- The Cover Girls
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The Cover Girls Origin New York City, New York, United States Genres Freestyle, Pop, Urban contemporary Years active 1987–1996, 2001–present Labels Fever Records
Capitol/EMI Records
Epic/SME RecordsMembers Evelyn Escalera (1990-1996, 2001-present)
Lorraine Munoz (2001-present)
Sabrina Nieves (2001-present)Past members Angel Clivillés (1987–1990)
Caroline Jackson (1987–1993)
Sunshine Wright (1987–1988)
Margo Urban (1988-1992)
Michelle Valentine (1992-1996)The Cover Girls is a New York City-based freestyle-urban-dance-pop girl group that achieved the majority of its chart success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Among the group's best-known songs are "Show Me", "We Can't Go Wrong", and "Wishing on a Star".
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Origins
The Cover Girls began its musical career in the late 1980s at a time when other American and British girl groups such as Exposé, Bananarama, Seduction, Sweet Sensation, and Company B were scoring hit singles on the pop and dance charts. The group was formed by music promoter and dance club owner Sal Abbatiello[1] and was originally composed of singers Angel Sabater, Caroline Jackson, and Sunshine Wright. The increased popularity of freestyle music, a Latin-influenced form of electronic dance music, played an influential role in the style of the group's initial recordings.
Chart success
The Cover Girls released their first album, Show Me, in late 1987. Five singles were released from this album, including the Top 40 Billboard Hot 100 hits "Because of You" and "Promise Me". The title track of the album was released as a 12-inch single prior to the album's release and was a Top-5 hit on the US dance chart. The group's second album, We Can't Go Wrong, was released in 1989 and included the song "My Heart Skips a Beat" (pop Top-40, dance Top-5) as well as the title track, which was the group's first Top-10 pop hit in early 1990, peaking at #8. The single "Don't Stop Now"[2] was released in 1991. This was Evelyn Escalera's first recording with the group. The group's third studio album, Here It Is, released in 1992, produced the group's most recent pop hit, a cover version of the Rose Royce 1978 song "Wishing on a Star", with new co-lead singer Michelle Valentine. The Cover Girls' version of this song became its second Top-10 pop hit when it peaked at #9 in the summer of 1992. The song also reached the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart that same year.
Personnel changes
In late 1988, Wright decided to leave the group and was replaced by Margo Urban. In 1990, while The Cover Girls were the opening act on the New Kids on the Block tour, Sabater embarked on a solo career; singer Evelyn Escalera was hired to replace her. Then in 1992, Urban left the group and was replaced by Michelle Valentine, leaving Jackson as the sole original member. By the time they released their fourth studio album, Satisfy, in 1996, the majority of the lead vocals were being performed by Valentine with new singers Damie, Gayle, and Sheila. The current line-up of The Cover Girls is Escalera, Lorraine Munoz and Sabrina Nieves. It is unknown whether a fifth studio album will be released.
Former member Sabater released her solo debut album, Angel, in 2000. Sabater still tours singing Cover Girls songs under the name "Angel (The Original Cover Girl)".
In November 2008, Evelyn Escalera released her first solo single. It's a cover of the Mariah Carey Christmas classic "All I want for Christmas Is You" Its available on iTunes, under her new pseudonym Evelyn DeMille.
Discography
Studio albums
Year Album Chart positions[3] Record label US US
R&B1987 Show Me 64 74 Fever 1989 We Can't Go Wrong 108 — Capitol 1992 Here It Is — — Epic 1996 Satisy — — Quality "—" denotes the album failed to chart Compilation albums
Year Album Chart positions Record label US US
R&B1998 Greatest Hits — — Warlock "—" denotes the album failed to chart Singles
Year Single Chart positions[3] Album US US
R&BUS
DanceUK[4] 1987 "Show Me" 44 34 4 — Show Me "Spring Love" 98 82 — — "Because of You" 27 47 16 — 1988 "Promise Me" 40 — — — "Inside Outside" 55 — 12 — 1989 "My Heart Skips a Beat" 38 — 4 — We Can't Go Wrong "We Can't Go Wrong" 8 — — — 1990 "All That Glitters Isn't Gold" 49 — 18 — 1991 "Don't Stop Now" 63 — — — Here It Is "Funk Boutique" 55 — 8 — 1992 "Wishing on a Star" 9 19 7 38 "Thank You" 75 — — — 1993 "If You Want My Love (Here It Is)" 125 — 8 — 1996 "I Am Woman" — — — — Satisfy "I Need Your Lovin'" — — — — "—" denotes the single failed to chart References
- ^ Biography of group at feverrecords.com
- ^ Viktor Reznikov
- ^ a b "The Cover Girls US chart history". billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/the-cover-girls/chart-history/4360. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
- ^ "The Cover Girls UK Chart History". chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=6565. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
External links
Categories:- Musical groups from New York
- American girl groups
- American dance music groups
- Freestyle musicians
- Capitol Records artists
- Epic Records artists
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