HC: Pam Rossi was a Solid Gold veteran, having performed on the show for more than three seasons.

Pam: There's a lot of hard work. You know, six years is grueling. We all had our ups and downs. But a lot of it was just great 'cause of the things that I learned. It was really a training ground for me.

HC: Gayle Crofoot hung up her dancing slippers early in her career when an accident kept her off the dance floor permanently.

Gayle: You never think ahead when you're having that much fun. You know, you just think this is going to go on forever. But you know, you reach an age and you reach a point in your life and if you have been free of injuries, then you go on a little bit longer. And if not then you find something else to do.

Darcel: One thing about Solid Gold - we were classy ladies. You know, the show had class. We weren't sleazy dancers, you know.

HC: But in the beginning, the sexy Solid Gold Dancers had that reputation. This was years before "Dirty Dancing" and the lambada. People across America had never seen anything like it. All the gyrating and rocking could be a shock· and they were still working out the kinks. The dancers spent most of their time trying to keep their outfits on.

Darcel: We would do a lot of falling out everywhere 'cause you know those little outfits weren't much. We had this one pose where our hand goes up, and when my hand went up, my breast fell out! (laughs)

HC: And then there was the time Playboy tried to get the dancers to take it all off. But the magazine and the dancers couldn't get in step.

Darcel: Some of the girls kept saying 'well I'll show this, I won't show that and I'll do this but I won't do that' (laughs) So we just decided well maybe we'd just better not do this, you know.

HC: As their fame increased so did the pressure and so did the egos. And it didn't take long for the team to splinter.

Darcel: Some of us got a little big headed and we needed to replace some 'cause they want to dance the way they're want to dance, attitudes changed. You know, they were young. Some of them were 19. Some of them, this was like their first professional job.

HC: And there was sadness, like the tragic news about a former host Andy Gibb, who beat drug problems only to die of a heart attack.

Pam: Andy Gibb was a very, very special friend of mine and he will always be on my wall of fame.

HC: Today, most of them are far from the spotlight. Pam Rossi is happy as a housewife and mother. Spending time with husband and young son, Christopher, she's more excited about her new life than her past career, but keeps her memories all around her.

Pam: I have a balance now, you know, I have my family life and then I have the showbiz life which I also enjoy. It will always be a part of my life.