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First Choice

First Choice albums

First Choice is an American girl group and vocal music trio from Philadelphia. Their soul and disco hits included "Armed and Extremely Dangerous", "Smarty Pants", "The Player (Part 1)", "Guilty", "Love Thang", and "Doctor Love". They were signed to soul label Philly Groove and to disco label Gold Mind, and later to Warner Bros. and Salsoul. == Career == First Choice began singing in high school as the Debonettes. The group consisted of lead singer Rochelle Fleming, Annette Guest, and... [more on Wikipedia]

Top songs: #1: Smarty Pants - #2: Armed and Extremely Dangerous - #3: Doctor Love - #4: The Player (Part 1) - #5: Hold Your Horses

		Date	Title	Points	Charts Peaks	Links	Comment

	1.	1973-1974	Armed and Extremely Dangerous	240		MP3
	1.	03/1973	Armed and Extremely Dangerous	115	US 28 • US R&B 11 • UK 16	MP3	[Philly Groove 175] written by Allan Felder & Norman Harris
	2.	08/1973	Smarty Pants	116	US 56 • US R&B 25 • UK 9	MP3	[Philly Groove 179] written by Allan Felder & Norman Harris
	3.	02/1974	Newsy Neighbors	8	US 97 • US R&B 35	MP3	[Philly Groove 183] written by Al Felder & Norman Harris

	2.	1974	The Player	49		MP3
	1.	08/1974	The Player (Part 1)	39	US 70 • US R&B 7 • UK 51	MP3	[Philly Groove 200] written by Norman Harris & Allan Felder
	2.	11/1974	Guilty	11	US 103 • US R&B 19	MP3	[Philly Groove 202] written by Ron Roker & Gerry Shury

	3.	1976	So Let Us Entertain You	25		MP3
	1.	03/1976	First Choice Theme/Ain't He Bad / Are You Ready for Me?	14	US dance 7	MP3	written by Arnold Coley Jr., Harold Cephas, Stan Watson, James Dean, John Glover, Buddy Turner, Jerry Atkins, John Bellmon & Victor Drayton
	2.	04/1976	Gotta Get Away (From You Baby)	10	US dance 16 • US R&B 64	MP3	[Warner 8214] written by James Dean & John Glover
	3.	09/1976	Let Him Go	1	US R&B 97	MP3	[Warner 8251] written by James Dean & John Glover

	4.	1977	Delusions	45		MP3
	1.	05/1977	Doctor Love	43	US 41 • US dance 8 • US R&B 23	MP3	[Gold Mind 4004] written by Allan Felder, Norman Harris & Ron Tyson
	2.	11/1977	Love Having You Around	2	US R&B 68	MP3	[Philly Groove 4009] written by Stevie Wonder & Syreeta Wright

	5.	1978-1979	Hold Your Horses	26		MP3
	1.	11/1978	Hold Your Horses	18	US dance 5 • US R&B 73	MP3	[Philly Groove 4017] written by Frank Ricotti, Kathleen Poppy, Les Hurdle & Peter Gosling
	2.	04/1979	Double Cross	5	US 104 • US R&B 60	MP3	[Gold Mind 4019] written by Norman Harris & Ron Tyson
	3.	08/1979	Love Thang	2	US dance 52	MP3	[Gold Mind 4022] written by McKinley Jackson, Melvin Steals & Mervin Steals

	6.	1980	Breakaway	1		MP3
	1.	04/1980	Breakaway	1	US dance 80	MP3	written by Norman Harris & Ron Tyson

See also...

Annette Guest • Debbie Martin • Joyce Jones • Rochelle Fleming • Ursula Herring

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