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description: The Ohio Players were an American funk and RB band, most popular in the 1970s. They are best known for their songs "Fire" and "Love Rollercoaster". Gold certifications, records selling at least one mi ...

The Ohio Players were an American funk and R&B band, most popular in the 1970s. They are best known for their songs "Fire" and "Love Rollercoaster". Gold certifications, records selling at least one million copies, were awarded to the singles "Funky Worm", "Skin Tight", "Fire", and "Love Rollercoaster"; plus to their albums Skin Tight, Fire, and Honey. On August 17, 2013, The Ohio Players were inducted into the inaugural class of the Official R&B Music Hall of Fame that took place at Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio.

Songs:

01 Fire 《Disco Nights》3,543
02 Alabama Soupbone Pt 2《These Guys C..》13
03 Love Rollercoaster《Cool - Funk》2,006
04 Everybody Dance《Devoted》21
05 Funky Worm《Grand Theft A..》50
06 Bad High《These Guys C..》4
07 Sittin' On The Dock O..《Devoted》17
08 Accept What You Exp..《These Guys C..》10
09 A Little Soul Party (A ..《These Guys C..》3
10 Try A Little Tenderness《Devoted》3
11 Thinkin' Bout You《Devoted》4
12 Sometimes I Cry《Devoted》7
13 My Baby Gets The Be..《Devoted》3
14 Hard To Love Your Br..《Devoted》3
15 Do Your Thing《Devoted》6
16 Devoted《Devoted》3
17 Boardwalkin'《Devoted》3
18 Hey Savage《These Guys C..》2
19 Here Today And Gone..《These Guys C..》2
20 Try To Be A Man《Devoted》2
21 Sweet Sticky Thing《Best Of》348
22 Mother-In-Law《Observations I..》13
23 Who'D She Coo?《Cool - Funk》115
24 Fire album version《100 70s》37
25 Love Rollercoaster album version《70's》34

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History

The band formed in Dayton, 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 (drums), and Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks (trumpet/trombone). They were best known at the time as a backing group for The Falcons.[1]

Ward had proved to be an unreliable leader, who would sometimes, during gigs, walk off the stage, forcing the group to stop playing. Eventually, the group vowed to keep playing even after he left. Ward and Jones got into a fistfight in 1964, after which the group broke up.[2]

Ward found new backups, and the group's core members returned to Dayton. They replaced Ward with 21-year-old Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner (guitar), who would become the group's front man, and added Gregory Webster (drums).[1][2] To accommodate Bonner's musical style preferences for the group ("R&B with a little flair to it") and to avoid competing with Ward, the group changed their format.[2] By 1965, the group had renamed themselves the Ohio Players, reflecting its members' self-perceptions as musicians and as ladies' men.[2]

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, they added vocalist Helena Ferguson Kilpatrick, who had just returned from George Gershwin's European Tour of Porgy and Bess.[citation needed]

The group disbanded again in 1970. After again re-forming 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 with "Pain" (1971), which reached the Top 40 of the Billboard R&B chart. James Johnson joined the group at this time as vocalist and saxophonist. Dale Allen shared co-lead vocals on some of the early Westbound material, although he was not credited on their albums Pain and Pleasure.[citation needed] It was at Westbound Records where the group met George Clinton, admired their music. The two albums' avante-garde covers featured a spiked-black leather-bikini clad, bald model Pat "Running Bear" Evans, who would later grace additional Ohio Players albums, including Climax, Ecstasy, and Gold.[2][3][4][5][6]

The band's first big hit single was "Funky Worm", which reached No. 1 on the Billboard R&B chart and made the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1973. It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. in May of that year.[7] The band signed with Mercury Records in 1974. By then, 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. Meanwhile, keyboardist Walter "Junie" Morrison recorded three albums on his own before joining Funkadelic as the force behind their hit One Nation Under a Groove.

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).[7] The group also took on saxophonist James Johnson. 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.[8]
Deaths

Clarence Satchell (born 15 April 1940) died 30 December 1995 after suffering a brain aneurysm;[citation needed] Ralph Middlebrooks (born 20 August 1939) died in November 1997;[citation needed] and Robert Ward (born 15 October 1938) died at home 25 December 2008.[9] Cornelius Johnson (born 12 July 1937) died 1 February 2009.[10] Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner (born 14 March 1943, Hamilton, OH) died 26 January 2013 at age 69.[11] Marshall Jones (born 1 January 1941, Dayton, OH) resides in Jamestown, Ohio, and is the only surviving member from the Mercury line-up. [1]
Discography
Studio albums
Year    Album    Peak chart positions    Certifications
(sales threshold)    Record label
US
[12]    US
R&B
[12]    CAN
[13]
1969    Observations in Time    —    —    —        Capitol
1972    Pain    177    21    —

    US: Gold [14]

   Westbound
Pleasure    63    4    —
1973    Ecstasy    70    19    —
1974    Skin Tight    11    1    15

    US: Platinum [14]

   Mercury
Fire    1    1    17

    US: Platinum [14]

1975    Honey    2    1    36

    US: Platinum [14]

1976    Contradiction    12    1    26

    US: Gold [14]

1977    Angel    41    9    58
Mr. Mean    68    11    65
1978    Jass-Ay-Lay-Dee    69    15    —
1979    Everybody Up    80    19    —        Arista
1981    Tenderness    165    49    —        Boardwalk
Ouch!    201    —    —
1984    Graduation    —    —    —        Century Vista
1988    Back    —    55    —        Track Record
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Live albums

    Ol' School (1996, Essential Music) [15]
    Jam (1996, Mercury) [16]
    Live 1977 (2013 Goldenlane records) [17]

Compilation albums
Year    Album    Peak chart positions    Certifications
(sales threshold)    Record label
US
[12]    US
R&B
[12]    CAN
[13]
1972    First Impressions    —    —    —        Trip
1974    The Ohio Players    —    32    —        Capitol
Climax    102    24    —        Westbound
1975    Greatest Hits    92    22    —
Rattlesnake    61    8    —
1976    Gold    31    10    28

    US: Gold [14]

   Mercury
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    20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection - The Best of the Ohio Players    —    —    —        Mercury
2008    Gold [2008] [18] [19]    —    —    —        Island/Mercury
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Singles
Year    Single    Peak chart positions
US
[20]    US
R&B
[20]    CAN
[13]
1967    "Neighbors"    —    —    —
1968    "Trespassin'"    —    50    —
"It's a Crying Shame"    —    —    —
1969    "Bad Bargain"    —    —    —
"Find Someone to Love"    —    —    —
1971    "Pain (Part 1)"    64    35    91
1972    "Pleasure"    —    45    —
"Varee Is Love"    —    —    —
1973    "Funky Worm"    15    1    50
"Ecstasy"    31    12    —
"Sleep Talk"    —    —    —
1974    "Jive Turkey (Part 1)"    47    6    71
"Skin Tight"    13    2    19
"Fire" [A]    1    1    5
1975    "I Want to Be Free"    44    6    51
"Sweet Sticky Thing"    33    1    60
"Love Rollercoaster"    1    1    2
1976    "Fopp"    30    9    43
"Rattlesnake"    90    69    —
"Who'd She Coo?" [B]    18    1    63
"Far East Mississippi"    —    26    —
1977    "Feel the Beat (Everybody Disco)"    61    31    —
"Body Vibes"    —    19    —
"O-H-I-O"    45    9    88
"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    —
"The Star of the Party"    —    —    —
1984    "Sight for Sore Eyes"    —    83    —
1988    "Sweat"    —    50    —
"Let's Play (From Now On)"    —    33    —

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