Charlotte Rae

Until their divorce in 1976, she was married to composer John Strauss, with whom she has one son. ABC split up in 1990, although Martin Fry still has a solo career. A respected stage actress who appeared in early seasons of Sesame Street and in a number of films, Rae first gained widespread fame in the 1961-1963 sitcom Car 54, Where Are You? as the memorable Silvia Schnauser. They had another major hit in 1987 with the single "When Smokey Sings" which was a tribute to Smokey Robinson. The second of three daughters, she attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, the same school as Cloris Leachman, the actress who replaced her for the last years of The Facts of Life's run. The next year the group scored its first American Top Ten hit with "Be Near Me". Charlotte Rae, born Charlotte Rae Lubotsky in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1926, is an American actress and singer best known today for her portrayal of Edna Garrett, a character she originated on the 1978-1986 sitcom Diff'rent Strokes and continued in her own spinoff, The Facts of Life, which ran from 1979 through 1988. Stephen Singleton left the band in 1984.

After releasing several unsuccessful singles, the band had several major hits during 1982, with the singles "Poison Arrow", "The Look Of Love" and "All Of My Heart", later that year the band released their debut album The Lexicon of Love which was a big hit reaching No1 in the British album charts. ABC were formed in 1980, and were initially a part of the New Romantic movement. The original band members were:. ABC were an English pop band of the 1980s.

Look Of Love - Very Best Of ABC (2001). Lexicon Of Live (1999). Skyscraping (1997). Say It (1992).

Abracadabra (1991). Absolutely (1990). Up (1989). Alphabet City (1987).

How To Be A Zillionaire (1985). Beauty Stab (1983). The Lexicon Of Love (1982). Tears Are Not Enough (1981).

David Robinson - drums. Mark Lickley - bass. Stephen Singleton - saxophone. Mark White - guitar.

Martin Fry - vocals/songwriter.