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Exposé is a Latin freestyle pop-dance trio of the 1980s. Record producer and songwriter Lewis A. Martineé formed an all-female vocal trio called Exposé in 1984; he hired Sandra Casanas ("Sandeé"), Aléjandra Lorenzo ("Alé"), and Laurie Miller to be in the group's lineup. The next year, they recorded "Point of No Return" (with Lorenzo singing lead) which became a huge club/dance hit. The year after, they recorded and released another club/dance single entitled "Exposed to Love" (also with Lorenzo on lead) with great success. This led to their signing with Arista Records. But shortly thereafter, Casanas was fired, and Lorenzo quit to pursue other ambitions; they were replaced by Jeanette Jurado and Gioia Bruno. Before the completion of their debut album, Miller left the group due to personal and business problems and began a solo career; she was replaced by Ann Curless.

Toward the end of 1986, the group released their debut album Exposure (which still consisted of background vocals done by the original members). Led by the huge pop/dance hit "Come Go With Me," this album proved to be one of the most successful dance albums ever released, going multi-platinum. In 1987, a re-recorded version of "Point of No Return" was released (with Jurado performing lead vocals); while the first few thousand copies of Exposure contained the original version of that song, subsequent pressings contained the new version. "Let Me Be the One" followed next and performed well on both the Pop charts and R&B charts, and Exposé established a distinction from other "girl groups" with this single. As Bruno performed lead vocals for this song, it soon became apparent that each member would alternate singing lead vocals to each song as opposed to maintaining one lead singer for the group. Their biggest hit occurred in the winter of 1988 with the single "Seasons Change," along with that came a Soul Train Award nomination for Best New Artist.

During their peak, Exposé had to fight problems behind the scenes. Similar to the girl groups of the sixties, the members of Exposé had a restrictive contract, and there were reports in the media of backstage battles and threats of lawsuits. Reportedly, the record label intervened to keep peace between the members and the producers.

Their second album, What You Don't Know (1989), went gold and proved to be almost as much of a success as their debut. The success of Exposé in the U.S. lead to a lot of similar girl groups being created by producers and existing ones being signed to labels. Shortly after the success of the singles "What You Don't Know" and "When I Looked at Him," the release of the single "Tell Me Why," made history for the group when they became the first girl group to have 7 back-to-back Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. "Your Baby Never Looked Good in Blue" and "Stop, Listen, Look & Think" soon followed afterwards.

In the middle of 1990, while touring with Exposé, Bruno began having throat problems - later linked to a benign tumor on her vocal chords - and which caused the group to cut the tour short. The group took a little bit of time off from their schedule in hopes that she would recover. Ultimately, Bruno lost her voice and she was replaced by Kelly Moneymaker in 1992.

That same year, the group released their third album Exposé, which integrated more adult-contemporary material in addition to their established Freestyle, House, R&B, Pop and love ballad repertoire. The album was not as commercially successful as their previous albums, and several singles fared better on the adult-contemporary charts. They did manage to crack the U.S. Top 40 pop chart with "I Wish the Phone Would Ring" and "I'll Never Get Over You Getting Over Me," which also reached #1 on the adult-contemporary chart. Subsequent releases "As Long As I Can Dream" and "In Walked Love" featured Curless in the lead vocal spotlight. In 1995, they recorded the Diane Warren-penned song "I'll Say Good-Bye for the Two of Us" for the soundtrack of the film Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home; that same year, the song was issued on Greatest Hits.

Toward the end of 1995, Arista dropped the group, and the members disbanded at the beginning of 1996 to pursue their own projects. However, over time, BMG has released two other variations of Greatest Hits collections, as well as a collection of popular remixes from their 12-inch singles.

After the group disbanded, Jurado performed in the stage play "Mad Hatter," supplied vocals for Jazz artists and remained regionally active on the West Coast; Kelly Moneymaker is married to soap opera actor Peter Reckell and released two albums (Like a Blackbird and Through these Basement Walls); while Curless supplied vocals to several club/dance projects and provided academic instruction on music and the music business. In 1997, Bruno fully recovered from her throat tumor and began singing again. After a small stint with the band Wet, she worked on a solo career focused mostly on dance-oriented material. Her first album, Expose This, was released in the Spring of 2004.

Moneymaker, Jurado and Curless during an autograph session after the first show at the Mid State Fair (Paso Robles, CA) in 2003

On August 1, 2003, the lineup of Curless, Jurado, and Moneymaker reunited briefly for a reunion concert at the Mid State Fair in Paso Robles, CA.

On August 12, 2006 -- At Jeanette Jurado's MySpace Page [1], Exposé has signed with a major booking agency, and have added their first concert date since 2003.

On August 19, 2006 -- It has been confirmed that Gioia Bruno will be back with Exposé for the first time in 16 years. [2] [3]

On October 12, 2006, it was announced that Exposé will return on October 21, 2006 at the AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami. Exposé will be scheduled to perform as part of the "Freestyle Explosion" concert. This performance will include the return of Gioia Bruno with Exposé for the first time in 16 years. [4] [5] [6]

The first official full length concert listed is on November 29, 2006 at the Potawatomi Casino's Northern Lights Theatre in Milwaukee, WI.

A full tour is planned for 2007. Kelly Moneymaker will be showing up for some of the shows also.[7] [8]

[edit] Discography

Albums

• 1987: Exposure
• 1989: What You Don't Know
• 1992: Exposé

Compilations

• 1995: Greatest Hits
• 1999: Master Hits
• 2001: The Encore Collection: Seasons Change
• 2002: Exposé's Greatest Dance Mixes

[edit] Singles

[edit] See also

• List of number-one hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the Hot 100 (U.S.)
• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart

[edit] External links

• The Exposé Epistle On-Line
• Official Press Release Stating Return of Exposé -- Includes downloadable Podcast featuring Bruno, Curless, and Jurado
• Part one of Gioia Bruno Interview with John R. Troy of Exposé Epistle
• Part two of Gioia Bruno Interview with John R. Troy of Exposé Epistle
• Laurie Miller's official site
• Kelly Moneymaker's official site
• Kelly Moneymaker's MySpace site
• Video for "Come Go With Me"
• Video for "Point Of No Return"
• Video for "Let Me Be The One"
• Video for "Seasons Change"
• Video for "Seasons Change" (Live Version in Concert)
• Video for "What You Don't Know"
• Video for "When I Looked At Him
• Video for "Tell Me Why"
• Video for "Your Baby Never Looked Good In Blue
• Video for "I Wish The Phone Would Ring"
• Video for "I'll Never Get Over You (Getting Over Me)"
• Video for "As Long As I Can Dream"