Love & Kisses
Love & Kisses is a 1970s disco group assembled by European producer Alec Costandinos, with a variety of male/female singers.
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Genres | Disco |
Years active | 1977 | –1982
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After collaborating on Cerrone's debut album Love In C Minor (1976), Costandinos assembled Love & Kisses in early 1977, and shortly after the group released their first album, which contained just two songs - and so was also classed as a double A-side single. These were "Accidental Lover" and "I Found Love (Now That I Found You)", which combined orchestral sounds, classical influences and a disco arrangement. The single charted at #1 for three weeks on Billboard's disco/dance chart.
The following year saw the release of their second album entitled How Much, How Much I Love You, (title track covered side one, "Beauty and the Beast" completed side two, along with a love song, "Maybe") utilizing the same basic formula. Both songs became top five disco hits. This was followed closely by the group's biggest hit, "Thank God It's Friday", the theme song from the film of the same name. It peaked at #23 R&B, #22 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #1 for six weeks on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The soundtrack, which featured Donna Summer's "Last Dance" and the Commodores "Too Hot ta Trot", was nominated for several Grammy Awards.
Their third and final album, You Must Be Love was released in 1979, but met with less success. Shortly thereafter the group disassembled and later released Bap Bap.
Discography
Albums
- 1977 Love and Kisses
- 1978 How Much, How Much I Love You
- 1979 You Must Be Love
Singles
- 1977 I've Found Love (Now That I Found You) b/w Accidental Lover - #1 on Hot Dance Music/Club Play 1977
- 1977 Accidental Lover b/w I've Found Love (Now That I Found You) - #5 on Hot Dance Music/Club Play
- 1978 Thank God It's Friday b/w You're The Most Precious Thing In My Life (From the film "Thank God It's Friday"- #22 on Hot 100
- 1978 How Much, How Much I Love You b/w Maybe
- 1978 You're The Most Precious Thing In My Life (From the Film "Thank God It's Friday")
- 1979 You Must Be Love
- 1982 Bap Bap b/w Right Here In My World
See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart