Pretty Poison

Pretty Poison

Infobox musical artist
Name = Pretty Poison
Background = group_or_band
Origin = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genre = Dance
Years_active = 1984–
Label = Virgin Records
Svengali Records
Associated_acts =
URL =
Current_members = Jade Starling
Whey Cooler
Kaya Pryor Mike Capozzoli
Bobby Corea

Pretty Poison is an electronic dance music group based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Group members areJade Starling - lead vocalist; Whey Cooler - keyboardist/guitarist; Kaya Pryor - Percussionist/keyboardist; Mike Capozzoli - Bassist; Bobby Corea - Drummer; Lou Franco - Guitar.

They charted for the first time in 1984 with the song "Nighttime", which hit number fourteen on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart. In 1987 their song "Catch Me (I'm Falling)" was featured in the Jon Cryer movie "Hiding Out", and with heavy MTV exposure, became a top ten U.S. Billboard Hot 100 hit, peaking at number eight. The song also went to number one on the dance chart. The B-side contained a shorter "Spanish Mix" vocal. A re-recorded version of "Nighttime" became their second Hot 100 hit, climbing to number thirty-six.

Pretty Poison had several more dance chart entries, the most recent being a new version of "Catch Me (I'm Falling)" which hit number forty-three in 1998.

Discography

ingles

*"Nighttime" (1984 Virgin Records)
*"Catch Me (I'm Falling)" (1987 Virgin Records)
*"Nighttime" (1988 Virgin Records)
*"When I Look Into Your Eyes" (1988 Virgin Records)
*"Catch Me I'm Falling '98" (1998 Svengali Records)
*"Better, Better, Be Good To Me" (1997 Svengali Records)

Albums

*"Laced EP" (1983 Svengali Records)
*"Catch Me I'm Falling" (1988 Virgin Records)
*"Greatest Hits vol. 1" (1997 Svengali Records)
*"Euphoria" (1998 Svengali Records)

Remixes

*"Let Freedom Ring" Josh Wink
*"Better, Better, Be Good To Me"

External links

* [http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=pretty_poison&tr=y More detailed info about their releases]
* [http://www.myspace.com/jadeshouse Jade Starling's myspace page]
* [http://www.loufrancoproject.com Lou Franco Project homepages]

ee also

*List of number-one dance hits (United States)
*List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart


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