The group was put together by Jacques Morali, who was also responsible for putting together The Village People. The initial line up consisted of Cassandra Ann Wooten, Gwendolyn Oliver and Cheryl Mason Jacks, so no Ritchie’s and no relatives. They took their name from record producer Richie Rome, adding a ‘t’ to the name. They found success immediately with their first hit, ‘Brazil’ going to 11 in the US and 41 in the UK. However, this would be their best peak on the main US chart with only 1 of their 2 subsequent Hot 100 hits making the top 20. However, they saw 11 hits make the US Dance charts with 3 of them topping those charts. In 1978, Wooten, Oliver and Jacks were sacked, much to their surprise and 3 new members were employed. Wooten and Jacks would go on to form a group called Cas Mijac and would sing backing vocals on John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s ‘Double Fantasy’ album.
Date of entry
Song
Peak (weeks at 1)
Weeks
12-Sep-1975
Brazil
11
8
05-Nov-1976
The Best Disco In Town
18
5
Total hits
2
Total weeks
13
Biggest climber awards
1
Star rater climbs
1
Biggest fallers
1
Weeks with oldest in the charts
0
Longest run in the charts (weeks)
5
Weeks with more than 1 in the charts
0
Biggest gap between hits (weeks)
51
Top 30 points ranking
=821
Top 20 points ranking
=925
Top 30 points
177
Top 20 points
47
Cassandra Wooten and Cheryl Jacks sang backing vocals on the following John Lennon hits:
SA Singles Charts 