The ORIGINAL Exposé
Formed
1985 in Miami, Florida, Exposé began as a project of pop svengali
Lewis Martinee. But by their third album, the three women were trying to assert
themselves as artists. Martinee wrote and recorded the single "Point Of No Return"
with Alè Lorenzo, Laurie Miller, and Sandra Casanas, whom he dubbed Exposé
in 1985. The song became a dance hit, followed by 1986's "Exposed To Love", and
the group began work on an album. They went in the studio forming a new line up
of Laurie Miller, Gioa Carmen Bruno and Jeanette Jurado, with Alè Lorenzo's
voice remaining as lead on "Exposed To Love" and on backround vocals. Before it's
completion Laurie Miller moved on to a solo project. All her vocals remained on
the album with Ann Curless stepping in to take over her leads.
With its Latin-tinged dance grooves, the multiplatinum Exposure (#16, 1987) broke the Beatles' record for most Top Ten hits from a debut album with "Come Go With Me" (#5 pop, #14 R&B, 1987), a re-recorded "Point Of No Return" (#5, 1987) , "Let Me Be The One" (#7 pop, #29 R&B, 1987) , and the ballad "Seasons Change" (#1 pop, #27 R&B, 1987). The gold "What You Don't Know" (#33, 1989) followed this success with the singles "What You Don't Know" (#8, 1989), "Tell Me Why" (#9, 1989), "When I Looked At Him" (#10, 1989), and "Your Baby Never Looked Good In Blue" (#17, 1990).
On their third album, Exposé replaced Bruno, who was having throat problems,
with L.A. based Kelly Moneymaker, who had performed with Todd Rundgren and Wayne
Newton. The trio branched away from Martinee on Exposé, using four songs
written by hitmaker Diane Warren (including "As Long As I Can Dream", written with
Roy Orbison) and working with producers Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiero (Madonna,
Guns n' Roses) on several tracks. That album includes the hit "I'll Never Get Over
You (Getting Over Me)" (#8, 1993). Exposé has now been released from Arista
Records and the many different artists that were Exposé, are now pursuing
solo careers.
Excerpts from "The
Rolling Stone History Of Rock And Roll".
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