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"Love Rollercoaster", sometimes rendered as "Love Roller Coaster", [4] is a song by American funk/R&B band Ohio Players, originally featured on their 1975 album Honey. It was composed by William Beck, Leroy Bonner , Marshall Jones, Ralph Middlebrooks, Marvin Pierce, Clarence Satchell, and James Williams. [ 5 ]
Honey is the seventh studio album by American band the Ohio Players.Released on August 16, 1975, by Mercury Records.It is generally regarded as a classic, the band's best album, and the last great full-length release of their dominant era in the mid-1970s.
The Ohio Players reached the summit of both charts during 1975 with "Fire", and their single "Love Rollercoaster", which was the final soul number one of 1975, would go on top the Hot 100 in early 1976. [6] [7] KC & the Sunshine Band also released two singles in 1975 which topped both charts: "Get Down Tonight" and "That's the Way (I Like It)". [6]
"Love Rollercoaster" Ohio Players: 1 January 31 10 "Fox on the Run" Sweet: 5 January 17 6 December 20 "I Write the Songs" Barry Manilow: 1 January 17 10 December 27 "Convoy" C. W. McCall: 1 January 10 7 "I Love Music" The O'Jays: 5 January 24 6
The band had seven top 40 hits between 1973 and 1976. These included "Fire" (No. 1 on both the R&B and pop chart for two weeks and one week respectively in February 1975 and another million seller) and "Love Rollercoaster" (No. 1 on both the R&B and pop charts for one week in January 1976; another gold disc recipient). [13]
"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]
US Billboard 1975 #1, US Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 22 total weeks, 212 points, Top Country Singles 1975 #1, Country Singles #1 for 3 weeks, 21 total weeks, 196 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1975 #5, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 1 week, 15 total weeks, 168 points 2: The Elton John Band "Philadelphia Freedom" MCA 40364: August 1974: February ...
Love Will Keep Us Together" by Captain & Tennille was the number one song of 1975. Elton John had three songs on the Year-End Hot 100, the most of any artist in 1975. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1975. [1] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 27, 1975, is based on Hot 100 ...