The Weather Girls

Infobox Musical artist
Name = The Weather Girls


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Alias = Two Tons O' Fun
Origin = United States
Instrument = Vocals
Genre = Hi-NRG, Urban, Dance-pop
Years_active = 1982–present
Label = Columbia (1982–1989), Thirty-7 Recordings (2005–present)
Associated_acts = The Mary Jane Girls
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The Weather Girls are an American girl group that formed in 1982.

Career

The original members were Martha Wash and Izora Armstead. They are best known for their 1982 #1 club and pop 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 three songs which peaked at #2 on the "Billboard" Hot Dance Club Play chart: "Earth Can Be Just Like Heaven" (1980); "Just Us" (1980 and also made #29 on the US R&B chart); and the Hi-NRG song "I Got The Feeling" in 1981. They also backed Sylvester and Bob Seger (1986). After the success of "It's Raining Men", other hits with the original line-up included "Dear Santa (Bring Me a Man this Christmas)" (for which an accompanying music video was made) and "No One Can Love You More Than Me".

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

In 2008, the Weather Girls were listed as featured artists on the song, "Break You" by Ralph Falcon of the bands Murk and Funky Green Dogs. This song spent one week at #1 on the American dance chart in May of 2008 [http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?artist=Two+Tons+Of+Fun] .

Discography

Albums

Partial singles chart success

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"
* "Girl You And Me"
* "We Shall All Be Free"

ee also

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

External links

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