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This article is about The British pop group. For other uses, see Five star (disambiguation).

Five Star
Background information
Origin	Romford, Greater London, England
Genre(s)	Pop, R&B
Years active	1983-2006
Label(s)	Tent Records Epic RCA Sony BMG
Website	http://www.fivestarofficial.com
Members
Denise Pearson Doris May Pearson Lorraine Samantha Jean Pearson Stedman Pearson Delroy Pearson

Five Star, (also known as 5 Star), were a British pop / R&B group, from Romford, Greater London, formed in 1983 and comprising brothers and sisters Stedman, Lorraine, Denise, Doris and Delroy Pearson. Known for their glamorous image, distinctive matching costumes and heavily choreographed dance routines, Five Star achieved a string of Top 40 singles and albums in the UK between 1985 and 1988.
Biography

The group of five siblings from the Essex town of Romford was put together by their father, Buster Pearson (born in Jamaica and was the former session musician with Wilson Pickett), who also acted as their manager. Pearson also set up Tent Records Inc. to release the group's material. Considered by many to be a British version of The Jacksons, Five Star went on to have many UK hits, scoring their biggest success in 1986 with Top 10 singles "System Addict", "Can't Wait Another Minute", "Find The Time" (both produced by Richard James Burgess), and "Rain Or Shine". Further Top 10 hits "Stay Out Of My Life" (penned by Denise) and "The Slightest Touch" followed in 1987, as well as a BRIT Award for Best British Group. 1987 also saw the release of their third album, Between The Lines.

Their squeaky clean image made the group as popular with the press as the record buying public, and many tabloids ran stories of the Pearsons' everyday and private affairs, most notably Lorraine's engagement to Eddie Murphy in 1988.^{[citation needed]} The group moved to a huge mansion, Stone Court, in Berkshire, complete with CCTV and alarmed security gates.^{[citation needed]} This overt attempt by their father at keeping Five Star's business away from public gaze only fuelled further interest and over-embellished stories of 'private nightclubs' and 'Neverland-style fairgrounds' for the siblings' private use.^{[citation needed]}

In 1988, the group felt they had taken the sound that made their name as far as it could go and changed their direction to a more adult-oriented, leather-clad disco/rock/dance sound (led by a 1988 Leon Sylvers III produced single "Another Weekend"). Despite the moderate success of the album Rock the World, the record sold less well than earlier releases.

By this point the group's popularity had dramatically declined, and by late 1989 their Greatest Hits collection peaked at a lowly No.53 on the album chart. Also in 1989, the group made an infamous appearance on British TV show Going Live, on which they were verbally abused by a teenage phone-in caller. Apparently at loggerheads with RCA, Buster Pearson signed the group to Epic Records the following year, and an entirely self penned, self produced album, Five Star, was produced at the family home. Despite heavy promotion, the two singles from it, "Treat Me Like A Lady" and "Hot Love", failed and a planned third single, "What About Me, Baby?", was shelved, with the UK release of the album also abandoned. Seeking fresh opportunities and a new audience the band moved to America in late 1990 amid reports of bankruptcy.^{[citation needed]}

1991 saw the release of the slick, American-sounding Shine album, and in 1994 the more laid back, mature Heart And Soul, which had a distinct RnB direction. The following year, Five Star brought the album to the UK.^{[citation needed]} It was around this time the group took their first big break from the music scene. Denise got married and had children and Delroy went into musical production.

In 2001, Five Star's 31st official single release, "Funktafied", peaked at #99 on the US R&B Chart and spent ten weeks on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, peaking at #26.^[1] Five Star returned to the UK in 2002, as a trio of Stedman, Denise and Lorraine, to perform on various tours, including the 2002 'Here and Now' nostalgia tour. In 2005, "System Addict" was re-recorded and re-released. A planned re-release of "The Slightest Touch" that same year was cancelled.^{[citation needed]} Plans for all five members to re-group and record new material in a full scale come-back were discussed for 2006/7.^{[citation needed]} Part of these plans included a multi-million pound record deal, national tour and a fly-on-the-wall TV documentary.^{[citation needed]} However negotiations ground to a halt after Doris and Delroy said no to taking part. After a gig at UK holiday resort Butlins in October 2006, in which all five members were billed, but on the night three impersonators turned up,^[2] Lorraine announced her departure from the line-up, while Stedman, Denise and Doris forged ahead recording solo material.^{[citation needed]}

Stedman's solo album, as yet untitled, is complete and ready for a release date in the UK. It was showcased to the public, journalists and music industry members in London in February 2007.^{[citation needed]}

Denise revealed in 2007 that she too is working on solo material.^[3]

Delroy continues to live in LA with his family producing for U.S. music acts.^{[citation needed]}

In March 2007, the group's record label, Sony BMG, released a brand new compilation DVD of all their hit music video's called "Five Star Performance", which reached No.25 on the DVD music charts.

2008 is Five Star 25th Anniversary, Stedman and Denise have agreed to do a few PAs at Butlins. March 29th is the first gig with Stedman and backing dancers whilst Denise is at work Songwriting in Sweden. October 2008 Denise will return to join Stedman and the backing dancers for gigs at Butlins over October and November 2008. Stedman Pearson appeared on Celebrity Scissorhands on BBC1, for Children In Need 2008. Doris and Lorraine interviewed on radio to talk about their life in the group and what they are all doing now. Denise made her West End debut, performing in Thriller - Live, at the Lyric Theatre on 2 January 2009. She continued to appear in the show until April 2009. 'Five Star'; Lorraine, Doris, Denise, Delroy and Stedman, will be performing some gigs later this year 2009, in association with with their father and manager Buster Pearson.^{[citation needed]}