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'''Carol Lynn Townes''' is an American [[soul music|soul]] singer from [[Warrenton, North Carolina|Warrenton]], [[North Carolina]].<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Carol+Lynn+Townes Discogs.com information]</ref>
'''Carol Lynn Townes''' is an American [[soul music|soul]] singer from [[Warrenton, North Carolina|Warrenton]], [[North Carolina]].


==Career==
==Career==
Hailing from a family of [[gospel music|gospel]] singers, she made her debut singing gospel at age three. She moved to [[New York City|New York]] in the early 1970s, joining a male soul group called Fifth Avenue. The group consisted of prominent jingle singers. With Townes as lead singer, the group recorded the [[Single (music)|single]], "Wheeler Dealer", for [[Buddha Records]], and followed with an [[album]] on [[RCA Records]] in 1976. But it was not until nearly a decade later that Townes achieved commercial success.
Hailing from a family of [[gospel music|gospel]] singers, she made her debut singing gospel at age three. She moved to [[New York City|New York]] in the early 1970s, joining a male soul group called Fifth Avenue. The group consisted of prominent jingle singers. With Townes as lead singer, the group recorded the [[Single (music)|single]], "Wheeler Dealer", for [[Buddha Records]], and followed with an [[album]] on [[RCA Records]] in 1976. But it was not until nearly a decade later that Townes achieved commercial success.


Signed to [[Polydor Records|Polydor]] in 1982 as a solo artist, she recorded a [[cover version]] of [[Alton McClain & Destiny]]'s "99 ½" for the ''[[Breakin']]'' soundtrack in 1984. This became a [[Top 40|Top10]] dance club hit and made #22 on the [[United States|US]] ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B]] [[record chart|chart]], and #77 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref name="whitburnr&b">{{cite book |title=Top R&B Singles: 1942-1995 |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=1996 |publisher=Record Research Inc. |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |isbn=0-89820-115-2 |page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstopr00whit/page/449 449] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstopr00whit/page/449 }}</ref> It peaked at #47 in the [[UK Singles Chart]] in August 1984.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
Signed to [[Polydor Records|Polydor]] as a solo artist, she recorded a [[cover version]] of [[Alton McClain & Destiny]]'s "99 ½" for the ''[[Breakin']]'' soundtrack in 1984.<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web |last1=Wynn |first1=Ron |title=Carol Lynn Townes Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/carol-lynn-townes-mn0000146673#biography |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=May 12, 2024}}</ref> This became a [[Top 40|top 10]] dance club hit and made number 22 on the [[United States|US]] ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B]] [[record chart|chart]], and number 77 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref name="whitburnr&b">{{cite book |title=Top R&B Singles: 1942-1995 |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=1996 |publisher=Record Research Inc. |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |isbn=0-89820-115-2 |page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstopr00whit/page/449 449] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstopr00whit/page/449 }}</ref> It peaked at number 47 in the [[UK Singles Chart]] in August 1984.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 1563}}</ref> She then recorded "Believe in the Beat" for the follow-up [[film]], ''[[Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo]]'',<ref name="AllMusic"/> in which she appeared at the end, performing the song. This track reached number 56 in the [[United Kingdom|UK]]<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> and number 65 in Australia.<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=311}}</ref> This led to her own solo album, ''Satisfaction Guaranteed''. She then recorded a second album, ''Try Me Out'', released in 1988. This was followed by the 12-inch single "What I Wouldn't Do" on Easy Street in 1989, and a dance version of [[The Grass Roots]]' hit "[[Midnight Confessions]]" on Life Line in 1993.
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| page= 1563}}</ref> She then recorded "Believe In The Beat" for the follow-up [[film]], ''[[Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo]]'', in which she appeared at the end, performing the song. This track reached #56 in the [[United Kingdom|UK]]<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> and number 65 in Australia.<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=311}}</ref> This led to her own solo album, ''Satisfaction Guaranteed''. She then recorded a second album, ''Try Me Out'', released in 1988. This was followed by the 12" single "What I Wouldn't Do" on Easy Street in 1989, and a dance version of [[The Grass Roots]]' hit "[[Midnight Confessions]]" on Life Line in 1993.


==Discography==
==Discography==
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|-
| 1976
| 1976
| Carol Townes And Fifth Avenue
| ''Carol Townes and Fifth Avenue''
| Sixth Avenue
| Sixth Avenue
|-
|-
| 1985
| 1985
| Satisfaction Guaranteed
| ''Satisfaction Guaranteed''
| Polydor
| rowspan="2"| Polydor
|-
|-
| 1988
| 1988
| Try Me Out
| ''Try Me Out''
| Polydor
|}
|}


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|-
⚫
! <small>[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|US]]</small><br /><small>[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B]]</small><br /><ref name="musicvf.com"/>
⚫
! style="width:35px;"| <small>[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]</small><br /><ref name="musicvf.com">{{Cite web|title=Carol Lynn Townes Songs ••• Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts|url=https://www.musicvf.com/Carol+Lynn+Townes.art|access-date=2021-10-01|website=www.musicvf.com}}</ref>
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! style="width:35px;"| <small>[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|US]]</small><br /><small>[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B]]</small><br /><ref name="whitburnr&b"/>
! [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name="musicvf.com"/>
! [[Kent Music Report|AU]]<br /><ref name="aus" />
! style="width:35px;"| <small>[[Dance Club Songs|US]]</small><br /><small>[[Dance Club Songs|Dance]]</small><br /><ref name="musicvf.com"/>
! style="width:35px;"| <small>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</small><br /><ref name="UK">{{cite web |title=CAROL LYNN TOWNES songs and albums - full Official Chart history |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/21877/carol-lynn-townes/ |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=May 12, 2024}}</ref>
! style="width:35px;"| <small>[[Kent Music Report|AUS]]</small><br /><ref name="aus" />
|-
|-
| 1975
| 1975
| style="text-align:left;" | Wheeler Dealer (with Fifth Avenue)
| style="text-align:left;" | "Wheeler Dealer" <small>(with Fifth Avenue)</small>
| -
| —
| -
| —
| -
| —
| -
| —
| -
| —
|-
|-
| 1984
| rowspan="2"| 1984
| style="text-align:left;" | 99 and 1/2
| style="text-align:left;" | "99 ½"
| 77
| 77
| 22
| 22
| 9
| 9
| 47
| 47
| -
| —
|-
|-
⚫
| style="text-align:left;" | "Believe in the Beat"
| 1984
⚫
| style="text-align:left;" | Believe In The Beat
| 109
| 109
| 65
| 65
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|-
|-
| 1985
| 1985
| style="text-align:left;" | I Freak For You
| style="text-align:left;" | "I Freak for You"
| 106
| 106
| -
| —
| 28
| 28
| -
| —
| -
| —
|-
|-
| 1988
| 1988
| style="text-align:left;" | You Keep Running Back
| style="text-align:left;" | "You Keep Running Back"
| -
| —
| -
| —
| -
| —
| -
| —
| -
| —
|-
|-
| 1989
| 1989
| style="text-align:left;" | What Wouldn't I Do
| style="text-align:left;" | "What Wouldn't I Do"
| -
| —
| -
| —
| -
| —
| -
| —
| -
| —
|-
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 1993
| style="text-align:left;" | 1993
| style="text-align:left;" | Midnight Confession
| style="text-align:left;" | "[[Midnight Confessions|Midnight Confession]]"
| -
| —
| -
| —
| -
| —
| -
| —
| -
| —
|-
| colspan="7" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}
|}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Discogs artist}}


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Latest revision as of 10:08, 12 May 2024

Carol Lynn Townes is an American soul singer from Warrenton, North Carolina.

Career[edit]

Hailing from a family of gospel singers, she made her debut singing gospel at age three. She moved to New York in the early 1970s, joining a male soul group called Fifth Avenue. The group consisted of prominent jingle singers. With Townes as lead singer, the group recorded the single, "Wheeler Dealer", for Buddha Records, and followed with an album on RCA Records in 1976. But it was not until nearly a decade later that Townes achieved commercial success.

Signed to Polydor as a solo artist, she recorded a cover version of Alton McClain & Destiny's "99 ½" for the Breakin' soundtrack in 1984.[1] This became a top 10 dance club hit and made number 22 on the US Billboard R&B chart, and number 77 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2] It peaked at number 47 in the UK Singles Chart in August 1984.[3] She then recorded "Believe in the Beat" for the follow-up film, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo,[1] in which she appeared at the end, performing the song. This track reached number 56 in the UK[3] and number 65 in Australia.[4] This led to her own solo album, Satisfaction Guaranteed. She then recorded a second album, Try Me Out, released in 1988. This was followed by the 12-inch single "What I Wouldn't Do" on Easy Street in 1989, and a dance version of The Grass Roots' hit "Midnight Confessions" on Life Line in 1993.

Discography[edit]

Albums[edit]

Year Title Label
1976 Carol Townes and Fifth Avenue Sixth Avenue
1985 Satisfaction Guaranteed Polydor
1988 Try Me Out

Singles[edit]

Year Title Peak chart positions
US
[5] 		US
R&B
[2] 		US
Dance
[5] 		UK
[6] 		AUS
[4]
1975 "Wheeler Dealer" (with Fifth Avenue) — — — — —
1984 "99 ½" 77 22 9 47 —
"Believe in the Beat" 109 65 25 56 65
1985 "I Freak for You" 106 — 28 — —
1988 "You Keep Running Back" — — — — —
1989 "What Wouldn't I Do" — — — — —
1993 "Midnight Confession" — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Wynn, Ron. "Carol Lynn Townes Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (1996). Top R&B Singles: 1942-1995. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 449. ISBN 0-89820-115-2.
  3. ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 1563. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  4. ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 311. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  5. ^ a b "Carol Lynn Townes Songs ••• Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". www.musicvf.com. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  6. ^ "CAROL LYNN TOWNES songs and albums - full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 12, 2024.

External links[edit]

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