| # 1962
Expose- WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW |
|
What You Don't Know,
Arista Records, 1989
BILLBOARD CHART ACHIEVEMENTS: Dance/Club Play chart: # 2 Dance/Maxi-Singles Sales: # 8 Hot 100 Singles chart: # 8 top ten hit at MATT RADIO |
| Formed
in 1985 in Miami, Exposé
began as a
project of pop svengali Lewis Martinee. But by their third album,
the
three women were trying to assert themselves as artists. Martinee wrote and recorded the single "Point Of No Return" with Alè Lorenzo, Laurie Miller, and Sandra Casanas, whom he dubbed Exposé, in 1985. The song became a regional dance hit, followed by 1986's "Exposed To Love," and the group began work on an album. They went in the studio forming a new line up of Laurie Miller, Gioa Carmen Bruno and Jeanette Jurado, with Alè Lorenzo's voice remaining as lead on "Exposed To Love" and on background vocals. Before the debut LP's completion, Laurie Miller moved on to a solo project. All her vocals remained on the album, with Ann Curless stepping in to take over her leads. With its Latin-tinged dance grooves, the multiplatinum Exposure (#16, 1987) broke the Beatles' record for most Top Ten hits from a debut album with "Come Go With Me" (#5 pop, #14 R&B, 1987), a re-recorded "Point Of No Return" (#5, 1987) , "Let Me Be The One" (#7 pop, #29 R&B, 1987) , and the ballad "Seasons Change" (#1 pop, #27 R&B, 1987). The gold What You Don't Know (#33, 1989) followed this success, with the singles "What You Don't Know" (#8, 1989), "Tell Me Why" (#9, 1989), "When I Looked At Him" (#10, 1989), and "Your Baby Never Looked Good In Blue" (#17, 1990). On their third album, Exposé
replaced Bruno, who was
having throat problems, with L.A.-based Kelly Moneymaker, who had
performed with Todd Rundgren and Wayne Newton. The trio branched
away
from Martinee on Exposé,
using four songs written by hitmaker
Diane Warren (including "As Long As I Can Dream," written with Roy
Orbison) and working with producers Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiero
(Madonna, Guns n' Roses) on several tracks. That album includes
the hit
"I'll Never Get Over You (Getting Over Me)" (#8, 1993). Exposé
has now been released from Arista Records and the many different
artists that were Exposé
are now pursuing solo careers. source: "The Rolling Stone History Of Rock And Roll" |