In 1990 the band recorded Work It Out, their last album for Solar Records with internal problems between the distributor and record label the project was doomed. It would reach number 3 on the R&B charts.
The single “Don’t Rock the Boat” featured a rap by Ecstasy from the group Whodini. The group retooled, now down to seven members they produced and recorded their self-titled Midnight Star album. It was not to be their last, as the Calloways departed in 1988.
In 1986, they came out with their sixth album, Headlines, which was their third album to sell at least gold. Their next album, Planetary Invasion was almost as big, going platinum again and making the pop Top 20 and the number one spot on the R&B charts with its first single, “Operator.” In 1982, they moved to SOLAR Records, and releasing a second album, Victory now with a real band behind them (guitarist Melvin Gentry, bassist Kenneth Gant, drummer Bobby Lovelace, multi-instrumentalist Bill Simmons and keyboard player Bo Watson).ĭue to the Calloways’ production skills, it didn’t take long for Midnight Star to connect with black listeners, hitting the R&B charts with early singles like “Hot Spot” and “I’ve Been Watching You.” Their fourth album, No Parking on the Dance Floor released in 1983, took them to the top of the charts with the first single, “Freak-A-Zoid,” which went to number two, on the R&B charts and propelled the album to platinum status. Signing to RCA Records, they released their first album, The Beginning in 1980, with a host of studio musicians. The group was formed in 1976 at Kentucky State University by the Calloway brothers (trumpeter Reginald, and trombone player Vincent), with vocalist Belinda Lipscomb. Midnight Star was a synth-funk group that had a string of R&B hits in the ’80s.
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