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Yarbrough and Peoples was an American urban contemporary duo from Dallas, Texas. [1] The duo’s biggest-selling release was " Don't Stop the Music ," a US Billboard R&B chart topper in 1981. [ 2 ]
Even though the Gap Band and Yarbrough & Peoples still had high charting records through the mid-80s, the successes were ephemeral and they resulted in far fewer sales. Lonnie signed a plethora of new acts in 1984-85 and two established acts: Switch and Billy Paul. None of these acts managed to have any success with Total Experience.
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The Two of Us is the debut album by the R&B duo Yarbrough & Peoples, [1] [2] released in 1980 on Mercury Records. It was produced by LA based producer Lonnie Simmons , who would go on to form Total Experience Records the following year, and veteran songwriter Jonah Ellis.
That year, Simmons co-wrote two songs which peaked on the R&B charts at #1 back-to-back: "Burn Rubber on Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)", which was released on The Gap Band III, and "Don't Stop the Music", which was released on Yarbrough & Peoples' debut album, The Two of Us. The latter album went gold, while the former went platinum, selling over ...
It was the first of three consecutive debut number ones, as it was followed into the top spot by "Burn Rubber on Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)" by the Gap Band and "Don't Stop the Music" by Yarbrough and Peoples, each act's first single to reach the peak position. [5] A number of other artists also reached number one for the first time later in ...
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The song reached number 26 on the dance charts, number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100, and fared even better on the US R&B chart, where it hit number one, [2] Outside the US, "Don't Stop the Music" went to number 7 in the UK.