The Party (band)

The Party

The Party is an American pop band. The group is composed of Albert Fields, Tiffini Hale, Chase Hampton, Deedee Magno, and Damon Pampolina, all of whom were cast members of The All New Mickey Mouse Club.

History

In 1990, the Disney Channel formed a pop band comprised of then current cast members of the 1989 Mickey Mouse Club (known as MMC). As part of the promotion for the band, a name-the-band contest was held. The result was the Party, which is an acronym for "Positive Attitude Reflecting Today's Youth." The group was also the first signing to the Walt Disney Company’s pop-music label, Hollywood Records which, at the time, was distributed by Elektra Records.

Success

The self-titled debut album was released in August 1990 on Hollywood Records. The first single, “Summer Vacation,” was moderately successful, peaking at #72 on the Billboard Hot 100. The following singles, "I Found Love" and "That's Why" (which brought the group into a much bigger audience), peaked at #79 and #55, respectively. The album also charted at #116 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart. During this time, the Disney Channel produced a special, "The Party: In Concert." The group’s success landed them opening-act spots on major concert tours with the likes of Taylor Dayne and Vanilla Ice. The group also appeared on various shows, such Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, Into the Night starring Rick Dees, and The Party Machine with Nia Peeples.

In 1991, the covers and remixes EP In The Meantime, In Between Time was released, which was supposed to have kept fans occupied until the group finished its next album, but the EP took on a life of its own. The cover of the Dokken song "In My Dreams" ended up being the band's biggest hit on the charts, peaking at #34 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #16 on R&R. The song would also score the group appearances on shows such asClub MTV, a return to MMC, a Disney Channel special titled "Go Party!" and another concert tour—opening for Hi-Five.

In 1992, with the release of the group’s second studio album, Free, the band had shown growth with its changing sound and more adult-oriented lyrics. Teddy Riley wrote three songs for this album including the New Jack Swing-tinged title song, "Free," which was also remixed by house-music artists E-Smoove and Steve "Silk" Hurley. Dr. Dre produced the song "Let's Get Right down to It," and the group itself also got involved in the writing and producing of the album, which would once again land it another concert tour opening spot with Color Me Badd; its last special for the Disney Channel, All About The Party; and an appearance on Blossom. However, the album was not as successful on the charts as previous ones, which prompted Damon Pampolina to leave the group.

In 1993, Hollywood/Elektra Records released The Party's Over...Thanks for Coming with little advance notice. This farewell album consisted of some outtakes from the Free recording sessions and previously recorded songs before the group disbanded.

In 1997, Hollywood/PolyGram Records released a greatest-hits album of the Party although it had little chart success.

After The Party

Albert Fields

Albert Fields recorded a solo album under the moniker Jeune (which is half of his middle name, Jeune-Pierre), entitled Back To Reality, and he continues to perform and record on the indie circuit. Fields and Damon Pampolina formed their own group called N Decent Proposal.

Chase Hampton

In 1994, Chase Hampton returned to host the final year of the 1989 Mickey Mouse Club. He also continued to perform with musician Mike Vizcarra in the band Buzzfly (incidentally Vizcarra was one of the producers on the Party's farewell album). In May 2007, he released his latest album called Chase Hampton: Something to Believe, again in collaboration with Vizcarra.

Deedee Magno

Now Deedee Magno Hall, she is currently married and recently had her first child. After the Party, she went on to perform in musical theater, most notably as Kim in Miss Saigon on Broadway. She can currently be seen in the traveling version of Wicked, in which she plays Nessarose. Her husband, Cliffton Hall, also in the production, plays the role of Fiyero. She is rumored to be working onher first solo album.

Tiffini Hale

In 1994, Tiffini Hale returned to host the final year of the 1989 Mickey Mouse Club.

Damon Pampolina

Damon Pampolina dabbled in acting and most recently hosted a program on the Playboy Channel. He left show business for a while to work in the field of real estate in Southern California. According to Pampolina on the recent E! True Hollywood Story chronicling MMC, he is also behind StreetNetwork TV, a Myspace-inspired Web site for artists waiting to be discovered. He also wants to get back into acting as well and has appeared in several commercials. Albert Fields and Pampolina have formed their own group called N Decent Proposal.

Discography

Albums

Title	Chart positions
	U.S.	UK	CAN	AUS	GER	FRA	JPN
The Party 1st studio album Released: August 31, 1990	116	-	-	-	-	-	-
In The Meantime, In Between Time EP/Remix album Released: September 17, 1991	77	-	-	-	-	-	-
Free 2nd studio album Released: August 25, 1992	163	-	-	-	-	-	-
The Party's Over...Thanks For Coming Outtakes/Unreleased material album Released: November 23, 1993	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Greatest Hits Compilation album Released: August 19, 1997	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Singles

Year	Single	Album	Peak positions
			U.S.	US Dance
1990	"Summer Vacation"	The Party	72	21
	"I Found Love"		79	-
	"That's Why"		55	-
1991	"In My Dreams"	In The Mean Time, In Between Time	34	35
1991	"Peace, Love And Understanding"
1992	"Free"	Free	—	40
1993	"All About Love			—

External links

• The Party at IMDb
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