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Singer. Instrument (s) Vocals. Years active. 1960s–present. Labels. Polydor Records, RCA Records, Bronze Records, Funkin' Marvellous, Nightmare, Centre City Records. Viola Billups (born July 4, 1946), known by her stage name Pearly Gates, is an American disco and soul singer and member of girl group The Flirtations .
Earnestine Pearce and Shirley Pearce sisters from Orangeburg South Carolina and Viola Billups AKA Pearly Gates from Tuskegee Alabama are The Flirtations, known for their signature song “Nothing but a Heartache”.
Despite the relative success of "Jerk It", Lestine Johnson left the group, replaced by Viola Billups. The Gypsies released only two singles on Old Town Records in 1966, giving them a total of four.
19.3K subscribers. 71. 1.5K views 3 years ago. ...more. Pearly Gates was born as Viola 'Vie' Billups in Tuskegee, Alabama on the 4th of July. Her ambition to see the world took her to New...
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All vocals by Viola Billups Recorded and mixed at Trident Studios, London © & ℗ 1979 RSO Records, Inc. Includes unlimited streaming of Fading into the Night via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
19. Okt. 2020 · Und tatsächlich, die Schwestern Earnestine und Shirley Pearce sowie ihre Freundin Viola Billups stammten aus Übersee (South Carolina) wo sie in New York ihre Karriere lanciert und als Quartett unter dem Namen The Gypsies bereits 1965 erste Singles veröffentlicht hatten.
The song achieved airplay only on local radio stations, but their next single ‚the J.J. Jackson-written "Jerk It" ‚was more successful, reaching #111 (pop) and #33 (R&B) in the spring of 1965. Despite the relative success of "Jerk It", Lestine Johnson left the group, replaced by Viola Billups. The Gypsies released only two singles on Old ...
