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The Belle Stars were an all-female British pop group of the early ’80s that split off from the Bodysnatchers. The lineup was Sarah-Jane Owen (lead guitar), Stella Barker (acoustic guitar), Miranda Joyce (saxophone), Clare Hirst (saxaphone and keyboards), Judy Parsons (drums), Lesley Shone (bass), and Jennie Matthias (lead singer). They scored four U.K. Top 40 hits between 1982 and 1983, “Iko Iko,” “The Clapping Song,” “Sign of the Times,” and “Sweet Memory,” before splitting up in 1984. Miranda, Sarah-Jane and Lesley continued as The Belle Stars as a 3 piece band and had a US dancefloor hit with World Domination in 1986. Their song Check In, Check Out features on the soundtrack to the Whoopi Goldberg film, The Burglar. “Iko Iko” was used in the hit film Rain Man, turning it into a surprise Top 40 U.S. hit in 1989. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

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1	Iko Iko	332
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4	The Clapping Song	5
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7	Indian Summer	3
7	Sign Of The Times (Remixed Extended 12" Version)	3
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city_man wrote:
May 2009

крутые бабы

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atomal wrote:
April 2009

my favourite song "World Domination 7 UK". Only it exists on vinyl on CD was not written. I have digitated record The Belle Stars - World Domination 7inch and The Belle Stars - World Domination extended 12 UK.

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SERENITY2167 wrote:
November 2008

A Typo Should Be "Sign Of The Times", Good tune.

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roxy641 wrote:
May 2007

Sing of The Times? What is that about?

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