Girlfriend

Album: Pebbles (1987)
Charted: 8 5
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  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn May 28, 1988, Pebbles performed "Girlfriend" on the Dick Clark ABC-TV network Saturday-afternoon program 'American Bandstand'...
    At the time "Girlfriend" was at #53 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 and working it's way DOWN the chart; five weeks earlier it had peaked at #5 {for 1 week} and it stayed on the Top 100 for 20 weeks...
    And on the same 'Bandstand' show she also performed "Mercedes Boys, it was at #34 on Hot Top 100 and working it's way UP the chart; six weeks later it would peak at #2* {for 2 weeks} and it spent 18 weeks on the Top 100...
    And both songs peaked at #1 on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart; "Girlfriend" for 2 weeks on April 14th, 1988 and "Mercedes Boy" for 1 week on May 15th, 1988...
    Pebbles, born Perri Arlette McKissack, will celebrate her 53rd birthday in three months on August 29th {2017}...
    * The two weeks "Mercedes Boy" was at #2, the #1 record for both those weeks was "The Flame" by Cheap Trick.
  • Keith from Philadelphia, PaThis song was given to Vanessa Williams first she even recorded it, but for some reason it was given to Pebbles.
  • Jennifer Harris from Grand Blanc, MiThis song reminds me of a late friend of mine,named Mary Allman,her ex-fiancee cheated on her.I believe.Before she died She gave back his ring,and she bought a dress to the CMH dance.
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