The Belle Stars (album)

The Belle Stars
Studio album by
The Belle Stars
ReleasedJanuary 1983
StudioTrident Studios and Mayfair Studios, London
GenrePop, new wave
Length38:53
LabelStiff
ProducerPeter Collins, Brian Tench, Pete Wingfield
The Belle Stars chronology
The Belle Stars
(1983) 		The Very Best of The Belle Stars
(1993)
Singles from The Belle Stars
  1. "Iko Iko" / "The Reason"
    Released: May 1982
  2. "The Clapping Song" / "Blame"
    Released: July 1982
  3. "Mockingbird" / "Turn Back the Clock"
    Released: October 1982
  4. "Sign of the Times" / "Madness"
    Released: 30 December 1982
  5. "Indian Summer" / "Sun Sun Sun"
    Released: August 1983
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AllMusic[1]

The Belle Stars is the only studio album by the all-female band of the same name released in 1983 (see 1983 in music). The band's eponymous debut album reached number 15 on the UK Albums Chart.[2] The Belle Stars had some success with their single "Iko Iko", a cover of The Dixie Cups' 1965 hit. It charted at number 35 in June 1982 on the UK Singles Chart.[2] Seven years later the song became a hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart after it was featured in the movie Rain Man, where it peaked at number 14.[3]

  1. ^ "Belle Stars - The Belle Stars". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  2. ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19 ed.). Guinness World Record. p. 53. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  3. ^ Withburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (6 ed.). New York City: Watson-Guptill. p. 57. ISBN 0-8230-7632-6.