The Five Stairsteps

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The Five Stairsteps, known as The First Family of Soul, were an American Chicago soul group made up five of Betty and Clarence Burke Sr.’s six children: Alohe, Jean, Clarence Jr., James, Dennis, and Kenneth “Keni”, and briefly, Cubie. They are best known for the 1970 song Ooh Child, listed #392 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

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1	O-O-H Child full track	364
2	Ooh Child	78
3	We Must Be in Love	15
4	Danger! She's A Stranger full track	11
5	Don't Change Your Love	9
6	You Waited Too Long full track	8
6	Dear Prudence	8
8	Stay Close to Me	5
9	Danger She's A Stranger	4
9	Come Back full track	4
9	World Of Fantasy full track	4
9	Ooh Child (Things Are Going To Get Easier)	4
13	O-o-h Child - Buddha Remastered 2001	3
13	Madame Mary	3
13	Oooh Child	3

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PappaWheelie wrote:
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That cover of Dear Prudence is no joke.

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u-neeks wrote:
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only 1 pic :(

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Iblamerobzombie wrote:
July 2009

beautiful song writing on ohh child.

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TantoTempo wrote:
May 2009

Still waiting on that brighter day...

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eriqk wrote:
March 2008

boyz n da hood

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beezer_b wrote:
November 2007

The backing vocals towards the end of O-O-H Child are just perfect. Great group.

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