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The song has been considered one of the first songs of disco music. "Love Train" entered the Hot 100's top 40 on January 27, 1973, [5] the same day that the Paris Peace Accords were signed. The song's lyrics of unity mention a number of countries, including England, Russia, China, Egypt and Israel, as well as the continent of Africa.
The O'Jays on Soul Train, 1974. The group was formed in Canton, Ohio, in 1958 while its members were attending Canton McKinley High School.Originally known as The Mascots, and then The Triumphs, [5] the friends began recording with "Miracles" in 1961, which was a moderate hit in the Cleveland area.
Every song on the album has placed somewhere within the Top 20 of the R&B chart, and many of them went to the top of the chart including "Back Stabbers," "Love Train," "For the Love of Money," and "Use ta Be My Girl,"
Back Stabbers was a breakthrough album for the group, reaching the top 10 of the Billboard Pop Albums chart and selling over 500,000 copies within a year of release. It also featured two of their most successful singles, "Back Stabbers" and "Love Train", which hit #1 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart.
The book A Change is Gonna Come: Music, Race and the Soul of America notes that unlike the seminal work by Haley, "Ship Ahoy" is a hopeless, ominous song that offers "no sense that things are going to work out fine." [9] In its 1974 review of the album, The New York Times characterized the song as "dark and occasionally spine-chilling."
Love Train: The Best of the O'Jays — — Legacy: 1995 Let Me Make Love to You — — Give the People What They Want — — 1996 In Bed with the O'Jays: Greatest Love Songs — — EMI: 1998 Super Hits — — Legacy The Very Best of the O'Jays — — Sony Music: 1999 The Best of the O'Jays: 1976–1991 — — The Right Stuff: Ultimate ...
The song was covered by The Dynamics on their 2011 album 180,000 Miles and Counting. The song was covered by Tackhead on their 2014 album of the same name, For the Love of Money. The song was covered by Nektar on their 2012 album "A Spoonful of Time." The song was used as part of a medley on the soundtrack album to the musical MJ.
The album was released in late 1975 on the Philadelphia International Records label. Recorded at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia, and produced by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, Family Reunion includes the enduring classic "I Love Music" and "Livin' for the Weekend", both of which topped the R&B singles chart, and placed at #5 and #20 respectively on the pop chart.