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The Ohio Players — 32 — Capitol: Climax: 102 24 — Westbound: 1975 Greatest Hits: 92 22 — Rattlesnake: 61 8 — 1976 Gold: 31 10 28 US: Gold [33] Mercury: 1977 The Best of the Early Years, Vol. 1 — 58 — Westbound 1991 The Best of the Westbound Years — — — 1993 Orgasm: The Very Best of the Westbound Years — — — 1995 Funk ...
"Fire" is a song by R&B/funk band Ohio Players. It was the opening track from the album of the same name and hit No. 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Hot Soul Singles chart in early 1975. [3] It spent two weeks atop the soul chart. "Fire" was the Ohio Players' only entry on the new disco/dance chart, where it peaked at No. 10. [4]
The Oakland Post wrote that "the moment the needle hits the opening notes of the scorching 'Everybody Up', it's clear that their Arista Records debut finds them ready for action, ready to take [their] rightful place among class players from any state."
Go-go is a subgenre of funk music with an emphasis on specific rhythmic patterns, and live audience call and response.. Go-go was originated by African-American musicians in Washington, D.C., during the mid-1960s to late-1970s.
The 1980s produced chart-topping hits in pop, hip-hop, rock, and R&B. Here's a list of the best songs from the time, ranging from Toto to Michael Jackson.
The Dazz Band is a funk band that was most popular in the early 1980s. Emerging from Cleveland, the group's biggest hit songs include the Grammy Award-winning "Let It Whip" (1982), "Joystick" (1983), and "Let It All Blow" (1984). The name of the band is a portmanteau of the description "danceable jazz".
What was to become another circuit party was founded during the same time period by Corbett Reynolds, a Columbus, Ohio-based artist and nightclub owner in the late 1970s. Initially, Reynolds envisioned a one-night party-to-end-all-parties, designed around the theme of the color Red (hence the name "Red Party"), which was to be held at Reynolds ...
Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African-Americans in the mid-20th century.