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"Jack and Jill" is a 1977 hit song by R&B vocal group Raydio (which featured Ray Parker Jr.). It was the first single from their debut album Raydio, and became an international top 10 hit. It reached number eight on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Read more on Last.fm.

Raydio was a funk and R&B vocal group formed in 1977, by Ray Parker Jr. along with Vincent Bohnam, Jerry Knight, and Arnell Carmichael. The group released their self-titled, debut album in 1978. The LP was propelled to gold status by the hit song Jack and Jill, which peaked at #8 and #5, respectively, on the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B charts while also reaching #11 on the UK singles chart. Their successful follow-up hit, You Can't Change That, was released in 1979, and was lifted from their Rock On album. The single made it to #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #3 on the R&B listings that year. By 1980, the group had become known as Ray Parker, Jr. and Raydio, releasing two more albums: Two Places at the Same Time in 1980 and A Woman Needs Love in 1981. Together, the albums spawned four hit singles: Two Places at the Same Time (#30 Pop, #6 R&B) and For Those Who Like to Groove (#14 R&B) in 1980 followed by That Old Song (#21 Pop, #26 R&B, #7 Adult Contemporary) in 1981. Their last and biggest hit, A Woman Needs Love, also released in 1981, went to # 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and became the groups only #1 R&B single. Raydio finally broke up in 1981. Ray Parker, Jr. started his solo career, scoring six Top 40 hits, including The Other Woman (#4 Pop, #1 R&B), and Ghostbusters, which spent three weeks at #1 on the Billboard Pop charts while also topping the R&B charts. Jerry Knight formed Ollie & Jerry, with Ollie Brown. Their two biggest hits came from soundtracks. Breakin'... There's No Stoppin' Us was the theme to the motion picture Breakin', and hit #9 on the Hot 100 and #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. Their second single Electric Boogaloo (from the movie Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo), did not enter the pop charts, but did climb to #43 on the dance chart. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.