Celebrating 40 Years of @5starofficial 1983-2023

40 years ago this week 21st-27th September 1986, having just completed the first week of their debut sell out Crunchie Tour '86 and with current single Rain Or Shine climbing to No.4 on this weeks chart, heading towards a No.2 peak, Silk & Steel hit No.1 on Official UK Charts.

21 years ago today, 12th September 2005, Five Star The Slightest Touch 2005 was due to be released, but was cancelled as was the planned Eclipse Special Edition Fututeforce remix of The Slightest Touch was made available through DJ promo's @DeniecePearson

Released on this day, 5th September 1988, There’s a Brand New World the third single from the Rock the World album and the second single to be written by @DeniecePearson The single debuted and peaked at No. 61 in the UK

Rain or Shine was released 40 years ago today, on 1st September 1986, just two weeks after the release of "Silk & Steel". In its third week on the chart, “Rain or Shine” stood at No. 4, helping to push "Silk & Steel" to No.1 in its fifth week on the album chart. @DeniecePearson

Did anyone notice that Funkatied hasn't been included on the Eclipse vinyl? Looks like we might get a Funktafief vinyl with Remix

Silk & Steel - The Remix Album, following the huge success of Silk & Steel, was this a missed opportunity? Released at the end of 1987, giving Five Star time to record the third album for release at the beginning of 1988. @DeniecePearson

On this day 18th August 1986 Five Star released the No.1 album Silk & Steel selling over 1.2m copies in the UK No.79 Australia No.35 Finland No.51 Germany No.5 Iceland No.24 Netherlands No.30 New Zealand No.28 Sweden No.17 Switzerland No.80 USA No.22 USA R&B No.21 Euro Hot 100

13th August 1990, finally saw the release of Five Star Official self titled debut for Epic in the USA after the UK release was cancelled, though some UK pressings were released most fans didn't know of the albums existence until made available through mail order companies.

I haven't been posting on X for a while, will be back tomorrow 👀

Playing about with Chat GPT

25 years ago w/e 2nd June 2001 @5starofficial Funktafied debuted on USA R&B Sales Chart @ No.72 peaking @ No.26 4wks later. Funktafied would also debut & peak @ No.99 for 1wk on the main Billboard USA R&B chart w/e 7th July 2001 @DeniecePearson

Released on this day 23rd May 1988 @5starofficial Another Weekend A new look & a stunning performance with one of there most energetic dance routines yet. No.18 UK No.23 UK 12" Singles No.10 Music Week Dance Charts No.12 Ireland No.24 Netherlands No.23 USA R&B Cash Box R&B No.24

How cool would these be???

Five Star Heart & Soul Vinyl available to order from: pay.sumup.com/b2c/QYIWQ9LS Email your postal address to: [email protected] @DeniecePearson