I LOVED THEM !




I know some of you did the dance too

utopia7 said:

MY FAVORITE!

~ paging Chico ~


LOVE 5 Star!

Favourites are:

System Addict
Rain Or Shine
Can't Wait Another Minute
The Slightest Touch
Love Take Over
Find The Time
Let Me Be The One
If I Say Yes


Basically, all their greatest hits.

They were massive in the UK mid 80s, i think they flooded the market and burnt out quite quickly, but they were fun. Denise was hot as hell. Probably still is, wherever she is now.

Marrk said:

Do you remember their comic strip in Look In magazine??

I'll need to check with my mate but one of the 5 star girls - I think it was Denise - was on the 'Thriller Live' tour a while back.

onenitealone said:

Wow really? i had no idea.

i was 15 in 1985 so no longer was buying 'Look In' and then only bought it occasionally. but damn, that brought back memories, i remember an Adam Ant one and an MJ one in years before.

Marrk said:

I was 10, going on 11, but still completely childish so I was definitely still buying it.

One day, I am going back to my Mum's place and ransacking it... I am sure I can find some old Look Ins there.

What adventures did MJ get up to in his comic strip??

It seemed everybody had a cartoon in Look In - at one point, there was even one for 'That's My Boy'. I've GOT to find them.

The best bit was the back page with the questionnaire: 'Star sign?', 'Colour Of Eyes', 'Favourite Food?'.

And I lost The Jets' 'Crush On You' free flexi-disc years ago...

onenitealone said:

Oh it was his life story, the art was quite good as i recall. i remember a panel of him and his brothers recording the 'Victory' album, it was cheesey as hell (all wearing shades in the studio), also remember when he fell ill on the beach in the mid-seventies and couldn't breathe, i remember being alarmed at that, turned out it was true as well. so it was quite well researched for a 'kids' magazine.

Five Star was considered the U.K.'s answer to the Jacksons. What ya'll think?

i was just listening to "with every heartbeat"
they are still one of my all time favourites!! LOVE THEM!!! Denise's pipes are unreal. i still have my autographed holiday card from back around the time of "silk & steel" and a poster from "heart & soul".






don't mess

JabarR74 said:

but much better!!

There is a comeback in the works for 5 STAR!

Including a TOUR!

5 Star was one of my favorites in the 80's, and I always thought Doris was just gorgeous

I would definitely say Denise and Delroy have aged the best. They both look great.

1DirXtion said:

ARE YOU SERIOUS !!!!! this would be amazing if they come to the states

CHIC0 said:

LOVE THE PICTURE ! they would be a good choice for Unsung ! I would love to know more about the group music aside

JabarR74 said:

I think they had some great singles, their compilation cd is good to hear but their sound never really developed. I like them I am not crazy about them though. As for the J5 connection yes the voice sounds similar and I haven't heard too many J5 stuff to compare but judging by the ones I heard there is no comparison J5 were miles better.
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CHIC0 said:

utopia7 said:

I was jsut listening to them yesterday. I knew it was about time for another thread.

Doris

I LOOOOOVE 5 STAR. so much.

they remind me of Michael Jackson.

Have you all seen Denise's new video? Tis 'bout time she released something as a solo artist. They were down to like Two Star.


[Edited 8/4/09 12:47pm]

therevolutionwillnotbe said:

SHE LOOKS FANTASTIC !! AND THE SONG IS BEAUTIFUL !

ThankYOU ! for posting this

Denise is also in Thriller Live ! she's killing Blame It On The Boogie !

onenitealone said:

i'm serious.

therevolutionwillnotbe said:

killing it; as usual!

bboy87 said:

Co-sign. Even today, it's hard to believe that Fivestar are NOT blood-related to The Jackson Family. Both families could have been second cousins at least!

TonyVanDam said:

One of their producers' name was "Michael Jay".....

BPI best British Group- 1987...

Smash hits best British Group - 1987...

Best British Group 1987...

Best British Group 1987...

Best British Group Number One Magazine 1987...

S.O.S Best British Group 1987...

TV Times Best British Group 1987...

Splash TV Show, Best British Group 1987...

.B.M.H.A. Lifetime Achievement 2004...

Denise Pearson – U.S.A. Grammy Nominated, Best Instrumental 1st Avenue 1985...

U.S.A. Soul Train Awards Nominated 1985...

Records Set

Legendary Five Star British super Pop Group.

Five Star, enter the Guinness book of world records for staying 146 weeks on the UK chart

Five Star youngest Black British artist/Group, to have a Number one album

“Five Star” is the First Artist/Group world wide to Achieve seven hit singles from one album

“Five Star” is the First Black British Artist/Group to win the BPI award

Legendary Buster Pearson in his own right Musician, Artist, Songwriter, A&R, Arrainger, Producer, Publisher,
President & CEO of Tent Records and M.H.M, Agent and Manager of Five Star.

Singles
• "Problematic" Tent PRT 4 (Oct 1983) (UK didn't chart)
• "Hide and Seek" Tent/RCA 399 (May 1984) (UK #113)
• "Crazy" Tent/RCA 401 (Oct 1984) (UK #144)
• "All Fall Down" Tent/RCA PB40039 (May 1985) (UK #15)
• "Let Me Be the One" Tent/RCA PB40193 (Jul 1985) (UK #18)
• "Love Take Over" Tent/RCA PB40353 (Sep 1985) (UK #25)
• "RSVP" Tent/RCA PB40445 (Nov 1985) (UK #45)
• "System Addict" Tent/RCA PB40515 (Jan 1986) (UK #3)
• "Can't Wait Another Minute" Tent/RCA PB40697 (Apr 1986) (UK #7)
• "Find the Time" Tent/RCA PB40799 (Jun 1986) (UK #7)
• "Rain or Shine" Tent/RCA PB40901 (Sep 1986) (UK #2)
• "If I Say Yes" Tent/RCA PB40981 (Nov 1986) (UK #15)
• "Stay Out Of My Life" Tent/RCA PB41131 (Feb 1987) (UK #9)
• "The Slightest Touch" Tent/RCA PB41265 (Apr 1987) (UK #4)
• "Whenever You're Ready" Tent/RCA PB41477 (Aug 1987) (UK #11)
• "Strong As Steel" Tent/RCA PB41565 (Oct 1987) (UK #16)
• "Somewhere Somebody" Tent/RCA PB41661 (Dec 1987) (UK #23)
• "Another Weekend" Tent/RCA PB42081 Jun (1988) (UK #18)
• "Rock My World" Tent/RCA PB42145 (Aug 1988) (UK #28)
• "Someones in love" (released in the USA chart position unknown)
• "Living To Be Made" (The Duel) Tent 5 (Sep 1998) (chart position unknown)
• "Tell Me Why" (The Duel) Tent 6 (Nov 1988) (chart position unknown)
• "There's A Brand New World" Tent/RCA PB42235 (Sep 1988) (UK #61)
• "Let Me Be Yours" Tent/RCA PB42343 (Nov 1988) (UK #51)
• "With Every Heartbeat" Tent/RCA PB42693 Apr (1989) (UK #49)
• "Treat Me Like A Lady" Tent/Epic FIVE 1 Mar(1990) (UK #54)
• "Hot Love" Tent/Epic FIVE 2 (Jun 1990) (UK #68)
• "What About Me Baby" Tent/Epic FIVE 3 Aug 1990 (UK Cancelled release)
• "Shine" Tent/Epic 657480 Oct (1991) (UK #53)
• "I Love You (For Sentimental Reasons)" Tent TRIFS2 Jul (1994) (UK #84)
• "Surely" USA only release feb 1995 (USA #25) underground club hit
• "I Give You Give" Tent CDTRIFS3 Oct (1995) (UK #83)
• "I Give You Give Remixed" Tent CDTRIFS4 May (1996) (UK didn't chart)
• "Funktafied" Tent TR 44545-2 (Jun 2001) (USA release only R&B #26)
• "System Addict 2005" Tent TR44547 (Jul 2005), (UK #46)
• "Funktafied" Tent (2001) (USA #99)


Albums
• Luxury of Life Tent/RCA PL70735 (Jun 1985) (UK #12)
• Silk and Steel Tent/RCA PL71100(Sep 1986) (UK #1)
• Between the Lines Tent/RCA PL71505(Aug 1987) (UK #7)
• Rock the World Tent/RCA PL71747 (Aug 1988) (UK #17)
• Greatest Hits Tent/RCA PL74080 (Oct 1989) (UK #53)
• Five Star Tent/Epic 46768 (Aug 1990) (US only)
• Shine Epic 48832 (Oct 1991) (US only)
• Heart and Soul TRIFSCD1 (Aug 1994) (positions not available)
• Eclipse Tent 44544-2 (Jul 2001) (US #-)
• Greatest Hits BMG/Camden 74321578222 (May 1998) (UK didn't chart)
• Greatest Hits BMG/Camden 828765 07202 (Apr 2003) (UK #-)
• Legends 3CD Set BMG/Camden 82876 637132 (May 2005) (positions not available)
• 25th Anniversary Tent (7th Apr 2008)