#18: It’s Raining Men by the Weather Girls

City: Montreal, PQ
Radio Station: CKGM
Peak Month: March 1983
Peak Position in Montreal ~ #2
Peak position in Vancouver ~ did not chart
Peak Position on Billboard Hot 100 ~ #46
Peak Position on UK Singles chart ~ #2
Peak Position on Ireland Single chart ~ #5
Peak Position on Norway Singles chart ~ #8
YouTube: “It’s Raining Men”
Lyrics: “It’s Raining Men”

The Weather Girls are a singing duo formed by Martha Walsh and Izora Armstead in San Francisco in 1976. Walsh was born in San Francisco in 1953, and sang in a school choir in high school. After graduation she joined the gospel group NOW (News Of the World). She also worked as a secretary at a hospital. In 1976, she auditioned to be a backing singer for Sylvester. He was impressed with her vocals and asked if she had another friend who could join her on stage. Walsh invited Izora Rhodes to join her and the pair were named Two Tons o’ Fun, as they were both big girls.
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