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The group quickly released a follow-up single ("Dancing For Pennies", which was a non-novelty pop/R&B tune.) An Afternoon Delights album called General Hospi-Tale was also released, which was a straight pop/R&B release, aside from the title track. These both failed to chart, and the group quickly disbanded.
The album peaked at number 20 on the Billboard 200, [6] and features the band's most well-known song, "Afternoon Delight," which topped the Billboard Hot 100 in July 1976. California Day peaked at number 20 in October.
The group's debut album was the self-titled Starland Vocal Band and included "Afternoon Delight". The song was a US number one hit [ 4 ] and the album also charted . They were nominated for four Grammy Awards in 1977 and won two: Best Arrangement for Voices and Best New Artist , the latter award over the group Boston . [ 5 ]
At the 19th Grammy Awards ceremony in 1977, "Afternoon Delight" received three nominations for recordings from 1976. It won the Grammy Award for Best Arrangement for Voices [9] and was also nominated for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and Song of the Year. In 2010, Billboard named "Afternoon Delight" the 20th sexiest song of ...
Afternoon Delight" is a 1976 song by Starland Vocal Band. Afternoon Delight may also refer to: "Afternoon Delight", an episode of Arrested Development; Afternoon Delight, a 2013 film; Afternoon Delight, a 1979–1983 Canadian television series
He is known for "Afternoon Delight", which he wrote and performed as a member of the Starland Vocal Band, and for writing multiple hits for John Denver, including "Take Me Home, Country Roads". [ 2 ] Early life and education
Mary Catherine Nivert was born 25 October 1944 in Washington, D.C. She received her nickname Taffy from her elder brother who, unable to pronounce her middle name as a young child, would call her Mary Tafferine. [3]
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