In 1981, she left Covacus and joined "Teaser" a band out of Charlotte N.C. After a year with the group she returned to Greensboro and began working as a singing waitress at "Yenrofs" a jazz club.
Earl acted as her manager on the conference call and afterwards suggested Barbara decline that offer and allow the Lewis Brothers to produce a demo for her.
Early January Barbara received a call from Earl Cole stating MCA had declined her demo, but there was work for her in L.A. Two days later she went to L.A. Jonathan Lewis picked her up from the airport and took her to a recording studio where Wayne was singing in a booth.
[7] Meanwhile, Weathers continued contributing to Atlantic Starr's success, singing on the band's 1987 follow-up album All In The Name Of Love.
[2] Spearheaded by the single "Always", a chart-topper on the Pop, R&B, and Adult Contemporary charts,[8][9][10] this album surpassed its predecessor, earning RIAA Platinum certification in the US.
[11] Follow-up singles from the album included another R&B top ten hit, "One Lover at a Time", also featuring Weathers as the sole lead vocalist.
[14] Leonard Pitts Jr. of LA Weekly wrote "it's a solid piece of pop craftsmanship bright and spunky and then, when you least expect it moving and poignant (just don't look for deep reflection).
Barbara Weathers is pop with few illusions and fewer pretensions; it serves up sunny, unobtrusive production alongside lyrics that manage the neattrick of sounding familiar without wallowing in cliche.
[16] She later appeared on Big Daddy Kane's October 1990 LP Taste of Chocolate and Paul Jackson Jr.'s 1993 album A River in the Desert where she performed "If I Go Away".