TULLYCRAFT TUESDAY

Rachel Sweet was a minor teen-pop sensation in the late 70's and early 80's. In 1978, at the age of 16 she signed a record deal with Stiff Records in England. After a major publicity push she had only produced one UK Top 40 hit. She was dropped from Stiff and signed a new contract with CBS/Columbia in the US. In 1981 her first CBS/Columbia album was released. Her duet with Rex Smith, a remake of Everlasting Love, was a US Top 40 hit, but the album failed to achieve the commercial success CBS/Columbia was hoping for. Rachel was eventually dropped from her 2nd label and her run as a "Teen Queen" was over. Many, Many years later I was reading about Rachel Sweet and I saw these photos. They seemed very awkward. To me it almost looked like it could have been a "Win A Date With Rachel Sweet Contest." With that in mind, I wrote the SIX CENTS AND NATALIE song My Date With Rachel Sweet. A couple years after that Marc Pattini and his band KISSWHISTLE recorded a cover of the song, and I honestly think that their version of My Date With Rachel Sweet is better than mine.