Whatever Happened to Five Star? | Part 1 

These guys definitely need an Unsung episode. Them and Loose Ends

"ALL FALL DOWN" was and still is my FAVORITE song from this group! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

As an American I can say they were one of my all time favorite groups. Loved their sound and look.

The father was right to be so protective. Look at all the child entertainers that have made it & then ended up to be taken advantage of or have substance abuse. I give the father a standing ovation for protecting the children.

Buster was right to watch over their career. He was the perfect person to do so, due to his past experience being in the industry. They, those other people, were just talking about their father like that only because they couldn't get their hands on his children to influence/exploit them like they wanted to... so they could start some controversy. I LOVED Five Star back then. The whole family is beautiful.

🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩None of my peers in the states were into this group, but I was all over these grooves. Especially Let Me Be the One which still slaps today, and their choreography was on point.

Let Me Be The One was written & produced by the Loose Ends guys.

Their father did a great job ...thats why they look so young and healthy...no drugs, smoking running around all business ❤

I was lucky to be coached by Stedman for weekly dance classes. He was just the sweetest man, so talented and really humble.

BRAVO 👏🏽 TO THE FATHER FOR PROTECTING HIS CHILDREN!!

I'm a bit over 60, and I still have them on CD.

I ❤ “Let Me Be the One” “I Can’t Wait Another Minute” but my absolute favorite is “R.S.V.P”

I said a long time ago that Five Star and Loose Ends were victims of racism in their home country, same with Musical Youth.

From my information when Buster sold the record company over to RCA, he put a clause in where they couldn't have the songs covered by other people for a set period of years. That is why you never hardly hear any covers of their material, Buster was trying to protect the brand until the end.

I loved Five Star when I was in college! Their look and choreography was everything! I could tell they were fans of The Jacksons, particularly Stedman who patterned his look after Michael.

I remember buying their albums on cassettes, I loved them!! Costumes,make up, styling,singing and dancing!! They were brilliant!

Basically their father stopped the perverts from spit roasting his kids. …..full respect

I loved this group we were so proud of them in the UK. I had signed pictures of them. I wanted to be in the group when I was little. OMG They were like the British Jacksons!! Rain or Shine will always be my favourite !! System addict was good too. In that song they warn about computers and technology, they were way before their time they were! I still listen to them today and I am 51

Stedmon once picked me up in Hollywood once in his Rolls Royce and gave me a ride home to the ghetto in Downtown LA in the 2000s when I was in my 20s. He was so nice.

Although I was a kid, I remember all of the controversy about their house and cars, etc. and even back then, I thought, 'why is the media so bothered about how they are living?' Now, that I am older and have been through racism on the job, etc. I totally see that there was definitely racism behind the fall of this group. When the member said that she heard an Executive from Epic say that after seeing their home and cars, 'they have too much for a black family and it's not right', I totally believe her! That's when they went into doing dirty behind the scenes schemes to shoot this family's fame and riches down. Again, I've had something similar happen to me on the job. There are some sick white people who really believe that we should never have what they have or feel entitled to. Anyways, I really enjoyed this. Going to definitely watch part 2.

They were the British Jacksons, because if you don’t know no better . you would think they were part of the Jackson clan with those gorgeous eyes and cheeks. . I still listen to them . “Let me be the one “. Is my jam.

Well done to their dad. He was a very wise man.

I can't wait another minute...for part 2! 😉

Criticism of how they use their wealth is rooted in racism. If they weren’t black, comments such as that would be non-existent. Black people, you, we are WORTHY.

They were so bomb, loved their music/videos

I loved DeBarge, The Jones Girls, Sister Sledge , The Pointer Sisters, New Edition,Menudo ,The Jacksons, Stacy Lattisaw, 5 star , The Jets ,The Boyz, The Girlz, Jermaine Stewart, Stacey Q , Madonna ,Toni Basil Taylor Dayne, Tiffany ,Debbie Gibson Kidz Incorperated ,

Omg! Great memories.. I was 9 years old when I first heard 5 Star and fell in love with their music.. They were ahead for their time, gorgeous and talented. Love them ❤

One of the things I liked about Five Star is how they released as many singles from an album as possible. It was a great way of presenting their work. The first album, "Luxury Of Life", had no less than 7 singles out of the 10 songs. I thought it was great, particularly because the singles came with great extended mixes of the tracks. That put, one of my favourite Five Star songs, "Winning", is one of the songs from the album that weren't released as singles. Too bad, but at least the extended version of it was added to the seventh release ("System Addict").

Very under appreciated group. Should B more respected over here. Denice had an album out around 7 years ago after she was on The Voice & I saw an interview with Doris on RU-vid a few months ago on the Halftime Chat channel. Another good video from U , thank U.

I was in infant/junior school when 5star hit the school discos 🤩. Rain or shine will always be my favourite song by them ❤️

When I tell you I loved Five Star when I was in primary school in the UK. The first group I became obsessed with. Steadman was going to be my husband and nobody could tell me different. 😂 I saw them in concert and Lorraine waved at me and Steadman touched my hand, which I tried not to wash. Lol. Timeless music which I still love! ❤️

Even to this day you have to turn up the radio when "Rain or Shine" comes on! 👍👍

Very well brought up children who've turned into great adults. Can't wait to have you back on stage (all fall down and let me yours really makes me happy). one of the best British groups of the 80s😢

I will say this, thank goodness for y'all's father being strict the way he was because guess what? We're not hearing stories of Five Star dealing with any major substance abuse situations or anything like that that we see a lot of celebrities go through. That music industry will use you up and then toss you aside like you or nothing. Your father knew what he was doing so Bravo to him! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

A production from la& Babyface or Jimmy jam& Terry Lewis would have took them to superstar status

OMG!!! What I wouldn’t give to have these guys back ❤️💃🏼❤️💃🏼❤️

Wow Eddie has a history of mistreating women. I heard he really hurt Whitney Houston too. He was very toxic

I loved their song can't wait another minute l remember singing that song as a kid thanks for your hard work and doing these stories... love from 🇺🇸 l love British black artist 🥰🇬🇧💝 it blows my mind how British singers accent disappears as they sing 😏I didn't know they sang hide and seek first...

thanks for sharing this. although five star were before my time, I recognise how important they were. they broke barriers. their music sounded more like pop/rock than r&b to me. they seemed like such a tight unit and family, with each member playing a crucial role. the British press were obviously threatened and jealous of this, and tried to tear them apart. they label you ‘weird’ for not wanting to do drugs, when they were really just raised to have self respect. it would be great if you could cover musical youth at some point.

I'm glad this group is a beautiful memory, and I am glad that they were not tainted by the music industry! Five Star will live forever #uk

This group was so bomb. I loved their clothes and makeup they were so good period. Always wonder what happened to them

Loved their catchy tunes,they used to live all together in Sunningdale Berkshire in the eighties in a lovely house with Lamborghinis parked there,lots of kids hanging about.

I loved the song and video Let Me Be The One.

5 Star was a group that broke barriers. Especially a group of color doing that time. They were a family like the Jacksons. Thank the Lord for their father who oversaw them. And British tabloids were harsh on them. Never mind that they were very young and teenagers And they are like that today. But because of their father this is why they never got in trouble. He knew how mean the music world could be. And that is another thing! They think Black father do not take care of their children. Here 8s proof that they do. I like this video! What I did not know that they had so many hit record's. Thanks for sharing this. I know they are no longer a group. I wonder how are they doing today in life.

I was 14 when they hit the big time and I was a huge fan… on their first tour I saw them at the Birmingham Odeon, during All fall down I managed to climb on the side of the stage and do the dance routine to the chorus i wasnt very confident of ppl and as a man in black star5ed running towards me I jumped back into the crowd and crouched down … id love it if there was any footage of this …. Also they were fantastic live

All fall down should be re-released. Banger of a tune

Such an extensive catalog 👏🏾

I loved and love Five Star so much. Great video. They are excellent and deserve a better placing in UK music history. I don't actually believe there wasn't financial problems. Somethings went very badly wrong for them. The volte face change in musical direction with Another Weekend was really the end of it all. The so called scandal was something that today would have been handled very differently was such a shame. They are super talented and deserve a proper revisit. Their songs are super top notch.

I still play their greatest hits daily. I ❤️ 5 star

The reason why I'm watching this video is because I am a big fan of this group. Their music gets me moving whenever I hear it.

Great informed video! I hope you can do Billy Ocean, Eddie Grant and Craig David.

I saw them live, and they were excellent.

They were crucified in the BRITISH press , because they were successful , it was the same thing over and over in the 80s and 90s there would be kids that would be pushed out and rang dry IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY for as much as possible , think BROS AND TERRENCE TRENT DARBY , and so many more acts /groups that then if the British press though they were getting cocky or would not follow the party line and do as they were told they would be dragged down in the public eye . They would label they as spoiled or flaunting their money or cocky, and they would tear them down for having the audacity of not kissing the feet of the press , then like now the press control what they want the public to see and at the time there was no alternative . And to have a black group in the 80s being successful was great for 5 mins, but a black group who were in control of their careers, NOT GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN FOR VERY LONG .

Great story. Explaining how the music 🎶 industry is so corrupt. Hard work is the yeast that rises the dough.

Am I the only one here who still has their first album?..LOL I'm still rocking, "Let Me Be The One" you give your love too....

❤️ 5Star one of my all time favourite groups ever still love listening and playing their music ❤️

You couldn’t tell me I wasn’t the unofficial 6th member of Five Star hailing all the way from California in my room in front of the mirror lol 😂😂😂!

Five Star!!!!!! Love Y'all!!! "Can't Wait Another Minute" is my JAM!!!!! Happy to see you are all doing well 😍😍🙌🏽🙌🏽❤️❤️🥰🥰

Wow this takes me back to secondary school days, I remember a lot of the big singles🔥💯👍🏾

Great video thanks, I never knew a fraction of this information but loved a couple of their songs. Beautiful family very talented too!

My childhood. Miss them. The 80's were so great and back then the kids kept hearing how great the 60's were but everything before 2005 was great.

Been a fan since 1986 when I first saw the video for Let Me Be The One on VH1........and still a fan at sixty-eight!!! 🥰

I just found this doc on my favorite group:FIVESTAR !!! I'm so happy,learned a lot about them,too.Lots of nostalgia listening to their music.

Thanks for putting this group in the spotlight once again! Listening to their music as an adult, it strikes me how solid the songs are. Accessibility tip: it would help a lot when the volume levels of the music and the voice over would be the same.

I love, love, love 5-Star!! I have all the albums and their 3 CD's, best of 5-Star. They got me through the 80's!

Interesting, I never heard of them, I just found out about them because of a random RU-vid comment comparing them to the Jets lol.

My favourite five star single is steadman singing “please don’t say goodnight “ ❤❤❤❤

Loving this one thanks for sharing very information blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention keep up the good work one of my favorite group from the uk they remind me of the Jacksons would still love to see them preform 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

Brilliant effort on this Seph- well done lady!!

They were great! Thanks for spotlighting 5 star ⭐️

They lived near me in the 80s, Great times!

Doris always was a stunner ,dang she got finer with age

5 star were the best group in the music industry. They were so original . Their songs were and are beautiful. Never to be forgotten . I still listen to all their songs.. They were stunners and unique ..❤

Love your work. Watched a few of your videos.

Thank you so much for this 😍

Wow! this takes me back to the 1980s my school days, loved there music and was in love with all 3 of the girls they are still beautiful.

I loved 5 Star❤ thank you for sharing 😊❤❤

They released a lot of singles. Most I can’t remember. The few big hits were great. Quality production work. But they were just a Jackson 5 copy without a Michael. Pop groups back then had a short lifespan because new styles were coming every couple of years. By 87/88 acid house was changing dance music and groups like these were over. Today it feels like pop music hasn’t changed much at all for ages. I still have a soft spot for them. And I fancied the girls when I was 14. Happy days.

Can’t wait, system addiction, rain or shine 💃🏿🧡

Thank you for this.👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

I used to see Stedman driving around Romford in his blue Audi Quatro! Quality motor.

I loved me some 5 star..my favorite song by them will always be let me be the one

Enjoyed this documentary very entertaining. This group had some hits, made history, and lovely songs!✨✨

I friggin love them! Still bump their music! My favorite songs were For Sentimental Reasons, Save a Place, Come to Me, With Every Heartbeat, Got a Lot of Love, etc... They definitely have some awesome songs! 🔥❤🔥 And the sisters were so pretty! 😍

I loved, Let me be the one. 💃I still play it occasionally. I didn't understand why they weren't more popular here in the states 🇺🇲

Eddie tried to do a boomerang move!

Lorraine dodged that bullet with Eddie Murphy back in the 1980's and he's been dating women that favors her every since Nicole Murphy.

Love these guys,huge fan from the first hour

Really enjoying this. The first group I ever saw live. Used to also subscribe to the fan club 😁

I love them!!!! The vocals are on point!! When I was younger, I would do my makeup like Denice. Love them still!!

i was born 1970, i always thought they was american till watching this lol, i was barely in the house so didnt watch much tv when they was around. likedl a lot of there music though, quite shocked they was british and i never knew x

I am an African American and I use to ❤️ love them. I thought the whole group complemented one another. They need an Unsung episode.

I need to go and watch 5 star music videos now! One of my fav bands growing up 😍

still listen to some of there songs now

OMG..I'm loveeeeeee 5star! This was my all time favorite group back in the day!

Their father was being just that- a father.

I loved 5star .,still do . Learned all their dances , copyed there makeup. They were the first band i seen in concert

I listened to this Five Star album on a set of Wharfedale XP2 GLendales, years ago in the early 90s. It was a really enjoyable experience on the simplest system as Money was not in great numbers. I still remember the Experience and await to sit down in busier times to relive some of my Early Experiences.

Can you do one on Aswad? They've lost TWO members now, with the original singer, Brinsley having left in 2001. I don't know if they can continue.

interesting how folks were hating on them for having things that other artists had though.