The Weather Girls

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The Weather Girls
Also known as Two Tons O' Fun
Origin United States
Genre(s) Hi-NRG, Urban, Dance-pop
Instrument(s) Vocals
Years active 1982–present
Label(s) Columbia (1982–1989), Thirty-7 Recordings (2005–Present)
Associated
acts
The Mary Jane Girls

The Weather Girls were an American girl group that formed in 1982.

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The members were Martha Wash and Izora Armstead. They are best known for their 1982 #1 club and major pop hit, as well as subsequent dance anthem "It's Raining Men". Although the group is considered a one hit wonder by the mainstream pop market, they were previously known as Two Tons O' Fun, under which name they recorded the #2 American Billboard Club Play chart hit "Earth Can Be Just Like Heaven" (1980) and another #2 dance chart hit, (which also made #29 on the US R&B chart), "Just Us" (1980). They also had another #2 dance hit with the Hi-NRG song "I Got The Feeling" in 1981. They also backed Sylvester. The Weather Girls scored another popular hit in 1983 or 1984 with the song, "Dear Santa (Bring Me a Man this Christmas)" for which an accompanying music video was made. The chart peak information for this single is undetermined.

The current members of the group are sisters Dynelle Rhodes and Ingrid Arthur, who are the daughters of Armstead, who died in 2004. They released a new Weather Girls album titled, Totally Wild in late 2005. It scored a huge #1 underground club hit with "Wild Thang." Like the original Weather Girls, the duo has proven very successful with its gay male core audience.

Year Album
1983 Success
1985 Big Girls Don't Cry
1988 Weather Girls
1993 Double Tons Of Fun
1995 Think Big
1999 Puttin' On The Hits
2005 Totally Wild

Year Single US Dance US Pop US R&B
1980 Earth Can Be Just Like Heaven #2 - -
1980 I Got the Feeling #2 - -
1980 Just Us #2 - #29
1982 It's Raining Men #1 #46 #34
1985 No One Can Love You More Than Me #26 - -
1985 Well-A-Wiggy - - #76 (airplay)
1993 Can You Feel It #2 - -

  • "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair"
  • "Success"
  • "Dear Santa (Bring Me a Man This Christmas)"
  • "Big Girls Don't Cry"
  • "Love You Like a Train"
  • "Land of the Believer"
  • "Laughter in the Rain"
  • "Can You Feel It"
  • "Sounds of Sex"
  • "Wild Thang"
  • "Girl You And Me"
  • "We Shall All Be Free"

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