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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.
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. The song's success helped to earn a gold record for the duo.
The song went on to chart higher on the Billboard Hot 100 than any of the other songs released on the label up to that time. In addition, the corresponding album went Gold and peaked at #16 in the Billboard Hot 200 album chart. [1] Across the pond in Europe, the UK release of the song reached #7 in the UK Singles Chart [4] and was certified ...
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 ...
"Don't Stop the Music" (Yarbrough and Peoples song) (1980) "Don't Stop the Music", a 1975 song by the Bay City Rollers from Wouldn't You Like It? "Don't Stop the Music", a 2004 song by DJ Kay Slay from The Streetsweeper, Vol. 2
At the tail-end of 1984, A Total Experience Christmas was released, featuring songs by five of the label's acts, as well as two of the label's writers. [4] 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.
Jonathan Phillip "Sugarfoot" Moffett (born November 17, 1954) is an American drummer, songwriter and record producer from New Orleans, Louisiana. [1] Beginning in 1979, Moffett collaborated with the Jackson family, particularly Michael Jackson, over the course of 30 years.
Jimmy MacBeath (1894–1972) was a Scottish Traveller and Traditional singer of the Bothy ballads from the north east of Scotland. He was both a mentor and source for fellow singers during the mid 20th century British folk revival. He had a huge repertoire of songs, which were recorded by Alan Lomax and Hamish Henderson.