Faith Hope and Charity was the name of a disco

Disco

Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...

 band

Musical ensemble

A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...

 from Tampa

Tampa, Florida

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, Florida

Florida

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. They are best known for their 1975 hit

Hit record

A hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings...

, "To Each His Own".

Career

Founding members of the group were Zulema Cusseaux

Zulema

Zulema Cusseaux was an American disco and rhythm & blues singer and songwriter. Aside from her solo career, she was a member of an early line up of Faith, Hope and Charity and worked as a backing vocalist and songwriter with Aretha Franklin.-Biography:...

, Brenda Hilliard and Al Bailey. Originally a trio

Trio (music)

Trio is generally used in any of the following ways:* A group of three musicians playing the same or different musical instrument.* The performance of a piece of music by three people.* The contrasting section of a piece in ternary form...

 called the Lovelles, when they met record producer

Record producer

A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

, Van McCoy

Van McCoy

Van Allen Clinton McCoy was an accomplished musician, music producer, arranger, songwriter, and orchestra conductor. He is known best for his 1975 internationally successful song "The Hustle", which is still played in dance halls and on radio to this day more than thirty years since his death...

, and were signed to a recording contract

Recording contract

A recording contract is a legal agreement between a record label and a recording artist , where the artist makes a record for the label to sell and promote...

 by Maxwell Records, the group's name was changed to Faith, Hope and Charity. Their song "So Much Love" hit #14 on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

R&B

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...

 chart and #51 on the Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 in 1970. The subsequent release "Baby Don't Take Your Love" reached #36 R&B and #96 in the Hot 100.

Cusseaux left Faith, Hope and Charity in 1971, shortly after a label

Record label

In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...

 switch to Sussex Records

Sussex Records

-History:It was founded December 18, 1969 by Clarence Avant. Initially, it was located first at 6430 W Sunset Blvd at the corner of Sunset and Cahuenga Blvds. In 1972, it moved to 6255 W Sunset Blvd Suite 1902 both in Hollywood. From 1969 to 1974, all records were distributed by Buddah Records &...

, and started a solo

Solo (music)

In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...

 career. She was eventually replaced by Diane Destry in 1974. Their biggest hit was in 1975 with "To Each His Own

To Each His Own (Faith, Hope & Charity song)

"To Each His Own" is a 1975 dance/R&B single by trio, Faith, Hope & Charity. The single was an early disco favorite, hitting the top 20 on the disco chart peaking at number fifteen. "To Each His Own" was a number-one R&B hit for one week in late 1975 and also peaked at number fifty on the...

" (#1 R&B, #15 Dance, #50 Hot 100).

They then scored another hit in January 1976, reaching #38 in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

 with "Just One Look" (from their album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

, Faith, Hope & Charity). It was a cover version

Cover version

In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

 of a Doris Troy

Doris Troy

Doris Troy was an American R&B singer, known to her many fans as "Mama Soul".She was born as Doris Higginson in The Bronx, the daughter of a Barbadian Pentecostal minister. Her parents disapproved of "subversive" forms of music like rhythm & blues, so she cut her teeth singing in her father's choir...

 track

Gramophone record

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. Nothing they subsequently recorded came close, and their last chart record was "Don't Pity Me" (#20 R&B) for 20th Century Records

20th Century Records

20th Century Fox Records, also known as 20th Fox Records and 20th Century Records, was a subsidiary of film studio 20th Century Fox.-History:It began in 1958 as 20th Fox Records. In 1963, 20th Fox Records became 20th Century-Fox Records...

 in 1978.

It seemed that there was another member of Faith Hope & Charity in 1977. Priscilla Baskerville has been credited as being a member of the group on some recordings.

In 1978 Destry left, but Hilliard and Bailey carried on for another album before splitting up.

Discography

• "So Much Love "/ "Let's Try It Over" - Maxwell 805 - (1970)

• "Baby Don't Take Your Love" / "Make Love To Me" - Maxwell 808 - (1970)

• "Come Back & Finish What You Started" / "I Worship The Very Ground You Walk On" - Sussex 216 - (1971)

• "No Tresspassing" / "Ghosts Keep Haunting Me" - Sussex 224 - (1971)

• "God Bless The World" / "We Can Change The World" - Sussex 231 - (1972)

• "I Was There" / "Who Could Love You More Than I" - Sussex 243 - (1972)

• "Heavy Love" / "Who Made You Go" - Sussex 252 - (1972)

• "To Each His Own (That's My Philosophy)" / "Find A Way" - RCA 2599 - (1975)

• "Just One Look" / "Disco Dan" - RCA 2632 - (1975)

• "You're My Piece Of Mind" / "Rescue Me" - RCA 2739 - (1976)

• "Life Goes On" / "You've Gotta Tell Her" - RCA 1 0865 - (1976)

• "Disco Dan" / "Don't Go Looking For Love" - RCA-Victor PB-10542 - (1976)

• "Don't Pity Me" / "Find What You Need" - 20TH Century 6162 - (1978)

• "How Can I Help But Love You" / "Keep Me Baby" - 20th Century 2391 - (1978)

Note

There was a girl band of the 1990s called Faith Hope & Charity

Faith Hope & Charity (Girl group)

Faith Hope & Charity was a short lived British group that featured Dani Behr, Sally Ann Marsh and Diana Barrand.They released two singles and an album. They had a minor hit with their debut single "'Battle Of The Sexes" which peaked at #53 on the UK Singles Chart in 1990...

that had no connection to this group.