PEACHES & HERB : FREEWAY [POLYDOR - ESP 1981] 7'

Peaches & Herb  "Freeway"  single 7"

(Polydor)  1981  made in Spain

cat. num. 20 95 396

#disco  #soul  #funk

Though soul/pop Peaches and Herb was billed as a duo, their group member rotation is more similar to a group's. The original Peaches, Francine Hurd Barker, a Washington, D.C., native, earned the childhood nickname "Peaches" because of her genteel manner. She sang in neighborhood groups and in her teens she became the lead singer for a group named the Keynotes. Starting her own group, the Darlettes, they auditioned for and were signed to D.C.-area label Date Records, where their name was changed to the Sweet Things. 

The majority of their Polydor hits were written by Perren, Dino Fekaris, Kenny St. Lewis, and Melvin Ragin. Though there were other hits on Polydor, none came close to the success of their early- to mid-'60s Date singles. Though Herb Famebelieves it can happen again and employs a new "Peaches" to keep the name current while he holds down a job in the Washington, D.C. police department.