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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]
"Flash Light" is a song by funk band Parliament, written by George Clinton, Bernie Worrell, and Bootsy Collins and released on January 28, 1978, on the album Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome. [2] It was the first No. 1 R&B hit by any of the P-Funk groups and spent four months on the U.S. pop chart, peaking at No. 16. [3] [2]
"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 ]
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 ...
R&B US Dance; 1976 "Get off Your Aaahh and Dance" — 39 16 Foxy: 1977 "The Way You Do the Things You Do" — — 5 1978 "Get Off" 9 1 18 Get Off: 1979 "Hot Number" 21 4 26 Hot Numbers "Rrrrrrock" — — 66 Party Boys: 1980 "Party Boys" — — 24 "—" denotes the single failed to chart
The album rose to numbers 12 & 26 upon the Top R&B Albums and Billboard 200 charts respectively. [3] [4] As a single "Which Way Is Up" rose to numbers 1, 12, & 21 on Billboard's Hot R&B Songs, Dance Club Songs, and Hot 100. "Which Way Is Up" also reached No. 19 on the UK Singles chart. [5] [6] [7] [8]
Chocolate Milk was formed in 1974 in New Orleans, Louisiana, after the emergence of the bands Kool & the Gang and Earth, Wind & Fire.The eight-piece band included Frank Richard (vocals), Amadee Castenell (saxophone), Joe Foxx (trumpet), [1] Mario Tio (guitars), Earnest Dabon (bass), [2] Robert Dabon (keyboards/piano) and Dwight Richards (drums/percussion).
The phaser effect is often used in funk and R&B guitar playing for its filter sweeping sound effect, an example being the Isley Brothers' song "Who's That Lady". [46] Michael Hampton, another P-Funk guitarist, was able to play Hazel's virtuosic solo on "Maggot Brain", using a solo approach that added in string bends and Hendrix-style feedback. [35]