Eruption (4)

About Eruption (4)

Disco group formed in 1974, U.K. as Silent Eruption.
After Lindell Leslie, their original singer, left the group, [a=Precious Wilson] moved from backing to lead vocals.
[a=Frank Farian] signed the group at [l=Hansa International]. They toured with [a=Boney M.] in 1977 and achieved an international hit with their disco cover version of [a=Ann Peebles]’ “I Can’t Stand The Rain”, taken from their first album. While the flagship single from their second album, “Leave A Light”, only charted modestly (it was a cover of [a=Caston & Majors]’ “I’ll Keep My Light In My Window”), another cover of [a=Neil Sedaka]’s hit “One Way Ticket” was a Top 5 hit all over Europe early 1979.

Shortly after, [a=Precious Wilson] left the group for a solo career and was replaced by [a=Kim Davis (7)]. The group’s self-penned “Go Johnnie Go” from their third album “Fight Fight Fight” was a Top 10 hit in Germany in 1980, but only months later, Davis died of a brain hemorrhage. She was replaced by singer [a=Janye James], and their 1981 cover version of [a=Del Shannon]’s “Runaway” narrowly missed the German Top 20.

By the end of that year, they signed with [a=Ralph Siegel]’s [l=Jupiter Records] and released a handful of unsuccessful singles and one album “Our Way” before finally disbanding in 1985 after their final single “Where Do I Begin”.