Fantasy is an urban pop vocal group based in New York City who scored several hits on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, including "You're Too Late", which hit number one in 1981.[1]
Fantasy | |
|---|---|
| Origin | New York City, United States |
| Genres | Dance-pop, pop, boogie, post-disco |
| Labels | Pavilion/Epic |
| Past members | Ken Roberson Carolyn Edwards Rufus Jackson Tamm E Hunt |
Group members included Ken Roberson, Tamm E Hunt, Rufus Jackson and Carolyn Edwards. The group's producer, Tony Valor, continued to use the name in 1985 when they released an Italo disco-influenced single called "He's My Number One".
History
edit"You're Too Late" was a number-one dance hit in the United States. It had a five-week reign at the top of the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in early 1981.[1] It also reached the top 30 on the Soul Singles chart.[2]
In 1982, the band released a pop-soul number entitled "Hold On Tight", which peaked at number 35 on the Dance Club chart, and #1 on the 1982 Billboard Year End Award followed by "Live the Life I Love", boogie song that had reached number 41 on the same chart by 1983.
Their last successful track titled "He's Number One" reached number 37 on the Dance chart in 1986.[1]
Discography
editStudio albums
edit| Album | Year | Label |
|---|---|---|
| Fantasy | 1981 | Pavilion |
| Sex and Material Possessions | 1982 |
Singles
edit| Year | Single | Peak chart positions[3] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US |
US Dance [1] |
US R&B [2] |
US DSS | ||||||||
| 1981 | "(Hey Who's Gotta) Funky Song" | — | — | 51 | — | ||||||
| "You're Too Late" | 104 | 1 | 28 | — | |||||||
| 1982 | "Hold on Tight" | — | 35 | — | — | ||||||
| 1983 | "Live the Life I Love" | — | 41 | — | — | ||||||
| 1986 | "He's Number One" | — | 37 | — | 14 | ||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d Whitburn, Joel (2004). Joel Whitburn's Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003.
- ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). Joel Whitburn Presents, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004.
- ^ "Fantasy - Discography". Billboard/AllMusic. Rovi Corporation/Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
External links
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