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Chairmen Of The Board
12+ albums
soulfunknorthern soul70sbeach music
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Chairmen of the Board is an American-Canadian, Detroit, Michigan-based soul music group, who saw their greatest commercial success in the 1970s. General Norman Johnson (23 May 1943, Norfolk, VA – 13 Oct 2010, Atlanta, GA), had a hit as the lead singer of The Showmen, in the early '60s, with the New Orleans rock'n'roll anthem It Will Stand. When Holland-Dozier-Holland left Motown, in 1967, to establish their own Invictus/Hot Wax group of labels, they teamed-up Johnson with Eddie Custis, Danny Woods &, Canadian born, Harrison Kennedy - as the new company's flagship act - under the appropriate name 'Chairmen of the Board'. Dozier explained, according to Songfacts: "We called them that because of their extraordinary talents. They each played several instruments, sang and wrote songs as well." Custis left the group after their second album. Though they all had a turn at lead vocals, it was General Johnson's quirky hiccup-laden style and his songwriting which became increasingly showcased, wit hthe group selling a million plus copies of "Give Me Just A Little More Time". Chairmen of the Board also scored with "You've Got Me Dangling On A String", "Pay To the Piper", "Everything's Tuesday", "Working On A Building Of Love", "Elmo James", "Finders Keepers", and the original version of "Patches", a memorable ballad later covered with great success by Clarence Carter. Kennedy, Woods and Johnson all went on to cut solo albums of varying quality, whilst Johnson wrote and produced (wi
top songs
1
Give Me Just A Little More Time
62,9842Working On A Building Of Love
4,9103Everything's Tuesday
4,4024Patches
4,2015Pay To The Piper
3,8156(You've Got Me) Dangling On A String
3,3757All We Need Is Understanding
3,2558You've Got Me Dangling On A String
3,1209Finders Keepers (Vocal Version)
2,56110Finders Keepers
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