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The song was recorded in 1980 by popular American R&B vocal group The Manhattans and released the same year on the album After Midnight. [2] "Shining Star" was released as a single in 1980 and peaked at number 4 on the US Billboard R&B chart, [3] and number 5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. [4]
The Manhattans are an American R&B vocal group.Their songs "Kiss and Say Goodbye", recorded in 1976, and 1980's "Shining Star", both sold millions of copies. [1]The Manhattans have recorded 45 hits on the Billboard R&B Chart, including twelve top-10 R&B hits in the United States, starting in 1965. [2]
The album peaked at No. 4 on the R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 24 on the Billboard 200. The album features the singles "Shining Star", which peaked at No. 4 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Girl of My Dream", which reached No. 30 on the Hot Soul Singles chart. This album has been Certified Gold by ...
Commodores, often billed as The Commodores, is an American funk and soul group. The group's most successful period was in the late 1970s and early 1980s when Lionel Richie was the co-lead singer. The members of the group met as mostly freshmen at Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University ) in 1968, and signed with Motown in November 1972 ...
Gerald Alston (born November 8, 1951) is an American soul/R&B singer, [1] and the lead singer of the Manhattans. Between late 1970 and 1988, the group had 25 top 40 R&B and 12 Hot 100 hit singles. Between late 1970 and 1988, the group had 25 top 40 R&B and 12 Hot 100 hit singles.
Curtis Kinnard Hairston [1] (October 10, 1961 – January 18, 1996) [2] was an American soul/funk vocalist, who had a number of top 75 hit singles in the UK and US, both as a solo artist and as a featured artist in the B. B. & Q. Band.
The name not only referenced the movie's automotive theme (as the group's name closely resembled Rolls-Royce luxury cars), but just as Rolls-Royce cars are premier vehicles, the group was metaphorically stating they were a premier group. The name also helped place Gwen "Rose" Dickey somewhat front and center.
"Shining Star" is a song from Earth, Wind & Fire's album That's the Way of the World, issued as a single in January 1975 on Columbia Records. [4] The song rose to No. 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the Billboard Hot Soul Songs chart, becoming their first single to top both charts (and only single to top the former).