Ollie & Jerry

Ollie & Jerry was an American Dance / pop duo of the 1980s. It consisted of the drummer Ollie E. Brown and R & B singer Jerry Knight.

Since they released no studio album under their band name, they are only for their hit Breakin ' ... There's No Stopping Us announced a dance -oriented title, a top- ten hit was in the U.S. and in the UK. Their hit was listening in the movie Breakin ' and included on the soundtrack album to the film. The duo was founded in 1984 and broke up after only one year, 1985, when they released their second single Electric Boogaloo. Since the single was not commercially successful, the duo to a typical one- hit wonder was.

History

Ollie Brown and Jerry Knight worked before the foundation of the duo as a studio musician. At this time, Knight was a member of the R & B group Raydio. Both founded in 1984, the duo Ollie & Jerry in Los Angeles, California and signed in the same year a recording contract with Polydor Records. The song Breakin ' ... There's No Stopping Us was the title song for the movie Breakin' (1984) and was released as the first single from the soundtrack album of the film. The song became a hit in 1984, reaching the top ten in the U.S. and the UK UK charts. During the song became a hit, the duo sang her title in many TV shows, including at Soul Train on American television. The soundtrack album also celebrated success and reached # 8 on the Billboard 200 album charts.

The following year, the duo released their second single Electric Boogaloo, the title song for the movie Breakin ' 2: Electric Boogaloo, the sequel to Breakin'. In the UK charts, the song reached number 57, but did not make it the single in the American Billboard Hot 100 After that, the duo released any songs more and became a typical one- hit wonder, as the second single is not nearly the success of the first single has reached. In the same year 1985, the duo parted.

Discography

Singles

Swell

• American band
• Pop band