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Dayton OH, United States (1959 – present)
The Ohio Players are a funk and R&B band whose heyday was in the mid- to late 1970s. They 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).
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 added Gary Webster (drums) and Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner (guitar) in 1964. The group added two more singers, Bobby Lee Fears and Dutch Robinson, and became the house band for New York City-based Compass Records in 1967. They soon became one of the better known R&B bands of the 1970’s. They inspired many artists including The Mighty Majors (“You Can Never Go Back”), which opened a show for them once on the road.
Their song “Runnin’ from the Devil” inspired the Van Halen song “Runnin’ With the Devil”.
The group disbanded again in 1970. After again reforming with a line-up including Bonner, Satchell, Middlebrooks, Jones, Webster, trumpeter Bruce Napier, 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 Billboard R&B Top 40. Detroit vocalist Dale Allen shared co-lead vocals on some of the early Westbound material, although not credited on the albums “Pain” and “Pleasure”.
Their song “Runnin’ from the Devil” inspired the Van Halen song “Runnin’ With the Devil”.
The group disbanded again in 1970. After again reforming with a line-up including Bonner, Satchell, Middlebrooks, Jones, Webster, trumpeter Bruce Napier, 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 Billboard R&B Top 40. Detroit vocalist Dale Allen shared co-lead vocals on some of the early Westbound material, although not credited on the albums “Pain” and “Pleasure”.
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kirayamik wrote:
I just remember Final Destination 3. s2 [2] <З
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helloneves wrote:
I just remember Final Destination 3. s2
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healallkillnone wrote:
one last concert is all I ask of them then I could join all the great soul men in heaven
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sodr2 wrote:
sing for me!
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Firstlittlejo wrote:
It takes an L and a O and a V and a E it takes you it takes me together.
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placebosyndrome wrote:
Unsung was so good!
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me and the ohio players are gonna tell you bout a worm
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jam, jam,jam jam,jam,
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Suihkubad wrote:
Ecstasy The sickest groove I've ever heard. FUCK
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ahmadchaudhary wrote:
O-H-I-O!
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Firstlittlejo wrote:
My Brother saw them at Yoshie's Oakland, Ca said they were rockin stayed for both shows I loved "Jones". Something about that turbin and yeah that bass!!!
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Firstlittlejo wrote:
Love all the jazzy parts have every album being the music lover that I am
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FuckingKP wrote:
Funky Worm. Maybe on of the most sampled track in the early 90's gangsta rap b
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stubbornbastard wrote:
oh shit man, the love rollercoaster chorus makes me high.
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ghetto funk and soul mixtapes! http://paybacktimeyouuglyskank.blogspot.com/
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AllyM725 wrote:
Ohio Players set Wingate Field in Brooklyn on FIRE last night! I was loving every minute...funkin' under the stars - they held down a serious groove throughout their show (Skin Tight, Jive Turkey, Pain, Funky Worm (?) O-H-I-O, Sweet Sticky Thing, Heaven Must be Like This, Love Rollercoaster, Fire). The concert series is free, but their performance last night was so good that I'd have paid for admission. IMHO: they could/should have been the evening's closing act.
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this made your first love seem so real
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gta san andreas
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DO THE HUSSSTLE! <3
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funky and aguant
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