A TASTE OF HONEY (BAND)

:''This article is about the band, there is a play and film with the same name. There is also a song, "A Taste of Honey".''
'A Taste of Honey' was the name of an American recording act which scored one of the biggest hits of the disco era ^[1].

Contents

Biography

Discography

Albums

Chart Success

See also

Reference

External links

Biography

The group formed in Los Angeles, California, and originally consisted of Janice Marie Johnson (vocals, bass), Hazel Payne (vocals, guitar), Perry Kibble (keyboards) and ''Donald Johnson'' (drums).
Their first single, "Boogie Oogie Oogie", from their debut album ''A Taste of Honey'', tapped into the popular disco style and spent three weeks at number one (#1) on the Hot 100 in 1978. The group was awarded a platinum record for this single and album and went on the win the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Their subsequent disco releases, such as "Do It Good" (#79 in 1979) from ''Another Taste'' and "Rescue Me" (1980) failed to attract attention, and by 1980 the group had reduced to a duo consisting of Johnson and Payne.
When recording their cover version of the Kyu Sakamoto song ""Sukiyaki"" (from their third album - ''Twice As Sweet'', released in 1980) they resisted suggestions to turn it into a dance tune, and as a soft and simple ballad it brought them the second and final major hit of their careers in 1981, when it reached number one (#1) on the ''Billboard'' R&B and Adult Contemporary charts and number three (#3) on Hot 100. The group were awarded a gold record for this single.
A Taste of Honey released their final major album, ''Ladies of the Eighties'' in 1982. It featured their final Billboard Hot 100 charting single "I'll Try Something New" (#41). The Smokey Robinson and the Miracles cover also went to number nine (#9) on the R&B charts and Adult Contemporary #29 (their second and last AC charting hit).
After their popularity waned in the early 1980s Johnson went on to record as a solo artist and release the album ''One Taste Of Honey'' which produced the single "Love Me Tonight" and became a minor hit on the R&B charts. Payne went on to become an international stage actress, appearing in a number of theatre plays around the world including ''Oh! What A Night''.
In February 1999, Kibble (keyboards) died of heart failure, at the age of 49. The following year Johnson released her second solo album, ''Hiatus Of The Heart'' to rave reviews. In 2004 the duo reunited for the first time in over 20 years to perform on the PBS specials '' and ''My Music: Funky Soul Superstars''.

Discography

Albums

Year	Album	Black Albums	Pop Albums
1978	''A Taste of Honey''	#2	#6
1979	''Another Taste''	#26	#59
1980	''Twice As Sweet''	#12	#36
1982	''Ladies of the Eighties''	#14	#73

Chart Success

Year	Single	Album	Pop Singles	Black Singles	Club Play Singles	Disco Singles	Adult Contemporary
1978	Boogie Oogie Oogie	''A Taste of Honey''	1	1	1	1
1979	Disco Dancin'	''A Taste of Honey''		69
1979	Do It Good	''Another Taste''	79	13		72
1980	I'm Talkin' 'Bout You	''Twice As Sweet''		64
1980	Rescue Me	''Twice As Sweet''		16	77
1981	Sukiyaki	''Twice As Sweet''	3	1			1
1982	I'll Try Something New	''Ladies of the Eighties''	41	9			29
1982	We've Got The Groove	''Ladies of the Eighties''		75

See also

★ List of number-one hits (United States)

★ List of artists who reached number one on the Hot 100 (U.S.)

★ List of number-one dance hits (United States)

★ List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart

Reference

1. Biography

External links

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★ 'Official Site'