Secret Weapon | |
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Origin | New York, New York U.S. |
Genres | Post-disco • funk |
Labels | Prelude Records |
Secret Weapon was a New York-based short-lived post-disco music group, [1] formed by Jerome Prister. The group had a number of hits throughout the 1980s with their most successful single being "Must Be the Music" which hit #24 on the R&B chart [2] and #66 on the dance chart in 1982. [3]
Band founder Jerome Prister went on to form the short-lived off-shoot group Output and later released several solo singles, along with a 1989 studio album, under the name Jerome "Secret Weapon" Prister. He died of a stroke in 2007. [4][ citation needed]
Singer Michele Blackmon, who also co-wrote "Must Be the Music," later began working as a unit team member managing inmates at a correctional facility, although she would continue performing/entertaining on the side until shortly before her death in late 2014. [5]
Secret Weapon's Djuana "DJ" Thomas is a radio personality on Atlanta's WRDA. [6]
One-time lead vocalist Stanley Snider (credited as "'The' Roy Skip Snider" in liner notes for the band's self-titled album) went on to release several solo singles after the dissolution of the group [7] but would never officially join another group, opting to work more behind the scenes, creating and producing several groups. The founder of a health insurance non-profit, Snider currently works as the CEO of this company and recently announced his return to singing. [8]
Year | Single | Chart positions | |
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US R&B |
US Dance | ||
1983 | Secret Weapon | — | — |
"—" denotes the single failed to chart |
Year | Single | Chart positions | |
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US R&B |
US Dance | ||
1982 | "Must Be the Music" | 24 | 66 |
1983 | "DJ Man" | 73 | — |
1984 | "Move for Me" (as Output) | 88 | — |
1988 | "Say You'll Be" (as Jerome "Secret Weapon" Prister) | 89 | — |
"—" denotes the single failed to chart |