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Waiting for a Star to Fall. " Waiting for a Star to Fall " is a song by American pop music duo Boy Meets Girl in 1988, written by the duo's members, Shannon Rubicam and George Merrill. They wrote the song after witnessing a falling star at a Whitney Houston concert and originally offered the song to Houston, but Arista Records CEO Clive Davis ...
Boy Meets Girl is an American pop-music duo consisting of keyboardist and vocalist George Merrill and singer Shannon Rubicam. They are perhaps best known for their hit song " Waiting for a Star to Fall " from 1988 and for writing two of Whitney Houston 's number one hits: " How Will I Know " and " I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) ".
Originally the song that gave Merrill and Rubicam their US/UK top ten success as Boy Meets Girl, "Waiting For a Star to Fall" was intended by the duo to be a song for Houston. The duo sent it to Arista Records , but they passed on it, believing it was not suitable for Houston. [3]
Singer-songwriter. Years active. 1974–present. Shannon Rubicam (born October 11, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter who is best known for being half of the mid-to-late-1980s pop duo Boy Meets Girl . Her husband, George Merrill, was the other half of Boy Meets Girl, best known for their 1988 hit "Waiting for a Star to Fall".
Reel Life is the second album by American pop singer-songwriting duo Boy Meets Girl, released in 1988 by RCA Records / BMG. The album features the duo's sole top ten hit as a recording act, " Waiting for a Star to Fall ," as well as the minor follow-up, " Bring Down the Moon ." Like the duo's previous album, all of the tracks were written ...
Cabin Crew, also known as Aviators, are an Australian electronic dance music duo, which consists of DJs and record producers, Ben Garden and Rob Kittler ( p.k.a. RobKAY). In 2005 their remix, "Star2Fall", of Boy Meets Girl's 1988 single, "Waiting for a Star to Fall", reached the top 5 of the mainstream charts in Finland and United Kingdom.
Professional ratings. Boy Meets Girl is the debut album by American pop singer-songwriters George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam, also known as Boy Meets Girl. It was released on A&M Records in 1985, and was their only disc for the label. The album included the band's first top 40 hit on the Billboard pop chart, when "Oh Girl" peaked at No. 39.
Merrill was married to Shannon Rubicam (his partner in Boy Meets Girl) from the mid-1980s until they divorced in 2000. They have one daughter, Hilary; she can be seen as the little blond girl in her parents' video of "Waiting for a Star to Fall". Despite their divorce they have continued working together for various music projects.