Vocal quartet Girls Next Door, came onto the country music scene strong during the mid 80s. Cindy, Diane, Doris and Tammy knew one another while performing in the live shows at Opryland Music Park. The idea of this group was sparked by Producer Tommy West, who knew Doris.

West hailed from the days of Manhattan Transfer and mentioned to Doris his dream to produce a female vocal group. The rest is history. West was brought on as the head of A & R at the new Nashville label, MTM Records, and he brought Girls Next Door with him.

Right out of the gate the group scored a #14 hit on the billboard charts with their first single, Love Will Get You Through Times of No Money, Better Than Money Will Get You Through Times of No Love. They followed that single with the top 10 song, Slowboat to China. It went to #8 on the Billboard charts. All in all, Girls Next Door charted 9 songs in their nearly 10 years together.

They released 2 albums on MTM Records with West, and one on Atlantic Records with producer Nelson Larkin.

After 30 years, Girls Next Door is back with a new album titled appropriately, Girls Next Door 2.0 - NOW or NEVER, produced by H2 Productions, TW Hale and Tom Harding.

The first single release is titled: What’s This Thing You’ve Got About Leaving, and right off the bat you will recognize their sound. It is like they never left.

On this album each girl is featured, but come together with those tight, bright vocal harmonies you know and love. In their 2.0 version, they are lively, fun, confident, and entertaining. You won’t be disappointed!

The group consists of original members, Cindy Nixon Psanos, Diane Williams Austin, Tammy Stephens Smith, and Doris King Merritt.

1. What’s This Thing (You’ve Got About Leaving)
2. Glow in the Dark
3. When the Water’s Down
4. She’s Gone
5. Shades of Gray
6. If God Was a Woman
7. Livin’ in the Rain

Fresh, upbeat and packed with all the beautiful harmonies they’re known for, the EP opens on the country-pop rocker lead single What’s This Thing (You’ve Got About Leaving) and the impassioned Glow in the Dark and then comes the melodious rocker When the Water’s Down.

On what was an incredibly rewarding and emotional project for the girls, up next is the heartfelt She’s Gone, the emboldened Shades of Gray, the EP rounding out on a galvanized If God Was a Woman, closing on the Gospel-hued Livin’ in the Rain.

Official Purchase Links

www.girlsnextdoormusic.com