The Belle Stars (album)
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| Studio album by The Belle Stars | ||||
| Released | January 1983 | |||
| Recorded | Trident Studios and Mayfair Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 38:53 | |||
| Label | Stiff | |||
| Producer | Peter Collins, Brian Tench, Pete Wingfield | |||
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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.[2] 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.[2] 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 14.[3]
Track listing
All songs by The Belle Stars unless noted.
- "Sign of the Times" - 2:52
- "Ci Ya Ya" - 2:40
- "The Clapping Song (Clap Pat Clap Slap)" (Lincoln Chase) - 3:11
- "Indian Summer" - 3:43
- "Harlem Shuffle" (Earl Nelson, Bob Relf) - 3:17
- "The Reason" - 3:57
- "Iko Iko" (Rosa Lee Hawkins, Joan Marie Johnson, Sharon Jones, Jesse Thomas) - 3:00
- "Baby I'm Yours" - 3:36
- "Mockingbird" (Inez Foxx, Charlie Foxx) - 3:22
- "The Snake" (Oscar Brown, Jr.) - 3:16
- "Burning" - 3:21
- "Needle in a Haystack" (William "Mickey" Stevenson, Norman Whitfield) - 2:38
Personnel
Band members
- Jennie McKeown - lead vocals
- Sarah-Jane Owen - lead and wah-wah guitar
- Stella Barker - rhythm and acoustic guitar
- Clare Hirst - tenor saxophone and keyboards
- Miranda Joyce - alto saxophone
- Lesley Shone - bass
- Judy Parsons - drums
Additional musicians
- Martin Ditcham, Graham Broad - percussion
Production
- Peter Collins - producer on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 11
- Phil Chapman, Pete Hammond, Julian Mendelsohn, Phil Harding - engineers on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 11
- Brian Tench - producer and engineer on tracks 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12
- Pete Wingfield - producer on track 6
- Alvin Clark - engineer on track 6
References
- ↑ "Belle Stars - The Belle Stars". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2015-06-11.
- 1 2 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19 ed.). Guinness World Record. p. 53. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ↑ Withburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (6 ed.). New York City: Watson-Guptill. p. 57. ISBN 0-8230-7632-6.
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