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Quarterflash was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 rock group
Musical ensemble

A musical ensemble is a group of two or more musicians who perform instrumental or vocal music. In each musical style different norms have developed for the sizes and composition of different ensembles, and for the repertoire of songs or musical works that these ensembles perform....
 formed in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States United States, near the confluence of the Willamette River and Columbia River rivers in the state of Oregon....
, in 1980. The band was made up of lead singer and saxophonist
Saxophone

The saxophone is a conical-Bore transposing instrument musical instrument considered a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and are played with a Single-reed instrument mouthpiece similar to the clarinet....
 Rindy Ross, her husband, guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
 Marv Ross, guitarist Jack Charles, keyboardist
Keyboardist

A keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either piano or organ ....
 Rick DiGiallonardo, bassist
Bassist

A bass player is a musician who plays a double bass, bass guitar, or another low-pitched instrument, such as keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as tuba or sousaphone....
 Rich Gooch and drummer
Drummer

A drummer is a musician who plays a drum or drums, particularly a drum kit , marching percussion or hand drums. The term percussionist applies to a musician performing on any percussion instrument, but usually refers to one who plays Classical music or Latin percussion....
 Brian David Willis.

group was formed by merging two popular Oregon bands Seafood Mama and Pilot. They originally released the single "Harden My Heart
Harden My Heart

"Harden My Heart" is the most popular single by the pop group Quarterflash, off their Quarterflash album, released in 1981. It became a Top 5 pop hit, reaching the top of Billboard 's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and #3 on the Billboard Hot 100....
" in Spring 1980.






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Quarterflash was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 rock group
Musical ensemble

A musical ensemble is a group of two or more musicians who perform instrumental or vocal music. In each musical style different norms have developed for the sizes and composition of different ensembles, and for the repertoire of songs or musical works that these ensembles perform....
 formed in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States United States, near the confluence of the Willamette River and Columbia River rivers in the state of Oregon....
, in 1980. The band was made up of lead singer and saxophonist
Saxophone

The saxophone is a conical-Bore transposing instrument musical instrument considered a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and are played with a Single-reed instrument mouthpiece similar to the clarinet....
 Rindy Ross, her husband, guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
 Marv Ross, guitarist Jack Charles, keyboardist
Keyboardist

A keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either piano or organ ....
 Rick DiGiallonardo, bassist
Bassist

A bass player is a musician who plays a double bass, bass guitar, or another low-pitched instrument, such as keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as tuba or sousaphone....
 Rich Gooch and drummer
Drummer

A drummer is a musician who plays a drum or drums, particularly a drum kit , marching percussion or hand drums. The term percussionist applies to a musician performing on any percussion instrument, but usually refers to one who plays Classical music or Latin percussion....
 Brian David Willis.

Recording history

The group was formed by merging two popular Oregon bands Seafood Mama and Pilot. They originally released the single "Harden My Heart
Harden My Heart

"Harden My Heart" is the most popular single by the pop group Quarterflash, off their Quarterflash album, released in 1981. It became a Top 5 pop hit, reaching the top of Billboard 's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and #3 on the Billboard Hot 100....
" in Spring 1980. It was a big hit on Portland radio stations, and got the band a one-hour TV special, Seafood Mama In Concert, on KOIN
KOIN

KOIN is the CBS Network affiliate serving the Portland metropolitan area. Its transmitter is located in Portland, Oregon, United States; it broadcasts its analog signal on very high frequency channel 6, and its digital signal on ultra high frequency channel 40....
 on June 51980. "Harden My Heart" would later be rerecorded by the band after they renamed themselves Quarterflash. The name came from an Australian slang
Australian English vocabulary

Spoken Australian English includes some Colloquialism phrases and unique slang. Numerous publications aimed at giving an overview of Australian English have been published; many of these are humour books designed for tourists or as novelties....
 description of new immigrants as "one quarter flash and three parts foolish," which the Rosses found in a book at producer John Boylan's house.

Quarterflash signed to Geffen Records
Geffen Records

Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group....
 and released their self-titled debut album Quarterflash
Quarterflash (album)

Quarterflash is the 1981 debut album by the band Quarterflash...
 in 1981. It reached #8 on Billboards Top LPs & Tapes
Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling Albums and extended play in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine....
 list, and sold over a million copies, earning RIAA
Recording Industry Association of America

The Recording Industry Association of America is the trade group that represents the recording industry in the United States. Its members consist of a large number of private corporate entities such as record labels and distributors, which the RIAA claims "create, manufacture and/or distribute approximately 90% of all legitimate sound recor...
 gold certification on February 5 1982, and platinum status on June 29 1982. The album contained the new version of "Harden My Heart", which became their biggest single
Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
. It reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
 (it also reached the Top 20 in France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
). Their follow-up single off the album, "Find Another Fool", reached #16. A second one-hour Portland television special Quarterflash In Concert was broadcast on KOIN on October 221981, and simulcast on KGON
KGON

KGON is a radio station broadcasting a classic rock format. The station also broadcasts in HD featuring live rock performances. Licensed to Portland, Oregon, USA, the station serves the Portland OR area....
. This concert was taped at the Paramount Theatre
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

The Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall is a historic theater building and performing arts center in Portland, Oregon, United States. Part of the Portland Center for the Performing Arts, it is home to the Oregon Symphony, Portland Youth Philharmonic, Metropolitan Youth Symphony, White Bird Dance Company, and Portland Arts & Lectures....
 on October 151981.

Quarterflash released their second album, Take Another Picture
Take Another Picture (album)

Take Another Picture is the second album by the band Quarterflash released in 1983 by Geffen Records...
, in 1983. It reached #34 in Billboard, and scored the single "Take Me to Heart," which reached #14. The group released their final album, Back Into Blue
Back into Blue (album)

Back Into Blue is the third album by the band Quarterflash released in 1985....
, in 1985. It peaked at #150 in Billboard. The group later disbanded after getting dropped from their record label.

In 1990, Quarterflash reunited, hiring session musician
Session musician

Session musicians are instrumental performers or vocalists who are available for hire for live performances or recording sessions, as opposed to musicians who are either permanent members of a musical ensemble or who have acquired fame in their own right as bandleaders....
s, including bassist/vocalist Sandin Wilson, drummer Greg Williams, guitarist Doug Fraser, and Mel Kubik on saxophone and keyboards. The group released Girl in the Wind
Girl In the Wind

Girl in the Wind is an album by Quarterflash, released on Epic Records in late 1991. Quarterflash, led by the husband-wife team of Rindy and Marv Ross, recruited new members for this release: Sandin Wilson on bass/vocals, Greg Williams on drums, Doug Fraser on guitars, and Mel Kubik on keyboards and saxophone....
 on Epic Records
Epic Records

Epic Records is an United States record label. It is owned and operated by Sony Music Entertainment. The label was founded in 1953 as a jazz label, and was eventually expanded to several genres of music....
. In 1991, Rindy and Marv Ross founded historic music ensemble The Trail Band, which was formed at the request of the Oregon Trail Advisory Council
Oregon Historic Trails Advisory Council

The Oregon Historic Trails Advisory Council is an agency of the U.S. state of Oregon that oversees and provides advice on Oregon's sixteen historic trails, which include trails used in the 1800s by explorers and settler emigrants to the region as well as trails associated with the original Native Americans in the United States inhabitants....
 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Oregon Trail
Oregon Trail

The Oregon Trail was one of the main overland migration routes on the North American continent, leading from locations on the Missouri River to the Oregon Territory....
.

In June 2008, Marv and Rindy Ross released a new Quarterflash CD, Goodbye Uncle Buzz.

Discography


Albums

  • Quarterflash
    Quarterflash (album)

    Quarterflash is the 1981 debut album by the band Quarterflash...
     (1981) #8 U.S.
  • Take Another Picture
    Take Another Picture (album)

    Take Another Picture is the second album by the band Quarterflash released in 1983 by Geffen Records...
     (1983) #34 U.S.
  • Back Into Blue
    Back into Blue (album)

    Back Into Blue is the third album by the band Quarterflash released in 1985....
     (1985) #150 U.S.
  • Girl in the Wind
    Girl In the Wind

    Girl in the Wind is an album by Quarterflash, released on Epic Records in late 1991. Quarterflash, led by the husband-wife team of Rindy and Marv Ross, recruited new members for this release: Sandin Wilson on bass/vocals, Greg Williams on drums, Doug Fraser on guitars, and Mel Kubik on keyboards and saxophone....
     (1991)
  • Harden My Heart: The Best of Quarterflash (1997)
  • Goodbye Uncle Buzz (2008)


Singles

Year SongU.S. Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
U.S. MSR
Mainstream Rock Tracks

Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music but are not modern rock stations, which are counted in the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart....
U.S. ACUK singles
UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
 Album
1981 "Harden My Heart
Harden My Heart

"Harden My Heart" is the most popular single by the pop group Quarterflash, off their Quarterflash album, released in 1981. It became a Top 5 pop hit, reaching the top of Billboard 's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and #3 on the Billboard Hot 100....
"		314149Quarterflash
1982 "Find Another Fool"1612--
"Right Kind of Love"56---
"Night Shift"60--- Night Shift
Night Shift (film)

Night Shift is a 1982 in film comedy film, one of Ron Howard's earliest film director efforts. It stars Howard's Happy Days co-star Henry Winkler along with Michael Keaton....
 soundtrack
1983 "Take Me to Heart"14628-Take Another Picture
"Take Another Picture"58---
1985 "Talk to Me"83--- Back Into Blue


External links

  • (official website)*, Marv Ross' official website