Promises (group)
Promises was a Canadian based pop group which was founded 1978 in Thousand Oaks, California. The members were the siblings Leslie Maria Knauer (born August 20, 1957 in Vancouver, vocals), Jed Knauer (born October 21, 1958 in Toronto, guitar, piano) and Benny Knauer (born July 17, 1955 in Vancouver, keyboards). Their father Peter Knauer is a German from Hamburg who moved with his children from Canada to California in the late 1960s. He was also the manager of the band and has played keyboards. Their album "Promises" which was recorded by EMI Electrola record producer Steve Verroca became a flop in the USA and in the UK but their single "Baby it's you" became a smash hit in Europe (especially in Germany where it reached number 4 in the charts) in February 1979 and Promises received a Gold album for more than 250,000 selling units. After the second single "Lets get back together" became much less successful (only number 18 in Germany) the group splitted.
Leslie Knauer (later Knauer-Wasser) later became a member with the groups Precious Metal (1996) and Kanary (2004) and sung two songs for the Dennis Hopper movie "Choke" (2001)
Discography
- 1978: LP Promises - EMI Electrola
- 1979: 7" Let's Get Back Together / Coffee Shop - EMI Electrola