Barbara Weathers
American singer
Barbara Weathers (born December 7, 1963) is an American R&B/soul singer, and former lead singer of R&B vocal group, Atlantic Starr.
Overview
At the age of 13, Weathers joined Covacus, an R&B band from Greensboro, North Carolina. In 1981, she left Covacus and joined "Teaser" a band out of Charlotte N.C.
Joining Atlantic Starr
After a year with Teaser, she returned to Greensboro and began working as a singing waitress at Yenrofs, a jazz club. There she was approached by two gentlemen from Philadelphia International Records about a solo record deal. Being friends with Wayne Lewis from Atlantic Starr, Barbara called and asked for advice. Wayne then put her in touch with Earl Cole (Atlantic Starr's manager) to help her with the negotiations. Earl acted as her manager on the conference call and afterwards suggested Barbara decline the Philadelphia International's offer and instead allow Wayne and his two brothers (also in Atlantic Starr) to produce a demo for her. Jheryl Busby and MCA funded that demo, which was recorded in December of 1984. The demo included three Lewis brothers-produced songs- "Secret Lovers", "Silver Shadow", and "Big Boy Games". In early January the following year, Barbara received a call from Earl Cole stating MCA had declined her demo, but that there was work for her in L.A.
Two days later, she flew to L.A. Jonathan Lewis picked her up from the airport and took her to a recording studio where Wayne was in the booth singing.
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