Biography
Stan Sheppard exited an unsuccessful run with Flavor before teaming up with Steven and Sterling Rice to launch Triple S, a name derived from the shared initial of the three members. After inking with 20th Century Fox Records, the group issued material across 1979 and 1980 yet achieved no commercial breakthrough. Their opening 1979 single paired Stevie Wonder’s “My Cherie Amour” with the Chauncey Matthews original “Back in Your Arms Again”; Matthews, previously Flavor’s keyboardist, now supplied Triple S with both instrumentation and songwriting. That same year 20th Century flipped the Wonder track onto the B-side of “Dance the Night Away,” the act’s second outing, which drew modest club spins without denting any charts. Closing the year, a third single arrived in the form of “Singing a Song About You” backed with “Love Is Just a Feeling.” A self-titled album also surfaced in 1979 and found scant buyers.
Having seen little return, 20th Century withheld further support until autumn 1980, when the final Triple S release, “Got to Get Your Number,” appeared; the A-side was credited to Steve, Sterling, and Chestener Rice. Its flip, “Livin’ and Lovin’ Just for You,” returned to Matthews, who authored every Triple S track aside from the Wonder cover and the Rice-penned single. Sheppard departed in 1981 to assemble Skool Boyz, a lineup that featured Matthews handling both vocals and keyboards. The Rice twins’ subsequent activities remain undocumented.
Having seen little return, 20th Century withheld further support until autumn 1980, when the final Triple S release, “Got to Get Your Number,” appeared; the A-side was credited to Steve, Sterling, and Chestener Rice. Its flip, “Livin’ and Lovin’ Just for You,” returned to Matthews, who authored every Triple S track aside from the Wonder cover and the Rice-penned single. Sheppard departed in 1981 to assemble Skool Boyz, a lineup that featured Matthews handling both vocals and keyboards. The Rice twins’ subsequent activities remain undocumented.
Singles
