous Greek myth of three beautiful women (Siren) luring sailors to their deaths by singing to them. Brians left school at 14 to try to make"
"and Fly Girl 3. Two Western Australian hip hop bands, Def Threat and Gangstarr, both released recordings in 1987. The Def Threat EP, Girls Never learn, reached #4 in the WA Independent music charts. Def Threat played a number of gigs over the next 12 months, and then disbanded. Gangstarr survived for a few more years. In the late 1980s, Sound Unlimited Posse joined Sony BMG, thereby becoming the first Australian hip hop group signed on to a major record label. In 1992, they released the first major-label Australian rap album titled, ""A Postcard from the Edge of the Under-side""."
"The Girls of FHM The Girls of FHM was a novelty pop act, manufactured by ""FHM"" magazine. They recorded and released a cover version of Rod Stewart's ""Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"" on 21 June 2004, which undertook a dance remix. It hit number 10 in the UK Singles Chart on 3 July 2004. Profits were donated to Breakthrough Breast Cancer. The video featured Naomi Campbell, Lisa Scott-Lee, Myleene Klass from Hear'Say, the girls from Liberty X, Liz McClarnon (formerly of Atomic Kitten) and Tina Barrett from S Club. Tina's former S Club colleague Hannah Spearritt, Jakki Degg, Jodie Marsh"
"their period of maximum media exposition and chart success. In 1980, ""Sounds"" voted the band second 'Best Newcomer' and Kelly Johnson third 'Best Female Vocalist'. Two years later, ""Kerrang!"" still voted Kelly Johnson second 'Best Female Vocalist' and best 'Female Pin-up'. In that period, British radio stations gladly broadcast Girlschool's singles and the band was also guest of music TV shows, culminating with a performance at ""Top of the Pops"" on April 1981 to promote the single ""Hit and Run"". On the contrary, Girlschool's change of musical style in 1984 and their sudden predilection for the US market were not"
"of the year were Destiny's Child whose success grew massively over the year. ""Say My Name"" and ""Jumpin' Jumpin'"" quickly became Top 5 hits for the group; however they scored their first UK No. 1 with ""Independent Woman"" – was at No. 1 in the US for 11 weeks – taken from the soundtrack to the new hit film ""Charlie's Angels"". Their success was to continue to grow over the next year. English girl group Sugababes scored their first hit single with ""Overload'"" which peaked at number 6. Their debut album produced three more Top 40 hits. British female singers"
"that country. Dash indicates did not chart in that country. <small>Notes: The Nolans The Nolans are an Irish/British girl group who formed in 1974 as The Nolan Sisters, before changing their name in 1980. They are best known for their hit single ""I'm In the Mood for Dancing"". Released in December 1979, the song reached number three in the UK in February 1980 and topped the Japanese charts in November 1980. Five of the sisters, Anne, Denise, Maureen, Linda, and Bernie, became regular guest performers on numerous television shows in the UK in the 1970s and supported Frank Sinatra on"
"the ‘style bible’, ""The Face"" magazine. He had just formed a group called Fun Boy 3 and contacted them to ask if they would sing on some tracks on their new album. The single release ""‘T’Aint What You Do’"" became a top 5 hit, propelling Bananarama into the limelight. Dallin, Fahey and Woodward formed Bananarama and released their first single ""Aie a Mwana"" in 1981. The trio went on to have a string of top 10 hits in the UK, including ""Shy Boy"" (1982), ""Robert De Niro's Waiting"" (1984) and ""Love in the First Degree"" (1987). They also achieved international"
"topped the UK Singles Chart on 7 April 2013. At the age of eight, Amy moved to the United Kingdom after her mother's hair salon was burned to the ground and life in Sierra Leone became too dangerous. Growing up in the Catford area of southeast London, Amy formed her own playground version of American group Destiny's Child, named Independent Girls; before realising that—much like Beyoncé—she preferred the spotlight solely on her. From there she joined the Sedgehill School choir, taking lead on choral renditions of songs by Rihanna and Justin Timberlake, before being introduced to fellow teenage prodigy, MNEK."
"Delage (band) Delage was a British girl group, with four members (named Rhonda, Karena, Charlotte and Judy) promoted by the record producers, Stock Aitken Waterman. The initial promo pressings of their first single carried the group name ""Dazzle"", but it was later changed to ""Delage"". Their first single issued in December 1990, was a cover of The Hues Corporation hit, ""Rock the Boat"", backed with the Stock Aitken Waterman penned, ""I Wanna Be Your Everything"". It reached No. 63 in the UK Singles Chart. Soon after the release of the single, Judy and Charlotte left the band and two new"
"line-up of June, Ruth, and Anita, winning two more Grammys for the top 10 hits ""Jump (for My Love)"" (1984) and ""Automatic"" (1984). The group's other U.S. top 10 hits are ""Fire"" (1979), ""He's So Shy"" (1980), ""Slow Hand"" (1981), the remixed version of ""I'm So Excited"" (1984) and ""Neutron Dance"" (1985). June Pointer, the youngest sister, struggled with drug addiction for much of her career, leaving the group in April 2004 and dying from extensive cancer in April 2006, at the age of 52. She was replaced by Ruth's daughter Issa Pointer. This trio had a number two hit"
"Leading Ladies (group) The Leading Ladies are a British-American girl group/supergroup formed in London, England in 2017. The group consists of three leading women from the London West End stage; American singer and actress Amber Riley, who starred in ""Dreamgirls"", British soul singer Beverley Knight, who featured in ""The Bodyguard"", ""Memphis"" and ""Cats"" and British theatre star Cassidy Janson, who took the leading role in """". The idea for forming Leading Ladies came after Beverley Knight was approached by her label East West to record a musicals themed album. She was not sold on the idea of recording a solo"
"in 1984, when they re-released ""Thinking of You"" and ""Lost in Music"" in the UK, the latter peaking at No. 4. The following year saw the release of their 7th studio album ""When the Boys Meet the Girls"" and continued success in the UK. Released by Atlantic Records, lead single ""Frankie"" hit the top spot on the UK Singles Chart, spending four weeks at No. 1 and consequently going Gold. In 1989, Kathy pursued a solo career while still active as Sister Sledge for certain shows. Debbie, Joni and Kim continued to perform as Sister Sledge and in 1992 collaborated"
"was then released with ""Don't Stop Now"" as the B-Side. After the release of this single, Margo Urban left the group and was replaced by Michelle Valentine. The group's third studio album, ""Here It Is"", released in 1992, features for the first time two lead singers, Escalera and Valentine, and produced the group's most recent hit, a cover version of the Rose Royce 1978 song ""Wishing on a Star"". The Cover Girls' version of this song became its second Top 10 pop hit when it peaked at #9 in the summer of 1992. The song also reached the Top 40"
"of the song ""Hollywood Tease"", which peaked at No. 50 in the UK Singles Chart in April 1980. Gaynor left in 1981, to be replaced by former Gillan/Broken Home drummer Pete Barnacle. However, following several live dates with the band, Barnacle himself was replaced by Bryson Graham during the recording of the next album. Both Barnacle and Graham appear on Girl's second album ""Wasted Youth"" which was released in 1982 and reached number 92 in the UK. Pete Bonas replaced Phil Collen, who left to join Def Leppard, though the band broke up soon after. Girl still have six albums"
"Pete Waterman has said in interviews that the trio were still in dire financial straits at the time. This success and the trio's sound attracted the attention of girl group Bananarama. Group member Siobhan Fahey wanted to record a cover version of Shocking Blue's hit song ""Venus"". The result was a pop/Hi-NRG reworking which became a worldwide chart hit, reaching No. 1 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart on 6 September 1986, and reaching the top 10 in the UK and many other countries. Bananarama went on to make Stock, Aitken and Waterman their main producers, and would collaborate"
"The Jets, Debbie Gibson, Tiffany, Martika, New Kids on the Block and Kylie Minogue. In the early 1990s, teen pop dominated the charts until grunge and gangsta rap crossed over into the mainstream in North America by late 1991. Teen pop remained popular in the United Kingdom with the boy band Take That during this period, until the mid-1990s when Britpop became the next major wave in the UK, eclipsing the style similar to how grunge did in North America. In 1996 the girl group Spice Girls released their single ""Wannabe"", which made them major pop stars in the UK,"
"""Cruel Summer"" (1983), ""Robert De Niro's Waiting..."" (1984), ""Venus"" (1986) and ""Love in the First Degree"" (1987). In 1986, they had a U.S. number one with another of their UK Top 10 hits, a cover of ""Venus"". In total, they had 11 singles reach the U.S. ""Billboard"" Hot 100 (1983–88), including two more in the Top 10, with ""Cruel Summer"" (1984) and ""I Heard a Rumour"" (1987). They are associated with the MTV-driven Second British Invasion of the US, and featured on the 1984 Band Aid single, ""Do They Know It's Christmas?"". They topped the Australian ARIA albums chart in"
"suitable singers for the group. Shirley had been involved with the UK heats for Eurovision for a number of years and would go on to form ""Bucks Fizz"", ""Gem"" and ""Bardo"". The song was also offered to Chase, however she refused it. Finally it was offered to the UK girl band Cats U.K. The lead singer was Bea Rowley who, as a leading TV dancer who had worked with many of the major choreographers of the 1980s including Geoff Richer, Nigel Lithco and Arlene Phillips. The band also included Deena Payne (who coincidentally went on to appear with Chase in"
"from ""The Bodyguard"" and ""Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"" from ""Meet Me in St. Louis"". The discography of the British-American girl group Leading Ladies consists of one studio album and two singles. Leading Ladies (group) The Leading Ladies are a British-American girl group/supergroup formed in London, England in 2017. The group consists of three leading women from the London West End stage; American singer and actress Amber Riley, who starred in ""Dreamgirls"", British soul singer Beverley Knight, who featured in ""The Bodyguard"", ""Memphis"" and ""Cats"" and British theatre star Cassidy Janson, who took the leading role in """". The"
"""Uptown Girl"" (a cover of the Billy Joel 1983 UK #1) and ""Queen of My Heart"". By the end of the year, they had accumulated a total of 9 No. 1 singles on the UK chart, putting them side by side with the Spice Girls & ABBA. Their 3rd album, entitled ""World Of Our Own"", topped the UK albums chart for 1-week. ABC aired a talent show, ""Making The Band"", in which by the public vote, boyband O-Town were picked as winners. Their debut single, ""Liquid Dreams"" peaked at No. 3 in the UK and their follow-up, ""All Or Nothing"","
"Paradiso Girls The Paradiso Girls were a girl group created by Robin Antin, and were a European spin-off of Antin's other girl group The Pussycat Dolls. The members come from a number of countries: Chelsea Korka from the United States, Aria Crescendo from France, Lauren Bennett and Kelly Beckett from the United Kingdom and Shar Mae Amor from the Philippines. They were signed to Interscope Records. Their debut single ""Patron Tequila"" featuring Lil Jon and Eve was released on May 12, 2009 and reached position 3 on the ""Billboard"" Hot Dance Club Play. Following uncertainty from their label, the group"
"the girls' third studio album, reaching a disappointing number 23 in the UK and spending only three weeks in the UK Top 75, but featured the top-ten hits, ""All Fired Up"" and ""Notorious"" as well as single, ""My Heart Takes Over"". In December 2011, the group went on their first headlining arena tour, the ""All Fired Up Tour!"" The first single from their fourth studio album ""30 Days"", which was released in May 2012, peaked at number seven. Later in the year, they temporarily moved from London to Los Angeles in the hope of breaking America. To help increase their"
"featuring in the top 20 of many European countries, including top ten in the UK and top five in France. Towards the end of 1983 however, it seemed that the group's success was beginning to dim as singles ""London Town"" and ""Rules of the Game"" failed to reach the top twenty — their first singles to miss. Along with these came the group's ""Greatest Hits"" album, which, whilst it reached the top thirty and remained on the charts for three months, fell short of expectations. Early in 1984, the group decided to take time out of the public eye, fearing"
"London Girls ""London Girls"" is a song by Chas & Dave from the album ""Job Lot"", which was released as a single on 13 February 1983 and entered the UK Singles Chart at number 99. The song stayed in the charts for 9 weeks and peaked at number 63 on 26 March 1983. The song was written in 1980 in a writing session with Dave Peacock in a cottage in Ashton, East Northamptonshire. Tori Amos recorded a cover of ""London Girls"" in 1996 during the ""Boys for Pele"" album sessions; it was released as a b-side on her maxi single"
"Hear'Say, the winners of ITV's ""Popstars"". In December 2013, the band reformed to take part in the second series of ITV2's ""The Big Reunion"", and performed a one-off concert in March 2014 Girl Thing Girl Thing were an English-Dutch girl group, consisting of members Jodi Albert, Anika Bostelaar, Linzi Martin, Michelle Barber and Nikki Stuart. They were formed in 1998 by Simon Cowell and were originally intended to rival the Spice Girls, but their success was minor and short-lived. They sold 2 million records worldwide before disbanding in 2001. The group reformed in 2013 for the second series of ""The"
"the UK Singles Chart), but it was the third single, ""When Will I See You Again"", that propelled the trio into the mainstream. It topped the UK Chart for two weeks in August 1974 (the first time this had been achieved by an all-female group since The Supremes in 1964,) and became the fourth best-selling single of the year. It also reached #2 in the US, where it sold over two million copies and earned the trio a gold record in December 1974 (at that time, Platinum certifications has not been assigned to singles). The Three Degrees also recorded two"