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Infobox musical artist| name = The Cover Girls| image =| caption =| background = group_or_band| origin = New York City , New York , United States | instrument =| genre = Freestyle music|Freestyle , Pop music|Pop , Urban contemporary | years_active = 1987–1996, 2001–present| label = Fever Records Capitol Records|Capitol / EMI|EMI Records Epic Records|Epic / Sony Music Entertainment|SME Records | associated_acts =| website =| current_members = Evelyn Escalera (1990-1996, 2001-present) Lorraine Munoz (2001-present) Sabrina Nieves (2001-present)| past_members = Angel Clivillés (1987–1990) Caroline Jackson (1987–1993) Sunshine Wright (1987–1988) Margo Urban (1988-1992) Michelle Valentine (1992-1996) The Cover Girls is a New York City -based Freestyle music|freestyle - Urban contemporary|urban - dance-pop girl group that achieved the majority of its chart success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Among the group's best-known songs are "Show Me", "We Can't Go Wrong", and "Wishing on a Star".
Origins
The Cover Girls began its musical career in the late 1980s at a time when other United States|American and United Kingdom|British girl groups such as Exposé (group)|Exposé , Bananarama , Seduction (band)|Seduction , Sweet Sensation , and Company B (band)|Company B were scoring hit single (music)|singles on the pop music|pop and electronic dance music|dance charts. The group was formed by music promoter and dance club owner Sal Abbatiello http://www.feverrecords.com/thecovergirslbio1.shtml Biography of group at feverrecords.com and was originally composed of singers Angel Sabater, Caroline Jackson, and Sunshine Wright. The increased popularity of freestyle music , a Latin-influenced form of electronic dance music, played an influential role in the style of the group's initial recordings.
Chart success
The Cover Girls released their first album, Show Me , in late 1987. Five singles were released from this album, including the Top 40 Billboard Hot 100| Billboard Hot 100 hits "Because of You" and "Promise Me". The Show Me (The Cover Girls song)|title track of the album was released as a 12-inch single prior to the album's release and was a Top-5 hit on the Hot Dance Club Play|US dance chart . The group's second album, ''We Can't Go Wrong'', was released in 1989 and included the song "My Heart Skips a Beat" (pop Top-40, dance Top-5) as well as the title track, which was the group's first Top-10 pop hit in early 1990, peaking at #8. The single "Don't Stop Now" Viktor Reznikov was released in 1990. http://www.discogs.com/Cover-Girls-Dont-Stop-Now-Funk-Boutique/master/134117 The Cover Girls - "Don't Stop Now" at Discogs.com This was Evelyn Escalera's first recording with the group. The group's third studio album, Here It Is , released in 1992, produced the group's most recent pop hit, a cover version of the Rose Royce 1978 song " Wishing on a Star ", with new co-lead singer Michelle Valentine. The Cover Girls' version of this song became its second Top-10 pop hit when it peaked at #9 in the summer of 1992. The song also reached the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart that same year.
Personnel changes
In late 1988, Wright decided to leave the group and was replaced by Margo Urban. In 1990, while The Cover Girls were the opening act on the New Kids on the Block tour, Sabater embarked on a solo career; singer Evelyn Escalera was hired to replace her. Then in 1992, Urban left the group and was replaced by Michelle Valentine, leaving Jackson as the sole original member. By the time they released their fourth studio album, Satisfy , in 1996, the majority of the lead vocals were being performed by Valentine with new singers Damie, Gayle, and Sheila. The current line-up of The Cover Girls is Escalera, Lorraine Munoz and Sabrina Nieves. It is unknown whether a fifth studio album will be released.
Former member Sabater released her solo debut album, Angel , in 2000. Sabater still tours singing Cover Girls songs under the name "Angel (The Original Cover Girl)".
In November 2008, Evelyn Escalera released her first solo single. It's a cover of the Mariah Carey Christmas classic "All I want for Christmas Is You" Its available on iTunes, under her new pseudonym Evelyn DeMille.
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