| Alton McClain and Destiny | |
| Alias: | Krystol |
| Origin: | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Instrument: | vocals |
| Genre: | Disco, R&B |
| Years Active: | 1978–1981 (Alton McClain and Destiny) 1982–1989 (Krystol) |
| Label: | Polydor, Epic |
| Associated Acts: | Leon Sylvers III, Shalamar, Skip Scarborough, Leon Ware, Randy Jackson |
| Past Members: | Alton McClain and Destiny: Alton McClain D'Marie Warren Robyrda Stiger Krystol: D'Marie Warren Robyrda Stiger Tina Scott Karon Floyd Robbie Faith Danzie |
Alton McClain and Destiny was an American disco girl group from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1978, the trio was composed of McClain, Delores Marie "D'Marie" Warren, and Robyrda Stiger.[1] [2] They signed to Polydor Records in the year of their formation and Frank Wilson produced their debut set. It was released as a self-titled album early in 1979 but then was repackaged under the title It Must Be Love several months later. The title track was released as a single and charted, but the second album did not sell well. The group was dropped less than a year after its release and they split in 1981.[1]
McClain later married producer Skip Scarborough and continued working in the music industry. Alton McClain continued recording as a gospel singer, releasing albums God's Woman in 1995 and Renaissance in 2005. Robyrda Stiger and D'Marie Warren signed with Epic Records as a part of the girl group Krystol. The group also included singer-songwriters Tina Scott, and Karon Floyd- who would later be replaced by Robbie Danzie, due to Floyd going on maternity leave by the release of their second album Talk of the Town.[3] Krystol's first two albums were produced by former SOLAR Records in-house producer Leon Sylvers III. D. Marie Warren member who was born May 30, 1951, died in a car crash on February 22, 1985, at age 33, before Talk of the Town was released.[4] [3]
In 2012, the first two albums by Krystol- Gettin' Ready[5] and Talk of the Town[6] were reissued by Sony Music Entertainment reissue label Funkytown Grooves. The third album, Passion from a Woman was reissued in June 2013.[7]
As Alton McClain and Destiny
| Year | Album | Label | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [8] | US R&B | |||||
| 1978 | Alton McClain & Destiny | Polydor | align=center | — | align=center | — |
| 1979 | It Must Be Love (re-release of debut) | align=center | 88 | align=center | 27 | |
| More of You | align=center | — | align=center | — | ||
| 1981 | Gonna Tell the World | align=center | — | align=center | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||
As Krystol
| Year | Album | Label | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US R&B [9] | ||||||
| 1984 | Gettin' Ready | Epic Records | align=center | — | ||
| 1985 | Talk of the Town | align=center | — | |||
| 1986 | Passion from a Woman | align=center | 55 | |||
| 1989 | I Suggest U Don't Let Go | align=center | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | ||||||
As Alton McClain and Destiny
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Dance [10] | US R&B | US Pop | |||||
| 1979 | "Crazy Love" | align=center | — | align=center | 69 | align=center | ― |
| "My Empty Room" | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | ― | |
| "It Must Be Love" | align=center | 25 | align=center | 10 | align=center | 32 | |
| "Sweet Temptation" | align=center | ― | align=center | ― | align=center | ― | |
| 1980 | "Thank Heaven for You" | align=center | ― | align=center | ― | align=center | ― |
| "You Bring to Me My Morning Light" | align=center | — | align=center | — | align=center | ― | |
| "Love Waves" | align=center | 47 | align=center | ― | align=center | ― | |
| "I Don't Want to Be with Nobody Else" | align=center | — | align=center | 76 | align=center | ― | |
| 1981 | "My Destiny" | align=center | 93 | align=center | 81 | align=center | ― |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||
As Krystol
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Dance [11] | US R&B | |||||
| 1984 | "After the Dance Is Through" | align=center | 40 | align=center | ― | |
| "Information" | align=center | — | align=center | — | ||
| "Nobody's Gonna Get This Lovin' but You" | align=center | — | align=center | 87 | ||
| "Same Place, Same Time" | align=center | — | align=center | — | ||
| "You're the One for Me" | align=center | — | align=center | — | ||
| "You Ask Too Much" | align=center | — | align=center | — | ||
| 1985 | "Talk of the Town" | align=center | — | align=center | — | |
| "Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart" | align=center | — | align=center | 86 | ||
| "The Things That Men Do" | align=center | — | align=center | 90 | ||
| "Shattered Glass" | align=center | — | align=center | — | ||
| 1986 | "Precious, Precious" | align=center | — | align=center | 25 | |
| "Passion from a Woman" | align=center | — | align=center | 18 | ||
| "I Might Fall in Love with You" | align=center | — | align=center | — | ||
| 1988 | "Don't Let Go" | align=center | — | align=center | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||