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(see the attached article) This Week's Music This week I am feeling one of my favorite R&B groups, The Ohio Players And for those who don't know The Ohio Players the band formed in Dayton, Ohio in 1959 as the Ohio Untouchables, and initially included members Robert Ward (vocals/guitar), Marshall "Rock" Jones
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 for Vocalist Helena Ferguson Kilpatrick in 1967 who had just returned from Gershwin's European Tour of Porgy and Bess. The group disbanded again in
5173 EFTA02719152 THIS WEEK's MUSIC =/div> The Ohio Players This week I would like to share with you the music of=the masters of 1970s R&B funk The Ohio Players. With their slinky, horn-powered grooves, impeccable musicianship, and eye-poppin= album covers, the Ohio Players were among the top funk bands of
nt addition of singers Bobby Lee Fears and Dutch Robinson, the newly rechriste=ed Ohio Players were signed as the house band for the New York-based Compass Records, backing singer Helena Ferguson on her lone hit, "Where Is =he Party," before issuing their solo debut, "Trespassin'," which hit the R&B charts in e
Ohio Players 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 certificati
A_R1_02175191 EFTA02719170 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. The group d
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