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Teri was so interested in performing that she jumped in to a Renaissance music group band headed by one of her music professors and then effortlessly moved on to folk music. One fateful night during one of those performances, Barry Gibb approached her and with a song that he had written for her and she agreed to record it. "Ain't Nothing..." peaked at #43 pop in the summer of 1978. The clean production style was pure disco pop, with a fast beat along the lines of "You Should Be Dancing" with a much sharper sound. The happy and energetic musical track is in contrast to the serious lyrics of the heartbreak of a failing relationship, something I can relate to today. You know what I mean, keep dancing and smiling to hide the sadness...and in doing that you can't help but get caught up in the happy sound. I don't remember hearing this until I found a bootleg disco megamix and went on the search for this anonymous song and eventually forgot about it. I finally found it in 2004 on a Fire Island disco compilation CD when I visited Palm Springs, CA which the guesthouse had played on their system. Not entirely sold on the direction this took her in, she later ran into old friend Harry Wayne Casey of KC and the Sunshine Band and recorded a hit duet with him "Yes I'm Ready" that peaked at #2. Disenchanted with the pop music machine, she recorded two more albums for Casablanca, the first was released without fanfare and the second was shelved due to the changing musical landscape that was 1980. She went on to become a contemporary Christian artist and then asked for her release from Word and got it once she realized that she was challenging her christian beliefs. Becoming more introspective, she embraced world music. Did you know that she contributed vocals to Chris Carter and Mark Snow's 1996 album "Truth & Light: Music From 'The X-Files"? "Pleasure Train" was remastered and re-released in 2012, without the extended disco versions (damn!) but with extensive notes from all concerned with the original production about the making of the album. Teri now splits her time between Miami and Germany where she sings with The Marschfellows. She still performs with various Christian recording acts today.