Raydio
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Raydio was an Acid Jazz and R&B vocal group, formed in 1977, by Ray Parker Jr. (born on May 1, 1954 in Detroit), with Vincent Bohnam, Jerry Knight, and Arnell Carmichael.
Raydio - mostly records
The group scored their first big hit in 1978 with "Jack and Jill", which was taken from their debut, self-titled album. The song was # 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, and reached number 11 in the UK singles chart, earning a Gold record in the process.Their successful follow-up hit, "You Can't Change That" was released in 1979, and lifted from their Rock On album. The single made it up to # 9 on the Billboard charts that year.
By 1980, the group had become known as Ray Parker Jr. and Raydio, and they released two more albums: Two Places at the Same Time in 1980, and A Woman Needs Love in 1981.
These spawned another two Top 40 single hits ("Two Places at the Same Time" - # 40 in 1980; and "That Old Song" - # 21 in 1981). Their last, and biggest hit, "A Woman Needs Love" was also released in 1981, and went to # 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.
Raydio finally broke up in 1981.
Post Raydio - partly cinema
- Ray Parker Jr. started his solo career, scoring six Top 40 hits, including the hit singles "The Other Woman" (Pop # 4), and "Ghostbusters". "Ghostbusters" was a title track of the box office hit movie Ghostbusters, starring Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd. The single went to # 1 for three weeks on the Billboard Pop charts.
- Jerry Knight helped form Ollie & Jerry, with Ollie Brown. Their two biggest hits came from soundtracks. "Breakin'... There's No Stoppin' Us" was the theme to the motion picture Breakin', and hit #9 on the Hot 100 and #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. Their second single "Electric Boogaloo" (from the movie ), did not enter the pop charts, but did climb to #43 on the dance chart.
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