Weather Girls

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The Weather Girls
Background information
Died Izora Armstead 2004
Genre(s) Hi-NRG, Urban, Dance-pop
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriters
Instrument(s) Vocals
Years active 1982 - Present
Label(s) Columbia (1982-1989), Thirty-7 Recordings (2005-Present)
Associated
acts		 The Mary Jane Girls

The Weather Girls were an American girl group that formed in 1982.


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[edit] Career

The members were Martha Wash and Izora Armstead. They are best known for their 1982 hit "It's Raining Men". Although the group is considered a one hit wonder by the mainstream pop market, they were previously known as Two Tons O' Fun, under which name they recorded the number 2 American Billboard Club Play chart hit "Earth Can Be Just Like Heaven" (1980) and the number 29 American R&B chart hit "Just Us" (1980). They also had another sizable hit with Hi-NRG song "I Got The Feeling" in 1981. They also backed Sylvester. The Weather Girls scored another popular hit in 1983 or 1984 with the with the song, "Dear Santa (Bring Me a Man this Christmas)" for an accompanying music video was made. The chart peak information for this single is undetermined.

In addition, Wash recorded various other hit singles under her own name and as a (sometimes uncredited) vocalist for such artists as Black Box and C+C Music Factory.

The current members of the group are sisters Dynelle Rhodes and Ingrid Arthur, who are the daughters of Armstead, who died in 2004. The released a new Weather Girls album titled, Totally Wild in late 2005. It scored a huge underground club hit with "Wild Thang." Like the original Weather Girls, the duo has proven very successful with its gay male core audience.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Year Album
1983 Success
1985 Big Girls Don't Cry
1988 Weather Girls
1995 Think Big
1999 Double Tons Of Fun
2005 Totally Wild

[edit] Partial Singles Chart Success

Year Single Club Play Singles Pop Singles Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks
1982 It's Raining Men #1 46 30
1985 No one Can Love You More Than Me 26 - -
1985 Well-A-Wiggy - - 76

[edit] Others Singles by the Weather Girls

  • "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair"
  • "Success"
  • "Dear Santa (Bring Me a Man This Christmas)"
  • "Big Girls Don't Cry"
  • "Love You Like a Train"
  • "Land of the Believer"
  • "Laughter in the Rain"
  • "Can You Feel It"
  • "Sounds of Sex"
  • "Wild Thang"

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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