Wing and a Prayer Fife and Drum Corps

Wing and a Prayer Fife and Drum Corps

Wing and a Prayer Fife and Drum Corps was an American disco group. The "fife and drum corps" was actually an assemblage of studio musicians put together by Harold Wheeler; the group's vocalists were Linda November, Vivian Cherry, Arlene Martell, and Helen Miles.

Their 1976 album, "Babyface", hit #47 on the U.S. pop album chart and #19 on the Black Albums chart [ [http://wm02.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:hpfpxqr5ld0e~T5 Billboard] , Allmusic.com] , due to the success of the single, "Baby Face", which had previously reached #1 for Jan Garber in 1926 and Art Mooney in 1948. [Joel Whitburn, "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits". 7th edn, 2000] The single went to #1 on the U.S. Club Play chart, #6 AC, #32 Black Singles, and #14 on the Top 40. [ [http://wm02.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:hpfpxqr5ld0e~T51 Billboard Singles] , Allmusic.com]

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