Their longest LP to date, Women as Lovers attempts to home in on the synth-pop influences of the group's sound.

Although he has served the longest tenure in the Temptations, Williams rarely sings lead, focusing instead on his role as the group's leader and organizer, and as the background " tenor in the middle ".

The group's 1980 album Making Waves peaked at number 11 but had the longest UK album chart run of their career ( 33 weeks ) Singles from the album included " Don't Make Waves " ( UK number 12, Eire number 5 ); " Who's Gonna Rock You " ( co-written by Billy Ocean, UK number 12 in 1980, Eire number 14 ), and " Gotta Pull Myself Together " ( UK number 9, Eire Nº8 ).

The creatures co-exist in Teletubbyland ( the name of their home environment ) with a number of odd contraptions such as Nuu-Nuu, the group's anthropomorphic blue vacuum cleaner with the tendency to suck up the Teletubbies ' possessions and the voice trumpets, devices resembling periscopes that rise from the ground and interact with the Teletubbies, serving as either supervisors for the beings who often arise to engage in games with them.

Birdsong remained with the Supremes until she retired in February 1976, frustrated with her dealings with Mary Wilson and Wilson's then-husband, Pedro Ferrer, who was serving as the group's manager.

Unbeknownst to Kruk, who moved out in November to play winter ball in Mexico, Plummer was funding the group's lifestyle by moonlighting as an armed robber, with Hafer serving as his getaway driver.

With Helm serving as nominal leader due to his longevity with the Hawkins group, it was in fact Manuel who sang most of the songs in the group's repertoire.

Australian aircrew were assigned to most of the group's aircraft, serving in every role except aircraft commander.

It was also during this time ( in 1986 ) that the Andersons, Blanchard, and Flair began calling themselves Four Horsemen with James J. Dillon serving as the group's manager.

He was also a key figure behind the formation of the American Association of University Professors, serving as that group's president from 1919 to 1920.

The group's since highly-publicized drug addictions have been well documented with several members serving jail time for drug offenses.

The band embarks on a lengthy tour and Izzy experiences the excesses of the lifestyle, with the group's manager, Mats ( Timothy Spall ), serving as a sympathetic mentor to Izzy.

" San Francisco " was the group's first release on the Zooland label, with the song being put up on the US iTunes Store as a remix EP, serving as the first official lead US single from the album.

Ross, having just left The Supremes after a decade of serving as that group's lead singer, went through a difficult situation trying to piece a solo album together.

The group's sixth single overall, entitled " The Bride ", was issued that year, serving as the lead-off to their third studio album, R. I. D. E., whose title is an abbreviation for " Rebellious Individuals Delivering Entertainment.

In 1885, Ely was a founder of the American Economic Association, serving until 1892 as the group's Secretary.

A few of the group's significant performances included serving as one of the front acts for Philippine-based Rock bands doing a Canadian tour, like Siakol ( in May 2006 ) and Mike Hanopol ( in 2007 ).

After Wood's departure following the band's debut record, Lynne wrote and arranged all of the group's original compositions and produced every album.

Joey initially served as the group's drummer while Dee Dee Ramone was the original vocalist.

However, without compatible editing software, filmmakers continued to create works based on the original Quake ; these included the ILL Clan's Apartment Huntin ' and the Quake done Quick group's Scourge Done Slick.

The group's original lineup was Curt Kirkwood ( guitar / vocals ), his brother Cris Kirkwood ( bass guitar ), and Derrick Bostrom ( drums ).

The band and its membership went through a number of re-configurations between 1968 and 1974, achieving their current form when Peart replaced original drummer John Rutsey in July 1974, two weeks before the group's first United States tour.

Despite the original group's premature break-up, many of its members found considerable success elsewhere: founding member John Felice formed the seminal Real Kids, Jerry Harrison later joined Talking Heads, David Robinson co-founded the Cars, and Ernie Brooks would later work with David Johansen, Arthur Russell, Elliott Murphy, and Gary Lucas.

The group's original albums were reissued and all hit the record charts at the same time.

In the wake of the group's success for the Victor release, in May the band returned to Columbia, recording two selections of popular tunes of the day chosen for them by the record company ( possibly hoping to avoid the copyright problems which arose after Victor recorded two of the band's supposedly original compositions ) " Darktown Strutter's Ball " and "( Back Home Again in ) Indiana " as catalogue # A-2297.

The group's self-titled LP contains several other samples from the original Star Trek television series.

" The music is simpler and slower than on the group's two previous releases, the uncompromisingly original Trout Mask Replica and the frenetic Lick My Decals Off, Baby.

Barney was asked to join when the other members heard him singing in a beautiful tenor voice in the restroom of Moe's Tavern, replacing the group's original fourth member, Chief Wiggum, who was kicked out.

After 1969 Habash could no longer claim that he was the head of the true organization, as all three of the group's original triumvirate were now separate.

) Although Robin is best known as Batman's sidekick, the Robins have also been members of the superhero group the Teen Titans-with the original Robin, Dick Grayson, as a founding member and the group's leader and with Tim Drake as the team leader.

Controversially, original Miracle Marv Tarplin was not honored, against the wishes of his fellow Miracles, and the group's fans, who felt that he should have also been there to share the honor.

During 1991, America was able to offer four new tracks as part of a collection issued by Rhino Records called Encore: More Greatest Hits, which was designed to complement the group's original 1975 retrospective.

Traditionally, Gibb's original role in the Bee Gees was a backup singer, but since 1967 his role was a lead singer for which he vied with Barry during the group's first period of British success in the late 1960s.

Eddie's brother, David Brigati, an original Starliter, helped arrange the vocal harmonies and sang backgrounds on many of the group's recordings ( informally earning the designation as the " fifth Rascal ").

Much of what was cut was experimental, piano-based Rundgren material, heavily influenced by singer / songwriter Laura Nyro-a far cry from the group's original Beatles-Who-Yardbirds-Cream derived sound.

On the day of the group's audition, Santiago, the original lead singer, was late.

Ricky Westfield, the group's original keyboardist, left in 1976 to form his own band, and died in 1985.

: Nike + Original Run, which was the group's first original material since The Impossible: Mission TV Series-Pt.

The group's original name was Gerry Marsden and the Mars Bars, but they were forced to change this, when the Mars Company, producers of the chocolate Mars Bar, complained.

After hearing of these other Steppenwolf incarnations, John Kay was furious, since an original agreement among the band members in the early 1970s stated that anyone leaving forfeited any rights on the group's name, while the last original members standing when the group disbanded ( Kay and Jerry Edmonton ) would have exclusive claims on the name hereafter.

Allende was Hidalgo's co-conspirator in Querétaro and remained more loyal to the Querétaro group's original, more creole objectives.