The Good Girls are a female R&B trio from

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, that emerged in the late 1980s, originally composed of

Shireen Crutchfield Shireen Elaine Crutchfield is an American actress and singer. best known as the lead singer of the R&B trio The Good Girls from 1989 to the present. Crutchfield is also known for her acting roles as Jace in '' Dark Angel'' and '' Hot Boyz''. ...

, Joyce Tolbert, and DeMonica Santiago.

Career

The Good Girls were recording artists for

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, and were groomed as a contemporary version of

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with a more urban sound. The group's debut

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''All for Your Love'', influenced heavily by

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movement, was released in 1989, producing the

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"Your Sweetness" which peaked at No. 6 on ''

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. Other notable

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included their

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of "

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," and "I Need Your Love". The girls also appeared on the 1990 debut single by

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entitled "(I Wanna) Make You Mine". The group's second album ''Just Call Me'' was released in 1992 with lukewarm success. Two highlights for the group happened in 1990 when they went on

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's MotorTown Tour and later that year, they joined

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's No More Games tour. Group member DeMonica Santiago was married to actor

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, but is now divorced. In 2018, The Good Girls reunited for a private performance and announced they were returning with new music. In March 2019, it was announced lead singer Shireen Crutchfield had decided to not continue with the reunion in favor of continuing her acting and modeling career and has been replaced by fellow actress-singer and high school friend

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Discography

Albums

* 1989: ''All for Your Love'' (Motown) - R&B #32 * 1992: ''Just Call Me'' (Motown)

Singles

* 1989: "Your Sweetness" - R&B #6 * 1989: "

" - R&B #10 * 1990: "I Need Your Love" - R&B #20 * 1992: "Just Call Me" - R&B #19, UK #75 * 1993: "It Must Be Love" - R&B #40

References

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