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Website. www.mightyojays.com. The O'Jays are an American R&B group from Canton, Ohio, formed in summer 1958 and originally consisting of Eddie Levert, Walter Lee Williams, William Powell, Bobby Massey, and Bill Isles. [ 3 ][ 4 ] The O'Jays made their first chart appearance with the minor hit "Lonely Drifter" in 1963, but reached their greatest ...
The O'Jays had a #1 Hot 100 hit with " Love Train " in 1972. The Ohio Players had 2 #1 Hot 100 hits, including the funk song " Love Rollercoaster " in 1976. Wild Cherry had a #1 Hot 100 hit with " Play That Funky Music " also in 1976. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony had a #1 Hot 100 hit with " Tha Crossroads " in 1996.
The group's last big hit was "Who'd She Coo?" a No. 1 R&B hit in August 1976. It was their only success in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at No. 43 on the UK Singles Chart in July 1976. [ 15 ] Their title track "Ecstasy" from the 1973 album Ecstasy was sampled by Jay-Z on " Brooklyn's Finest ", featuring The Notorious B.I.G. from the 1996 ...
Dayton, Ohio, United States. Genres. Funk. Years active. 1969–present. Labels. Solar, ABC. Lakeside is an American funk band, best known for their 1980 number one R&B hit " Fantastic Voyage ". [ 1 ]
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 (band)), Gary King, John Wagner, Hollis Melson, and Shawn Sandridge.
Switch is an American R&B / funk band that recorded for the Gordy label in the late 1970s, releasing songs such as "There'll Never Be", "I Call Your Name", and "Love Over & Over Again". Switch influenced bands such as DeBarge, which featured the siblings of Switch band members Bobby and Tommy DeBarge. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ]
Atlantic Records (1989–1993) The Rude Boys is a 1990s R&B /vocal group from Cleveland, Ohio. The group consisted of Larry Marcus, Melvin Sephus, and brothers Edward Lee "Buddy" Banks and Joe Little III. Marcus later died in October 2016. [1] In 2019 The Rude Boys were inducted into the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame in Detroit, Michigan.
Ruby & the Romantics was an Akron, Ohio -based American R&B group in the 1960s, composed of Ruby Nash, George Lee, Ronald Mosely, Leroy Fann and Ed Roberts. The group had several pop and R&B hit records, topping the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1963 with their first recording, " Our Day Will Come ". The song, written by Mort Garson and Bob ...