the waters sisters and mcduffie sang all the parts on the first mary jane girls album: "mary jane girls" (1983). the album yielded their first r&b hits: "candy man", "all night long" (which was later included in the soundtrack of the 2002 video game ""), and "boys". in live performances, the mary jane girls were backed by the stone city band. the male band members also sang the background vocals to support mcduffie as lead vocalist. cheri wells left the group before the next album project was recorded. she was replaced by yvette "corvette" marine.