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Thegroup was popular in dance clubs, mainstream Top 40, and adult contemporary charts in the United States. They actively toured and recorded music from 1984 to 1995, then retired from recording and public performances for 8 years until 2003.

Expos was formed in 1984 by Lewis Martine, a Miami disc jockey and producer. Working with his partners Ismael Garcia and Frank Diaz at Pantera Productions, talent scouts hired Sandra Casaas (Sande), Alejandra Lorenzo (Al), and Laurie Miller as the group's lineup, under the name X-Posed, which later became Expos. The next year, the trio recorded "Point of No Return" for Pantera Records as both a 7-inch[3] and a 12-inch vinyl single. The latter became a #1 hit on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart.[4] The song helped introduce a still-popular genre of music that became known as freestyle, which often features keyboard riffs, a sing-along chorus, and electro funk drum-machine patterns in the music arrangement. Expos signed with Arista Records, which assumed distribution of the 12-inch vinyl single. A year later, Expos recorded and released their second club-dance freestyle 12-inch single entitled "Exposed to Love." Radio began airing continuous mixes of House, Club and Dance songs in major markets. As such, Expos realized continued success, including a club tour. Arista granted approval for the group to record a full-length album.

During the recording of the group's first studio album Exposure, the personnel of the group changed.[1][5] According to People magazine, two of the original singers quit while one of the girls was fired midway through the recording of the first album,[5] but according to Billboard, all three were fired.[1] Arista Records felt the three original singers lacked star potential.[1] While Martinee states he made the decision himself to replace the three girls,[6] Miller maintains it was all their choice[7] and Jurado confirms that Lorenzo wanted to leave.[8] Shortly thereafter, Casaas pursued a solo career and Lorenzo pursued other ambitions; they were replaced by Jeanette Jurado and Gioia Bruno. Miller began a solo career; she was replaced by Ann Curless.

Lorenzo returned to the dance charts with the Vendetta Records releases "I Wanna Know" in 1988, and "Stop Me if I Fall in Love" in 1990, while Laurie Miller released the 12" single "Parallels" on Atlantic Records and a second single "Love is a Natural Magical Thing" on Meet Me In Miami Records. Miller also frequently performed on cruises and formed her own entertainment company called Xica Productions.

In March 1987, the new lineup of Expos released Exposure on Arista Records, led by the pop/dance hit "Come Go with Me" which reached #5 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. During the summer of 1987, a re-recorded version of "Point of No Return" was released, with Jurado now performing lead vocals. It too topped out at #5 on the US Hot 100. While the initial distribution of Exposure to suppliers contained the original 1984 version of that song, subsequent pressings contained the new version.[10] "Let Me Be the One", a mid-tempo R&B song with Bruno on lead vocal, reached #7 on the US Hot 100.[11] The group's highest charting hit occurred in February 1988 with the #1 US hit ballad "Seasons Change." Other successes included a Soul Train Award nomination for Best New Artist; television appearances on American Bandstand, Solid Gold, Showtime at the Apollo, and The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers; and an opening slot on the national tour for Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam.

During Expos's peak, the group endured legal issues behind the scenes. According to Bruno, they were only paid $200 per show.[12] Reportedly, the record label had to intervene. Despite this intervention, the members filed a lawsuit and ultimately settled their legal case for a renegotiated contract.[citation needed]

The popularity of the group also increased overseas to countries such as Japan, where the members appeared in a few music video-style television commercials in 1989 for Takara CAN Chuhai, a Japanese alcoholic beverage.

Expos performed backing vocals on Barry Manilow's 1990 Arista album Because It's Christmas on the track "Jingle Bells" and also appeared in Manilow's long-form music video of "Because It's Christmas." This version of "Jingle Bells" was patterned after the 1943 Bing Crosby/Andrews Sisters version.

After Kelly Moneymaker joined Expos, the group released their self-titled, third album Expos, which integrated more mature material in addition to their established freestyle, house, R&B, pop, and love-ballad repertoire. It was also the first album to use producers besides Martine, with Clive Davis taking over as executive producer and Martine only contributing production to four songs.[10] The album aimed to demonstrate musical growth for the group and compete with the success of Wilson Phillips, which had great success in 1990 with their debut album.

The third album was not as commercially successful as their previous two, but it still achieved gold status, and several singles fared well on the adult-contemporary charts. The group landed on the U.S. Top 40 pop chart with "I Wish the Phone Would Ring" and "I'll Never Get Over You Getting Over Me", which also reached #1 on the adult contemporary chart. Subsequent releases "As Long as I Can Dream" and "In Walked Love" featured Curless in the lead-vocal spotlight. "I Specialize in Love" featured Curless and Jurado on lead with Moneymaker supporting lead vocals toward the song's conclusion. The original version was performed by Sharon Brown and was a top ten hit on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1982.[13] Among the group's television appearances during this period include Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Les Brown Show, and the Brazilian actress-singer children's show Xuxa.

In 1995, Expos recorded the Diane Warren-penned song "I'll Say Good-Bye for the Two of Us", which appeared on the soundtrack of the film Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home with Jurado performing lead vocals; that same year, the song was issued on their Greatest Hits. The song is distinctive for the group as Jurado performs solo without backing vocals.

Toward the end of 1995, Arista dropped the group, and the members disbanded at the beginning of 1996 to pursue their own projects. However, over time, labels licensing music from Sony Music Entertainment, the current owners of Arista, have released two other variations of greatest hits collections, as well as a collection of popular remixes from the group's 12-inch singles, including the extended version of the original 1985 "Point of No Return."

After the group broke up, Jurado performed in the stage play Mad Hattan and supplied vocals for contemporary jazz guitarist Nils and Safe Sax; Moneymaker married soap opera actor Peter Reckell and released four solo albums (Like a Blackbird, Through These Basement Walls, "Race Against the Sky", and "Stone"). Moneymaker wrote and produced the "Love Songs" LP for NBC's Days of Our Lives and has had original songs placed in over 25 film, TV and game productions including "Guitar Hero", "Hawaii 5-0", "CSI", etc; Curless worked in songwriting, supplied vocals to several club-dance projects, and also taught music and the music business. Eventually, both Jurado and Curless married and had children, temporarily retiring from performing.

In 1997, Bruno fully recovered from her throat tumor and began singing again. After a small stint with the band Wet, she worked on a solo career focused mostly on dance-oriented material. Her first album, Expose This, was released in the spring of 2004.

In 2006, Jurado announced on MySpace they had signed with a major booking agency, and Bruno announced she was back with Expos for the first time in 15 years.[15] Moneymaker remains an honorary member of the group.

On October 21, 2006, Expos kicked off its tour at the American Airlines Arena in Miami for the Freestyle Explosion concert, with the lineup of Curless, Jurado, and Bruno. On November 29, 2006, at the Potawatomi Bingo Casino Northern Lights Theater in Milwaukee, Expos performed a 16-song show with a full band led by Steve Fansler, marking their first full concert together with Bruno since 1990. The group continues to perform at special events throughout the United States, including venues such as Epcot[16] and Mohegan Sun's Wolf Den.[17]

In 2010, Expos informed fans on Facebook that they were recording a new album. Expos recorded a 2011 version of their hit "Point Of No Return" working with dance producer Giuseppe D. and Chris Cox. The CD single was released on June 20, 2011. The group released a single for Christmas called "I Believe In Christmas (Like It Used To Be)" in December, 2011 co-written by Adam Gorgoni, Jeanette Jurado and Shelly Peiken. Proceeds of the single went to the Wounded Warrior Project.[18] In August 2012, the group independently released the single "Shine On," co-written by Ann Curless. Curless also sings lead vocals on the track.

In December 2007, Jurado, Bruno, Curless, Moneymaker, Paradise Artists, and Walking Distance Entertainment were named as defendants in a lawsuit by Crystal Entertainment & Filmworks (I & II). At issue was the trademark licensing agreement for the rights to use the name Expos.[19][20][21] The first case was dismissed without prejudice. The second one went to trial. During the process, both Paradise Artists and Moneymaker were dismissed as defendants, and a counter suit was filed against the plaintiffs. On May 26, 2009, the court ruled in favor of the defendants on most counts, finding them only guilty of a contractual breach with the plaintiffs. The court also ruled that the defendants showed common-law proof of ownership and the "[consumer] goodwill associated with Expos was with the members." The court awarded Jurado, Bruno, and Curless exclusive rights to the name Expos as a trademark.Expos mentioned this victory, and performed for the first time with Moneymaker as a guest at the LA Gay Pride Festival on June 14, 2009,[22] making it the first time all four core members, Jurado, Bruno, Curless, and Moneymaker, appeared on stage together.[23]

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