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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]
Track listing
All tracks are written by The Belle Stars unless noted.
Personnel
- The Belle Stars
- Jennie McKeown – lead vocals
- Sarah-Jane Owen – lead guitar, wah–wah guitar, vocals
- Stella Barker – rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
- Clare Hirst – tenor saxophone, keyboards, vocals
- Miranda Joyce – alto saxophone, vocals
- Lesley Shone – bass, vocals
- Judy Parsons – drums, percussion, vocals
- Additional musicians
- Technical
- Peter Collins – producer on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 11
- Phil Chapman, Pete Hammond, Julian Mendelsohn, Phil Harding – engineers on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 11
- Brian Tench – producer and engineer on tracks 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12
- Pete Wingfield – producer on track 6
- Alvin Clark – engineer on track 6
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