Quarterflash ~ Harden My Heart 1981 Pop Purrfection Version

I remember the first time I saw Karen Carpenter playing the drums on TV...I was so impressed and I realized that women could rock too! She was completely within her element see the youtube video here, she really kills It !https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdHyzGXAJPg

The reason I mention this is because when 1980 rolled around, everyone was searching for the next "thing" since disco had become persona non grata on radio and what would fill the void it left behind. Enter Rindy Ross and her superb saxophone talents that opened Quarterflash's album with "Harden My Heart". I was gobsmacked! I saw her on TV and ran out to buy the album.
A female singer who played sax? I was so in on that!

Quarterflash was formed by Orinda (Rindy) Sue Ross and her husband Marv Ross who were called Seafood Mama before they joined with the Oregon band Pilot (Not the "Magic" band) and renamed themselves. They already had a hot song in 1980 issued locally called "Harden My Heart" that gained instant popularity in Oregon and performed it on TV during their one hour special for Seafood Mama.

David Geffen was looking for talent to sign to his fledgling label Geffen Records and the first client he had signed was Donna Summer and then John Lennon. High powered talent like Elton John, Irene Cara, Peter Gabriel, Don Henley, Debbie Harry, Neil Young and Jennifer Holliday joined him as well as Berlin, Enya, Wang Chung, Sammy Hagar and Quarterflash.

The newly minted band re-recorded "Harden My Heart" and with Geffen behind them the single was released October 17, 1981 entering the chart at #80 and it peaked at #3 for three weeks since J Geils' "Centerfold" held down the top spot for all three weeks and at #2 was Hall & Oates "I Can't Go For That" that blocked them for two weeks and then "Open Arms" leapfrogged over them the third week.

A second single from the album, "Find Another Fool" that carried on the sentiment of "Harden My Heart" peaked at #16. The third single "Take Me To Heart" was issued in 1983 and it peaked at #14. Shortly after that Geffen dropped the band and it gave up the ghost.

Rindy and Marv revived the band in 1990 and they signed with Epic Records issuing "Girl In The Wind". The following year they created The Trail Band at the request of the Oregon Trail Advisory Council to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Oregon Trail.

Two more albums have surfaced, the 2008 "Goodbye Uncle Buzz" and then 2013's "Love Is A Road" but no more hit singles.

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