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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 ...
Slave was an American Ohio-based funk band popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist Steve Washington, [1] born in New Jersey, attended East Orange High School, and was one of the first users of the "electric trumpet". He and Trombonist Floyd Miller formed the group in Dayton, Ohio, in 1975. [2]
A rather thorough history of the Cincinnati Pop Music Festival that spawned the Midsummer Rock TV show is available on the Cincinnati City Beat website. The festival took place and was filmed on June 13, 1970 at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio, the home of the Cincinnati Reds baseball team since 1912.
24-Carat Black were a soul, R&B, and funk band from Cincinnati in the early 1970s who recorded for Stax Records. Capsoul was a soul and R&B record label based in Columbus in the 1970s. It was formed by local singer William Roger "Bill" Moss and featured himself and other locals including singer Marion Black and Four Mints.
Sun is an R&B, soul, disco, and funk band that was formed in the mid-1970s and recorded prolifically for Capitol Records from 1976 to 1984. The band was founded by Byron Byrd in Dayton, Ohio, in 1976. Additional members included Kym Yancey, Chris Jones (later of Dayton), Gary King, John Wagner, Hollis Melson, and Shawn Sandridge. [1]
Faze-O was a late 1970s funk group based in Dayton, Ohio [1] and produced by Clarence Satchell of the Ohio Players, for whom it was the front band during many live performances. [2] Their 1977 song "Riding High" has been sampled by hip hop artists.
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"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]