R&J Stone were the English/American husband and wife musical
duo
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of Russell Oliver Stone and Joanne Stone.
The pair were originally members of
James Last
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's British Choir for a number of years. They had a
hit single
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in the mid 1970s with their self penned song "
We Do It
"We Do It" is a song written by Russell Stone, who was the male half of the husband and wife duo R&J Stone. It was produced by Phil Swern, and became a hit in 1976, peaking at No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart. It was also a top 5 hit in Australia.
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".
The track was produced by
Phil Swern
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. Some time after their hit, Russell Stone decided that he did not want to remain as a singer, and preferred to concentrate on
producing and
writing
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for his wife.
Their second
album
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did not do well and a third album, although recorded, was never released.
Joanne Stone died of a
brain tumour
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in 1979.
Russell Stone later went to
Munich
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to work with the
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Thorir Baldursson. Stone, a recovered alcoholic, has released three solo albums''Love Aspects'' (2013), ''Groove Aspects'' (2014) and ''Devotional Aspects'' (2016)after spending years out of the music industry.
Discography
Albums
*''We Do It'' - RCA RS 1052 - 1976
(AUS number 12
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*''R&J'' - RCA PL 25069 - 1977
*''Very Best of R&J Stone'' - Lynx Music UK LYX004CD - 2012
]
Singles
* "We Do It
"We Do It" is a song written by Russell Stone, who was the male half of the husband and wife duo R&J Stone. It was produced by Phil Swern, and became a hit in 1976, peaking at No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart. It was also a top 5 hit in Australia.
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" / "We Love Each Other" - RCA 2616 - 1976 ( UK number 5)
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English pop music duos
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Male–female musical duos
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