Yesterday, we talked about the manufactured group, Cover Girl's debut, Show Me (1986). As noted, the trio of Angel Mercado (AKA Angel Clivillés), Caroline Jackson, and Sunshine Wright were hired by songwriter, Andy "Panda" Tripoli and music promoter and dance club owner Sal Abbatiello, who conceived the group. However, by 1987, Sunshine Wright would depart from the group and be replaced by Margo Urban.
Their sophomore album, and final for the decade, We Can't Go Wrong would be released in 1989, and with it come a series of singles; My Heart Skips Beat, We Can't Go Wrong (the song), and All That Glitters Isn't Gold, which would tear up the Billboard Hot 100, Hot Dance Music / Maxi-Singles Sales, and Hot Dance Music / Club Play. This success would lead them to be invited by American Bandstand to perform on the series final episode, which aired October 7, 1989.
Shortly after the release of the single, All That Glitters Isn't Always Gold, Mercado would leave the group to focus on a solo career. Unfortunately, this would not prove to be a successful move. She'd spend the 90's and 2010's performing as Angel (The Original Cover Girl), releasing two singles, and one and only album, Angel (2000).
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I can respect that the girls had hits, and I'll even go as far as to say they're decent. We Can't Go Wrong was the definite standout for me, and as a whole, it's an okay album.
Nonetheless, much like its predecessor, it's also just generic. Much like I stated about their debut, if you put this on at a party as background music, it would serve its purpose to get people mingling, and perhaps even dancing. That may very well be all one needs from it.
Look, I paid ninety-nine cents for the physical CD. I'm not going to complain about that. Even if I only got one song from it, that's less than what Spotify would charge me to digitally rent it.
Following Mercado's departure, Evelyn Escalera would be brought in to take over lead vocals. However, prior to their third album, Urban would also leave, being replaced by Michelle Valentine, who shared co-lead vocals with Escalera for 1992's Here It Is. Following its release, Jackson quit, leaving the two to carry on as a duo for their fourth and final album, 1996's Satisfy.
Despite no longer making albums, Escalera would stay as a formal cover girl, being joined by Lorraine Munoz and Sabrina Nieves in 2001. However, this new trio would primarily focus on touring, live performances, and select musical collaborations. They never released any studio albums and formally disbanded in 2023.
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It's funny to me how the only thing I remember about Silent Night, Deadly Night is the scene in the toy store. There are so many great 80's nostalgia items tucked on every shelf in the background. As for the story itself, it has a unique premise, well, the first two anyway. Plus, it also has the honor of causing mass controversy during its initial 1984 run. Parents and advocate groups absolutely panned it
