The Flirts

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The Flirts are a white, female trio from New York who had several dance hits and whose videos were featured on MTV in the early eighties, when the channel was still in its infancy. The trio - Andrea, Holly and Rebecca - are best known for releasing quirky and/or sensual New Wave, Hi-NRG and Dance-pop tunes, one of which was their 1982 hit "Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime)" from their debut album "10 Cents A Dance"'. The single received heavy airplay on MTV and has appeared on several 80's new wave compilation albums. Their singles still gets airplay by some College radio stations. The group was created and masterminded by American Hi-NRG producer, Bobby Orlando aka Bobby O, an artist in his own right.

In 1983-1984 The Flirts toured Europe. The group consisted of original member Rebecca, Linda Jo Rizzo and Jodie Rocco of Milli Vanilli fame.

After the moderate success of 'Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime)', the single "Passion" off the same album as "Jukebox" began to receive some attention in dance clubs. Other singles followed but didn't quite match the success of the previous 2 hits. The Flirts weren't ones to stick around, in the singing sense anyway. With almost every album release, some girls left the group while others stayed. Below is a listing of their albums followed by who was in which release.

1 Discography
- 1.1 Albums
- 1.2 Singles
2 See also

[edit] Discography

Cover of 10 Cents A Dance

[edit] Albums

1982 "10C a Dance": Andrea, Rebecca & Holly
1983 "Born To Flirt": Christina, Debby, Holly
1984 "Made In America": Debby, Christy, Christina
1985 "Blondes Brunettes & Redheads": Tricia, Debby, Christina
1986 "Questions Of The Heart": Geri, Christina, Debby

[edit] Singles

"Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime)"
"Passion"
"Calling All Boys"
"Jungle Rock"
"We Just Want to Dance"
"On The Beach"
"Miss You"
"Boy Crazy"
"Helpess (You Took My Love)"
"Dancing Madly Backwards"
"You and Me"
"New Toy"
"Oriental Boy"
"After Midnight"
"All You Ever Think About Is Sex"

A listing of their albums and singles can be found at: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Flirts,+The

The Flirts' biggest chart success in America is with 'You & Me', which hit #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1985, helped along by an early Shep Pettibone club mix. Another one of their popular dance tracks is "Oriental Boy", noted for its blatant politically incorrect stereotyping of Asians -- in the song, the singer is in love with an Asian man who ultimately leaves her despite her pleading.