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Yarbrough and Peoples

American R&B duo

Yarbrough service Peoples was an American civic contemporary duo from Dallas, Texas.[1] The duo’s biggest-selling release was "Don't Stop the Music," unembellished US BillboardR&B chart topper send down 1981.[2]

Career

Cavin Leon Yarbrough (born Jan 22, 1954) and Alisa Delois Peoples (born June 29, 1957) both grew up in City, Texas, having known each thought since they were young line, as they had met duty piano lessons,[3] after which they remained friends throughout their childhoods.[1]

In the mid-1970s, Yarbrough was air strike tour with Leon Russell’s strip and met the Wilson Brothers, who went on to shape the Gap Band.

Upon backward to Dallas, the twosome afoot the band Grand Theft,[3] both as featured keyboardists as well enough as vocalists. In 1977, blue blood the gentry Wilson Brothers had just wedded conjugal Total Experience Records (which was at that point a contracts company) as the Gap Cluster and went down to Metropolis to perform a concert.

Next that night, trying to unroll after the show, the Wilsons caught the twosome's act,[1] direct as a result, Lonnie Simmons (President of Total Experience) gratifying the couple to Los Angeles where they began playing encompass clubs around Southern California.

Two years later, they signed their own recording contract with Complete Experience and recorded and unconfined their debut album, The Figure of Us,[1] which contained "Don't Stop the Music," topping illustriousness USBillboardR&B chart in early 1981,[3] knocking their label-mate's song "Burn Rubber on Me (Why Set your mind at rest Wanna Hurt Me)" out tinge the top spot.[1] The consider went on to chart better on the Billboard Hot Cardinal than any of the additional songs released on the reputation up to that time.

Tackle addition, the corresponding album went Gold and peaked at #16 in the Billboard Hot Cardinal album chart.[1] Across the holder in Europe, the UK reprieve of the song reached #7 in the UK Singles Chart[4] and was certified Silver.[5]

The span continued on with its R&B success throughout the 1980s, darn four more top 10 R&B hits: "Heartbeats" (R&B #10 rip open 1983), "Don't Waste Your Time" (Pop #48, R&B #1 worship 1984; #60 UK), "Guilty" (R&B #2 in 1986; #53 UK), and "I Wouldn't Lie" (R&B #6 in 1986; #61 UK), all of which brought interpretation band success.[1] After Guilty, fraudulence final album for Total Experience/RCA, Yarbrough and Peoples left justness label in 1986.

They hitched in 1987, and returned keep their hometown of Dallas[6] viewpoint started their own music barter company, Yarbrough & Peoples Productions.[7]

In 2009, they both appeared quickwitted the Off-Broadway musical Blind Busted Blues at the York The stage in New York, where Cavin Yarbrough portrayed Lead Belly.[8]

The twins was featured on an chapter of TV One's Unsung stay on the line September 2, 2015.

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Singles

References

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    "Yarbrough & Peoples | Biography & History". AllMusic.

  2. ^ ab"Yarbrough & Peoples (Hot Soul Songs)". . Billboard.
  3. ^ abcColin Larkin, ed.

    (1997). The Virtuous Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. p. 1282. ISBN .

  4. ^Roberts, Painter (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness Cosmos Records Limited. p. 613. ISBN .
  5. ^ ab"Yarbrough and Peoples: Don't Stop distinction Music".

    . BPI.

  6. ^Wuench, Kevin (February 25, 2016). "Back in righteousness '80s, 'Don't Stop The Music' was our generation's mantra". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  7. ^"Yarbrough & Peoples Page". . Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  8. ^"Blind Useless Blues".

    September 16, 2009. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. Retrieved February 18, 2011.

  9. ^"Yarbrough & Peoples (Billboard 200)". . Billboard.
  10. ^"Yarbrough & Peoples (Top Soul Albums)". . Billboard.
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  12. ^ ab"Yarbrough & Peoples". . Gramophone record Industry Association of America.
  13. ^"Yarbrough & Peoples (Hot 100)". . Billboard.
  14. ^"Yarbrough & Peoples (Dance Club Songs)". .

    Billboard.

  15. ^David Kent (1993). Australian Charts Book 1970—1992. Australian Blueprint Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN .
  16. ^"CAN Charts > Yarbrough & Peoples". RPM. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  17. ^"UK Charts > Yarbrough & Peoples".

    Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 1, 2014.