 The O'Jays perform at the Arie Crown Theater in Chicago. Image by RaymondBoyd51, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY-SA 3.0 |
The O'JaysThe O'Jays The O'Jays American R&B group from Ohio The O'Jays are an American R&B group from Canton, Ohio, formed in summer 1958 and originally consisting of Eddie Levert, Walter Lee Williams, William Powell, Bobby Massey, and Bill Isles.[3][4] The O'Jays made their first chart appearance with the minor hit "Lonely Drifter" in 1963, but reached their greatest level of success once the producers Gamble & Huff signed them to their Philadelphia International label in 1972. With Gamble & Huff, the O'Jays (now a trio after the departure of Isles and Massey) emerged at the forefront of Philadelphia soul with Back Stabbers (1972), and topped the US Billboard Hot 100 the following year with "Love Train". Several other US R&B… (Source: Wikipedia)
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