Marisa and Hunter

Marisa and Hunter was a popular 1960s and 1970s musical group made up of singers Marisa and Jeannie Hunter.

Background and formation
The group "Marisa and Hunter" formed in March 1965, having been put together by producers Jeffrey Lyons and Philip Bergstein (of the Lyons/Bergstein label.

Jeannie Hunter (1943-2004) was an American singer from Detroit. She began a music career in the United States but did not find a breakthrough as expected. She moved to France to continue with her music there, in 1963. There she met producer Jeffrey Lyons, who convinced her to come to Brunant to record music for Lyons/Bergstein. In the summer of 1964 she released her debut single but the two songs only peaked at 19 and 45 in the Hit Parade Top 50. Shortly after she got into a fight with Lyons and was ready to leave. But, he convinced her to wait a little longer to do something else.

Marisa (born Marisa Stoch, 1946) was an up-and-coming singer performing at clubs. One of those patrons (a friend of Bergstein) recommended he check her out, and upon hearing her perform immediately hired her for his label.

Soon enough, Lyons and Bergstein decided to put the two singers together and record a few demo songs. After hearing them, they became amazed at the sound made by these singers together.

Breakthrough
In July 1965, Marisa and Hunter released their first album, How I Love You. It became a huge hit for the group, and its main single rose to number one in the charts, lasting three weeks.