Ohio Players
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The Ohio Players were an American
funk
and R&B
band
, most popular in the 1970s. They are best known for their double #1 hit
songs "Fire
" and "Love Rollercoaster
".
, Ohio
in 1959 as the Ohio Untouchables, and initially included members Robert Ward
(vocals
/guitar
), Marshall "Rock" Jones (bass
), Clarence "Satch" Satchell (saxophone
/guitar), Cornelius Johnson (drum
s), and Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks (trumpet
/trombone
). They were best known at the time as a backing group for Detroit's The Falcons
. The Ohio Untouchables broke up in 1963 with Ward leaving for a solo career, but the core members of the group returned to Dayton and the following year added Gregory Webster (drums) along with Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner (guitar), who would become the group's front man. The group added two more singers, Bobby Lee Fears and Dutch Robinson, and became the house band
for the New York
based Compass Records
in 1967.
The group disbanded again in 1970. After again reforming with a line-up including Bonner, Satchell, Middlebrooks, Jones, Webster, trumpeter Bruce Napier, vocalist Charles Dale Allen, trombonist Marvin Pierce and keyboardist
Walter "Junie" Morrison
, the Players had a minor hit on the Detroit-based Westbound label
in 1971 with "Pain," which reached the Top 40 of the Billboard
R&B
Chart
. Dale Allen shared co-lead vocals on some of the early Westbound material, although he was not credited on their albums Pain and Pleasure.
The band's first big hit single
was "Funky Worm
", which reached #1 on the Billboard R&B chart and made the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100
in the spring of 1973. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc
by the R.I.A.A. in May of that year. The band signed with Mercury Records
in 1974. By this time, their line-up had changed again, with keyboardist Billy Beck instead of Morrison and Jimmy "Diamond" Williams on drums instead of Webster. On later album releases, they added second guitarist/vocalist Clarence 'Chet' Willis and conga player Robert "Rumba" Jones.
The band had seven Top 40 hits between 1973 and 1976. These included "Fire
" (#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
" (#1 on both the R&B and pop charts for one week in January 1976; another gold disc recipient). The group's last big hit was "Who'd She Coo?
" a #1 R&B hit in August 1976. It was their only success in the United Kingdom
, where it peaked at #43 in the UK Singles Chart
in July 1976.
Clarence Satchell (born April 15, 1940) died December 30, 1995 after suffering a brain aneurysm
, Ralph Middlebrooks (born August 20, 1939) died in November 1997, and Robert Ward (born October 15, 1938) died at home December 25, 2008. Marshall Jones resides in Jamestown, Ohio
.
," "Skin Tight," "Fire
," and "Love Rollercoaster
;" plus to their albums Skin Tight
, Fire
, and Honey
.
United States
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funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
and R&B
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
band
Musical ensemble
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, most popular in the 1970s. They are best known for their double #1 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...
songs "Fire
Fire (Ohio Players song)
"Fire" is a hit song by R&B/funk band The Ohio Players. The song was released in late 1974 and it is the opening track from the album of the same name and peaked at the top of both the pop and soul charts. It spent one week at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and five weeks at the top of the...
" and "Love Rollercoaster
Love Rollercoaster
"Love Rollercoaster" is a song by American funk/R&B band The Ohio Players, originally featured on their 1975 album Honey. The song was a hit upon its initial release, reaching the top of both the R&B and pop charts. It still sees wide airplay on classic funk and R&B stations...
".
Biography
The band formed in DaytonDayton, Ohio
Dayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...
, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
in 1959 as the Ohio Untouchables, and initially included members Robert Ward
Robert Ward (blues musician)
Robert Ward was an American blues and soul guitarist. He was known for founding the Ohio Untouchables, the band that later would become the Ohio Players...
(vocals
Human voice
The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal folds for talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, etc. Its frequency ranges from about 60 to 7000 Hz. The human voice is specifically that part of human sound production in which the vocal folds are the primary...
/guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
), Marshall "Rock" Jones (bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
), Clarence "Satch" Satchell (saxophone
Saxophone
The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
/guitar), Cornelius Johnson (drum
Drum
The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
s), and Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks (trumpet
Trumpet
The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
/trombone
Trombone
The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
). They were best known at the time as a backing group for Detroit's The Falcons
The Falcons
The Falcons were an American rhythm and blues vocal group, some of whose members went on to be influential in soul music.The Falcons formed in 1955 in Detroit, Michigan on the Mercury Records imprint. After personnel changes in 1956, The Falcons had hits for the Lupine Records label with the...
. The Ohio Untouchables broke up in 1963 with Ward leaving for a solo career, but the core members of the group returned to Dayton and the following year added Gregory Webster (drums) along with Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner (guitar), who would become the group's front man. The group added two more singers, Bobby Lee Fears and Dutch Robinson, and became the house band
House band
For the British band that existed from 1984-2001, see The House BandA house band is a group of musicians, often centrally organized by a band leader, who regularly play an establishment. It is widely used to refer both to the bands who work on entertainment programs on television or radio, and to...
for the New York
New York City
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based Compass Records
Compass Records
Compass Records is a Nashville-based independent record label founded in 1995 by musicians Garry West and Alison Brown. Currently home to nearly 100 folk, bluegrass, Celtic, jazz, and new acoustic artists, the label releases about 20 records a year...
in 1967.
The group disbanded again in 1970. After again reforming with a line-up including Bonner, Satchell, Middlebrooks, Jones, Webster, trumpeter Bruce Napier, vocalist Charles Dale Allen, trombonist Marvin Pierce and keyboardist
Keyboardist
A keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical instruments with keyboards have come into common usage, requiring a more...
Walter "Junie" Morrison
Walter Morrison
Walter "Junie" Morrison is a musician and producer born in Dayton, Ohio. Morrison was a producer, writer, keyboardist and vocalist for the funk band the Ohio Players in the early 70s, where he wrote and produced their first major hit, "Funky Worm"...
, the Players had a minor hit on the Detroit-based Westbound 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,...
in 1971 with "Pain," which reached the Top 40 of 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
Record chart
A record chart is a ranking of recorded music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
. Dale Allen shared co-lead vocals on some of the early Westbound material, although he was not credited on their albums Pain and Pleasure.
The band's first big hit single
Hit single
A hit single is a recorded song or instrumental released as a single that has become very popular. Although it is sometimes used to describe any widely-played or big-selling song, the term "hit" is usually reserved for a single that has appeared in an official music chart through repeated radio...
was "Funky Worm
Funky Worm
"Funky Worm" is a song by American funk group the Ohio Players, from their album Pleasure. It peaked at number one on the U.S. Billboard R&B charts in 1973 and also peaked at number fifteen on the Billboard Hot 100.-Influence:...
", which reached #1 on the Billboard R&B chart and made the Top 20 on the Billboard 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 the spring of 1973. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
by the R.I.A.A. in May of that year. The band signed with Mercury Records
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal...
in 1974. By this time, their line-up had changed again, with keyboardist Billy Beck instead of Morrison and Jimmy "Diamond" Williams on drums instead of Webster. On later album releases, they added second guitarist/vocalist Clarence 'Chet' Willis and conga player Robert "Rumba" Jones.
The band had seven Top 40 hits between 1973 and 1976. These included "Fire
Fire (Ohio Players song)
"Fire" is a hit song by R&B/funk band The Ohio Players. The song was released in late 1974 and it is the opening track from the album of the same name and peaked at the top of both the pop and soul charts. It spent one week at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and five weeks at the top of the...
" (#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
Love Rollercoaster
"Love Rollercoaster" is a song by American funk/R&B band The Ohio Players, originally featured on their 1975 album Honey. The song was a hit upon its initial release, reaching the top of both the R&B and pop charts. It still sees wide airplay on classic funk and R&B stations...
" (#1 on both the R&B and pop charts for one week in January 1976; another gold disc recipient). The group's last big hit was "Who'd She Coo?
Who'd She Coo?
"Who'd She Coo?" was a hit song for The Ohio Players in 1976. Released from their hit album, Contradiction, it spent one week at #1 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and peaked at #18 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in September, 1976. It would be their last chart-topping single.-Chart...
" a #1 R&B hit in August 1976. It was their only success in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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, where it peaked at #43 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 ...
in July 1976.
Clarence Satchell (born April 15, 1940) died December 30, 1995 after suffering a brain aneurysm
Aneurysm
An aneurysm or aneurism is a localized, blood-filled balloon-like bulge in the wall of a blood vessel. Aneurysms can commonly occur in arteries at the base of the brain and an aortic aneurysm occurs in the main artery carrying blood from the left ventricle of the heart...
, Ralph Middlebrooks (born August 20, 1939) died in November 1997, and Robert Ward (born October 15, 1938) died at home December 25, 2008. Marshall Jones resides in Jamestown, Ohio
Jamestown, Ohio
Jamestown is a village in Greene County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,917 at the 2000 census. It is named after Jamestown, Virginia, the hometown of an early resident....
.
Studio albums
| Year | Album | Chart positions | Record label | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
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| 1968 | First Impressions | — | — | Trip | ||
| Observations in Time Observations in Time -Track listing:#"Here Today and Gone Tomorrow"#"Mother-In-Law"#"Stop Lying to Yourself"#"Over the Rainbow"#"Find Someone to Love"#"Cold, Cold World"#"Summertime"#"Bad Bargain"#"The Man I Am"#"Lonely Street"#"Street Party"-Personnel:... |
— | — | Capitol Capitol Records Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine... |
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| 1972 | Pain Pain (Ohio Players album) -Track listing:# "Pain"# "Never Had a Dream"# "Player's Balling "# "I Wanna Hear from You"# "The Reds"# "Singing in the Morning"-Personnel:* Gregory Webster* Andrew Noland* Walter "Junie" Morrison* Marshall Jones... |
177 | 21 | Westbound Westbound Records Westbound Records is a Detroit-based record label founded by Armen Boladian in 1970. It had a distribution deal with Janus Records from 1970 to 1975, but then it switched distribution to 20th Century Records during 1975 and 1976, but again switched distribution to Atlantic Records from 1976 to... |
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| Pleasure Pleasure (Ohio Players album) -Track listing:All songs composed by The Ohio Players.#"Pleasure" #"Laid It" #"Pride and Vanity" #"Walt's First Trip" #"Varee is Love" #"Walked Away From You" #"Paint Me" #"Funky Worm"... |
63 | 4 | ||||
| 1973 | Ecstasy Ecstasy (Ohio Players album) Ecstasy is the 5th album by The Ohio Players and the third released through the Westbound label. The album was produced by the band, and arranged by Walter "Junie" Morrison... |
70 | 19 | |||
| 1974 | Skin Tight Skin Tight Skin Tight is the sixth album by The Ohio Players and their debut for the Mercury label. The album signified a turning point in the group's career towards more jazzy and disco orientations.... |
11 | 1 | Mercury Mercury Records Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal... |
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| Climax | 102 | 24 | Westbound | |||
| Fire Fire (Ohio Players album) -Track listing:*All Songs Written By Ohio Players.#"Fire" #"Together" #"Runnin' From The Devil" #"I Want to Be Free" #"Smoke" #"It's All Over" #"What the Hell"... |
1 | 1 | Mercury | |||
| 1975 | Honey Honey (Ohio Players album) -Track listing:#"Honey" - 5:20#"Fopp" - 3:45#"Let's Do It" - 5:15 #"Ain't Givin' up No Ground" - 1:42#"Sweet Sticky Thing" - 6:14#"Love Rollercoaster" - 4:50#"Alone" - 4:37-Personnel:... |
2 | 1 | |||
| Rattlesnake | 61 | 8 | Westbound | |||
| 1976 | Contradiction Contradiction (album) -Track listing:All tracks by Ohio Players# "Contradiction" – 4:37# "Precious Love" – 4:57# "Little Lady Maria" – 4:16# "Far East Mississippi" – 4:58# "Who'd She Coo?" – 4:32# "My Life" – 4:01# "Tell the Truth" – 3:37# "My Ladies Run Me Crazy" – 3:54... |
12 | 1 | Mercury | ||
| 1977 | Angel Angel (Ohio Players album) -Track listing:# "Angel" # "Merry-Go-Round" # "Glad to Know You're Mine" # "Don't Fight My Love" # "Body Vibes" # "Can't You Still Love me?" # "O-H-I-O" # "Faith" -Personnel:... |
41 | 9 | |||
| Mr. Mean Mr. Mean (album) -Track listing:# "Mr. Mean" # "Fight Me, Chase Me" # "The Controller's Mind" # "The Big Score" # "Magic Trick" # "Good Luck Charm" # "Speak Easy" -Personnel:... |
68 | 11 | ||||
| 1978 | Jass-Ay-Lay-Dee Jass-Ay-Lay-Dee Jass-Ay-Lay-Dee is the 14th album by The Ohio Players. It was the 8th and last album they would record for Mercury. The title is a unique spelling of the term "jazzy lady". Unlike their last two efforts, the group remained with the nine-man roster that they had with Mr... |
69 | 15 | |||
| 1979 | Everybody Up | 80 | 19 | Arista Arista Records Arista was an American record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operated under the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records... |
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| 1981 | Tenderness | 165 | 49 | Boardwalk Boardwalk Records Boardwalk Records was a record label founded by Neil Bogart in 1980, after PolyGram acquired his Casablanca Records. The label had a huge hit act with Joan Jett before Neil Bogart died of cancer in 1982... |
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| Ouch! | 201 | — | ||||
| 1984 | Graduation | — | — | Century Vista | ||
| 1988 | Back | — | 55 | Track Record | ||
| "—" denotes the album failed to chart | ||||||
Live albums
| Year | Album | Chart positions | Record label | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
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| 1996 | Jam | — | — | Mercury | ||
| 1997 | Ol' School | — | — | Castle | ||
| "—" denotes the album failed to chart | ||||||
Compilation albums
| Year | Album | Chart positions | Record label | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
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| 1974 | The Ohio Players | — | 32 | Capitol Capitol Records Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine... |
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| 1975 | Greatest Hits | 92 | 22 | Westbound Westbound Records Westbound Records is a Detroit-based record label founded by Armen Boladian in 1970. It had a distribution deal with Janus Records from 1970 to 1975, but then it switched distribution to 20th Century Records during 1975 and 1976, but again switched distribution to Atlantic Records from 1976 to... |
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| 1976 | Gold Gold (Ohio Players album) -Track listing:# "Feel The Beat " # "Love Rollercoaster" # "I Want To Be Free" # "Fopp" # "Far East Mississippi" # "Skin Tight" # "Fire" # "Sweet Sticky Thing" # "Jive Turkey "... |
31 | 10 | Mercury Mercury Records Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal... |
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| 1977 | The Best of the Early Years, Vol. 1 | — | 58 | Westbound | ||
| 1995 | Funk on Fire: The Mercury Anthology | — | — | Mercury | ||
| 1998 | Orgasm: The Very Best of the Westbound Years | — | — | Westbound | ||
| 2000 | The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Ohio Players | — | — | Mercury | ||
| 2008 | Gold (2008) | — | — | Island/Mercury Island Records Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group... |
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| "—" denotes the album failed to chart | ||||||
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 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... |
US 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,... |
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| 1968 | "Tresspassin'" | — | 50 | |||
| 1971 | "Pain (Part 1)" | 64 | 35 | |||
| 1972 | "Pleasure" | — | 45 | |||
| "Varee Is Love" | — | — | ||||
| 1973 | "Funky Worm Funky Worm "Funky Worm" is a song by American funk group the Ohio Players, from their album Pleasure. It peaked at number one on the U.S. Billboard R&B charts in 1973 and also peaked at number fifteen on the Billboard Hot 100.-Influence:... " |
15 | 1 | |||
| "Ecstasy" | 31 | 12 | ||||
| "Sleep Talk" | — | — | ||||
| 1974 | "Jive Turkey (Part 1)" | 47 | 6 | |||
| "Skin Tight" | 13 | 2 | ||||
| "Fire Fire (Ohio Players song) "Fire" is a hit song by R&B/funk band The Ohio Players. The song was released in late 1974 and it is the opening track from the album of the same name and peaked at the top of both the pop and soul charts. It spent one week at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and five weeks at the top of the... " |
1 | 1 | ||||
| 1975 | "I Want to Be Free" | 44 | 6 | |||
| "Sweet Sticky Thing Sweet Sticky Thing "Sweet Sticky Thing" is the name of a popular song by funk band Ohio Players. Released from the classic 1975 album, Honey, the song spent a week at number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart. It peaked at number thirty-three on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart... " |
33 | 1 | ||||
| "Love Rollercoaster Love Rollercoaster "Love Rollercoaster" is a song by American funk/R&B band The Ohio Players, originally featured on their 1975 album Honey. The song was a hit upon its initial release, reaching the top of both the R&B and pop charts. It still sees wide airplay on classic funk and R&B stations... " |
1 | 1 | ||||
| 1976 | "Fopp" | 30 | 9 | |||
| "Rattlesnake" | 90 | 69 | ||||
| "Who'd She Coo? Who'd She Coo? "Who'd She Coo?" was a hit song for The Ohio Players in 1976. Released from their hit album, Contradiction, it spent one week at #1 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and peaked at #18 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in September, 1976. It would be their last chart-topping single.-Chart... " |
18 | 1 | ||||
| "Far East Mississippi" | — | 26 | ||||
| 1977 | "Feel the Beat (Everybody Disco)" | 61 | 31 | |||
| "Body Vibes" | — | 19 | ||||
| "O-H-I-O" | 45 | 9 | ||||
| "Merry Go Round" | — | 77 | ||||
| "Good Luck Charm (Part 1)" | 101 | 51 | ||||
| 1978 | "Magic Trick" | — | 93 | |||
| "Funk-O-Nots" | 105 | 27 | ||||
| "Time Slips Away" | — | 53 | ||||
| 1979 | "Everybody Up" | — | 33 | |||
| 1981 | "Try a Little Tenderness" | — | 40 | |||
| "Skinny" | — | 46 | ||||
| 1984 | "Sight for Sore Eyes" | — | 83 | |||
| 1988 | "Sweat" | — | 50 | |||
| "Let's Play (From Now On)" | — | 33 | ||||
| "—" denotes the single failed to chart | ||||||
Million sellers
Gold discs, due to records selling at least one million copies, were awarded to the singles "Funky WormFunky Worm
"Funky Worm" is a song by American funk group the Ohio Players, from their album Pleasure. It peaked at number one on the U.S. Billboard R&B charts in 1973 and also peaked at number fifteen on the Billboard Hot 100.-Influence:...
," "Skin Tight," "Fire
Fire (Ohio Players song)
"Fire" is a hit song by R&B/funk band The Ohio Players. The song was released in late 1974 and it is the opening track from the album of the same name and peaked at the top of both the pop and soul charts. It spent one week at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and five weeks at the top of the...
," and "Love Rollercoaster
Love Rollercoaster
"Love Rollercoaster" is a song by American funk/R&B band The Ohio Players, originally featured on their 1975 album Honey. The song was a hit upon its initial release, reaching the top of both the R&B and pop charts. It still sees wide airplay on classic funk and R&B stations...
;" plus to their albums Skin Tight
Skin Tight
Skin Tight is the sixth album by The Ohio Players and their debut for the Mercury label. The album signified a turning point in the group's career towards more jazzy and disco orientations....
, Fire
Fire (Ohio Players album)
-Track listing:*All Songs Written By Ohio Players.#"Fire" #"Together" #"Runnin' From The Devil" #"I Want to Be Free" #"Smoke" #"It's All Over" #"What the Hell"...
, and Honey
Honey (Ohio Players album)
-Track listing:#"Honey" - 5:20#"Fopp" - 3:45#"Let's Do It" - 5:15 #"Ain't Givin' up No Ground" - 1:42#"Sweet Sticky Thing" - 6:14#"Love Rollercoaster" - 4:50#"Alone" - 4:37-Personnel:...
.
See also
- List of number-one hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the Hot 100 (U.S.)
External links
- Ohio Players Official website
- Ohio Players at Wenig-LaMonica Associates