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Ohio Players (1959 - 1997)

Group - United States

Releases (50)

Official

Album

  1. Oberservations in Time 1969
  2. Pain 1971
  3. Pleasure 1972
  4. Ecstasy 1973
  5. Climax Nov 1974
  6. Fire 1974
  7. Skin Tight 1974
  8. Honey 1975
  9. Rattlesnake 1975
  10. Contradiction 1976
  11. Angel 1977
  12. Jass-Ay-Lay-Dee 24 Jul 1978
  13. Everybody Up 02 Apr 1979
  14. Tenderness 06 Mar 1981
  15. Ouch! 17 Nov 1981
  16. Graduation 17 Dec 1984
  17. Back 16 May 1988
  18. Observations In Time: The Johnny Brantley/Vidalia Productions 05 Apr 2024

Album - Compilation

  1. First Impressions 1972
  2. Gold 1976
  3. First Fruit 1977
  4. Funky Soul Party 1987
  5. Orgasm: The Very Best of the Westbound Years 1993
  6. Summertime 1994
  7. Funk on Fire: The Mercury Anthology 06 Jun 1995
  8. Gold 1995 (as The Ohio Players)
  9. The Best of the Ohio Players 08 Apr 1998
  10. Greatest Hits 1998
  11. A Little Soul Party 1999
  12. 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Ohio Players 14 Mar 2000
  13. Ohio Players 2000
  14. The Great Ohio Players 25 May 2006
  15. Skin Tight / Fire 2007
  16. Gold 11 Mar 2008
  17. Fire - the Best Of 01 May 2013
  18. Love Rollercoaster Anthology 1967-1988 01 Apr 2014
  19. The Definitive Collection Plus... 26 Jan 2018
  20. Trespassin'
  21. Ohio Players
  22. The Complete Ohio Players on Mercury, Volume 1

Album - Soundtrack

  1. Mr. Mean 1977

Album - Live

  1. Jam 1996
  2. Ol' School 1996
  3. Sweet Sticky Thing 1997
  4. Original Artist Hit List 2003
  5. Live 1977 2013

Single

  1. Funky Worm / Paint Me 1973
  2. Ecstasy / Not So Sad and Lonely 1973
  3. Happy Holidays Pt. 1 / Happy Holidays Pt. 2 1975
  4. Everybody Up 1979

Relationships (11)

Members

  1. Greg Webster (1964 - 1974) drums (drum set)
  2. Junie Morrison (1970 - 1974)
  3. Marvin “Merv” Pierce
  4. Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks
  5. Marshall Jones
  6. Norman Napier
  7. Clarence Satchell
  8. James "Diamond" Williams
  9. Dutch Robinson
  10. Leroy Bonner
  11. Billy Beck

Recordings by (316)

  1. Here Today and Gone Tomorrow 3:29 (1969)
  2. Mother-In-Law 3:05 (1969)
  3. Stop Lying to Yourself 2:17 (1969)
  4. Over the Rainbow 4:20 (1969)
  5. Find Someone to Love 2:16 (1969)
  6. Cold Cold World 3:48 (1969)
  7. Summertime 7:46 (1969)
  8. Bad Bargain 2:35 (1969)
  9. The Man I Am 2:31 (1969)
  10. Lonely Street 2:28 (1969)
  11. Street Party 2:23 (1969)
  12. Pain 6:12 (1971)
  13. Never Had a Dream 4:36 (1971)
  14. Players Balling (Players Doing Their Own Thing) 4:26 (1971)
  15. I Wanna Hear From You 2:52 (1971)
  16. The Reds 5:05 (1971)
  17. Singing in the Morning 6:59 (1971)
  18. Pleasure 5:33 (1972)
  19. Laid It 3:04 (1972)
  20. Pride and Vanity 4:25 (1972)
  21. Walt’s First Trip 3:11 (1972)
  22. Varee Is Love 2:43 (1972)
  23. Walked Away from You 2:32 (1972)
  24. Paint Me 2:05 (1972)
  25. Funky Worm 2:40 (1972)
  26. Our Love Has Died 4:55 (1972)
  27. A Little Soul Party (A Woman & Some Soul) 2:54 (1972)
  28. A Thing Called Love 3:18 (1972)
  29. My Neighbors 3:05 (1972)
  30. Tell Me Why 2:09 (1972)
  31. You Don't Mean It 2:35 (1972)
  32. Trespassin’ 1:54 (1972)
  33. I Got to Hold On ?:?? (1972)
  34. It's a Cryin' Shame 2:22 (1972)
  35. Alabama Soupbone, Parts 1 & 2 1:52 (1972)
  36. Ecstasy 2:27 (1973)
  37. You and Me 3:13 (1973)
  38. (Not So) Sad and Lonely 3:41 (1973)
  39. (I Wanna Know) Do You Feel It 4:27 (1973)
  40. Black Cat 4:29 (1973)
  41. Food Stamps Y’all 2:32 (1973)
  42. Spinning 3:06 (1973)
  43. Sleep Talk 3:15 (1973)
  44. Silly Billy 4:28 (1973)
  45. Short Change 3:52 (1973)
  46. Not So Sad and Lonely 3:20 (1973)
  47. Climax 6:45 (Nov 1974)
  48. Ruffell Foot 3:59 (Nov 1974)
  49. Proud Mary 5:26 (Nov 1974)
  50. What's Going On 6:04 (Nov 1974)
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On Recordings (10)

Produced

  1. Skin Tight 7:54 Ohio Players (1974)
  2. Jive Turkey 7:10 Ohio Players (1974)
  3. I Want to Be Free 6:52 Ohio Players (1974)
  4. Sweet Sticky Thing 6:14 Ohio Players (1975)
  5. Love Rollercoaster 4:47 Ohio Players (1975)
  6. Fopp 3:51 Ohio Players (1975)
  7. Who’d She Coo? 4:32 Ohio Players (1976)
  8. Feel the Beat (Everybody Disco) 3:14 Ohio Players (1976)
  9. Far East Mississippi 4:55 Ohio Players (1976)
  10. Take Da Funk Off, Fly (7") 4:30 Ohio Players (1979)

Credited as (13)

  1. Ohio Players
  2. The Ohio Players
  3. Ohio Players remixed by The Reflex
  4. Jackie Jackson / Sugar Billy Garner / Ohio Players
  5. Teddy Pendergrass with Ohio Players
  6. Madrok & Ohio Players
  7. Ohio Players = オハイオ・プレイヤーズ
  8. B.B. King, Al Jarreau & The Ohio Players
  9. Madrok feat. Ohio Players
  10. Kool & the Gang / Ohio Players
  11. Ohio Players vs. Lil Jon
  12. DJ Koco A.K.A. Shimokita / Connie Price & The Keystones / Stranger Cole / Horace Andy / Dee Dee Warwick with The Dixie Flyers / Bobby “Blue” Bland / MFSB / Bernard “Pretty” Purdie / Grover Washington, Jr. / Oliver Sain / Willie Bobo / The Meters / Freddie Scott / Joe Tex / Aretha Franklin / Arthur Conley / Freda Payne / J.V.C. F.O.R.C.E. / Gwen McCrae / Fatback / Billy Cobham / The Loading Zone / Lloyd Price / Ohio Players / Harlem Underground Band

Works (2)

Wrote

  1. Everybody Up
  2. Take Da Funk Off, Fly (7")

Links (17)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.loverollercoaster.com/

Other Databases

  1. https://d-nb.info/gnd/10278203-9
  2. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13983201d
  3. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/ohio_players
  4. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91083840
  5. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n91083840

Lyrics Page

  1. http://muzikum.eu/en/122-12069/ohio-players/lyrics.html

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/372766

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/48413

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000390390

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/149707934

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1291507

Stream For Free

  1. https://www.deezer.com/artist/7638
  2. https://open.spotify.com/artist/6m30rs1IQqnWqV5nKMpU7U

Streaming Page

  1. https://tidal.com/artist/32170

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/81e07550-d0e2-467e-bc71-44b5d52de8f4

Social Networking

  1. https://www.facebook.com/OhioPlayers