"It's Raining Men" Collection on Letterman, 1982-2015
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- Late Night:
1. December 20, 1982. Paul mentions that his co-composition "It's Raining Men" is #1 in Billboard's Dance Music chart.
2. December 21, 1982. Dave congratulates Paul for the success of "It's Raining Men."
3. January 12, 1983. The song is finally performed on the show by its original artists, The Weather Girls -- Martha Wash and Izora Armstead -- who then later chat with Dave.
Paul's co-writer of the song, Paul Jabara, died in 1992.
Late Show:
4. October 1, 2012. To commemorate "It's Raining Men"'s 30th anniversary, Martha Wash revisits the song with an expanded ensemble. Izora, Martha's Weather Girl partner, had passed away in 2004.
5. April 21, 2015. As part of Late Show's final six weeks, Paul pays tribute to "It's Raining Men" one last time, here closing the show with Chaka Khan.
Martha Wash was later part of an even bigger hit, singing lead for “Everybody Dance Now.” But she received no credit for that until she sued.
The ICONIC Martha Wash and Zora Rhodes. Powerful voices
I don't think Martha Wash has lip synched a day in her life
Martha Walsh walked so Lizzo could run
I’m an immigrant from Belarus. I’m a professional singer and was my entire life thrilled America for this amazing music. I love this country! God Bless America!
What a nice compilation. Odd to hear Chaka sing it, but she can sing almost anything. Just a quick fun facts list for those interested- Martha & Izora joined disco singer Sylvester in 1976 and together the trio released his 3rd album SYLVESTER in 1977, followed by STEP II in 1978, STARS in 1979, and LIVING PROOF also in 1979. Fantasy Records split them up, to Sylvester's dismay, and had the women put out 2 disco albums- 1980 TWO TONS OF FUN and a second 1980 LP with a name change of THE TWO TONS - BACKATCHA. Then their contract ran out and they were on their own. In 1982 Paul Jabara approached the two women with the song "It's Raining Men" and Izora came up with the name The Weather Girls, and in fact, went straight out to get a patent on it so the record company wouldn't change their name later on. "It's Raining Men" came out first appearing on the Paul Jabara & Friends LP (with 2 other Weather Girls songs- "Hope" (original version) and "Ladies Hotline" (written by Paul Jabara & Diana Ross). Then in 1983 came the Weather Girls debut album SUCCESS. In 1985 came their 2nd LP "BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY", and then their 3rd and last LP THE WEATHER GIRLS (working with Full Force). Sylvester had released 7 more albums by the time he passed away on December 16, 1988. Martha went on to work with C&C Music Factory and Black Box, both used her vocals and didn't give credit, and while Martha was off doing that, Izora released 2 12" solo singles that went no where. Then Martha released her debut solo album MARTHA WASH in 1992, and Izora moved to Germany with her daughter Dynelle Rhodes and continued with the name The Weather Girls (since Izora owned the name). The mother and daughter duo were quite successful, having released 3 good albums: 1993 DOUBLE TONS OF FUN, 1995 THINK BIG and 1998 PUTTIN' ON THE HITS (covers of disco songs from the 70's). At some point during this period they opened up a restaurant in Germany called The Weather Girls Soul Food Kitchen. Izora passed away on Sept. 16, 2004 and Dynelle went on with a new singer, Ingrid Arthur, to record 2 more albums as The Weather Girls- 2004 TOTALLY WILD and 2009 THE WOMAN I AM. Martha Wash is still recording- she formed her own record company Purple Rose Records and released 2 more solo albums: 2013 SOMETHING GOOD and 2020 LOVE & CONFLICT. So, just in case you were wondering... whatever happened to them... now you know ; )
with no sound effect.. this is the geniune voice of the two ladies
Chaka didn’t learn her lines. Hence why she’s “blowing” all over the place. Why not let Martha do HER thang?!?!?! 🤷♀️
those ladies had fantastic voices. that song is not easy to sing at all, cf. my own attempts to sing it at karaoke/family functions
God, Chaka was a mess! She didn't know what she was singing. She should have had the words on the back of one of her fans like she did at Aretha's funeral. Haha
Martha is so effortless its insane. I can’t imagine being this talented. Together their voices are so unstoppable.
I'm so used to hearing about Martha Wash, that it's fun to hear what a powerful voice Izora had as well. Their voices were insane.
It took 6 backup singers to fill in for IZORA! That’s how powerful these ladies voices are. Goddesses among mere mortals.
Martha Wash the greatest singer in the world. Can sing soft like an angel AND belt out a verse like no other.
Top shelf vocalists
Martha Wash's voice is incredible!
These women brought pure joy to us with their extraordinary voices and personalities. God bless them.
Jesus they could really sing.
I feel like these ladies greet you with big hugs and a kiss on the cheek. Then feed you greens, hamhocks and cornbread.
I didn't realize Paul Shaffer wrote this! That's kind of a fun fact, and of course they sang the daylights out of it.