Peaches & Herb had fairly a activity on their fingers to comply with “Reunited.” The smash-hit ballad spent 4 weeks on the prime of each the pop and R&B charts within the spring of 1979. Following the disco hit “Shake Your Groove Thing,” which went High 5 in each codecs, it was a exceptional revival for a reputation that had figured on the soul charts between 1966 and 1970.
In that first incarnation, Herb Fame was joined by Francine “Peaches” Barker, with Marlene Mack filling in for her in 1968 and ’69. Throughout that interval, the group had a soul hit with “United,” the inspiration for the comeback hit. The brand new “Peaches” within the second line-up was Linda Inexperienced, and the duo’s newest singles have been featured on the 2 Sizzling album. That itself emphasised their business energy of the time by topping the R&B listings from March 1979, for eight non-consecutive weeks.
The music chosen to comply with “Reunited” was “We’ve Got Love,” written like its predecessors, and all the album, by prime disco-era operatives Dino Fekaris and Freddie Perren. An archetypal slice of dancefloor soul, it entered the R&B chart on July 14, 1979, at No.71. It was the week that Peaches & Herb carried out at Billboard‘s Worldwide Disco Discussion board VI in New York. However this time, success was much more modest. The only stopped at No.25, and at No.44 on the pop aspect.
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The 2Hot album achieved platinum standing within the US, and was swiftly adopted by Peaches & Herb’s subsequent long-player, Twice The Fireplace, which hit the charts in November of their golden yr of 1979. Certainly, it did go gold, and took them into the High 30 of the R&B chart for a last time with “Roller-Skatin’ Mate.” Three additional soul High 40 singles adopted on Polydor earlier than the duo switched to Columbia, the place that they had one final chart entry with “Remember” in 1983.
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