The B.B. & Q. Band

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B. B. & Q. Band (which stands for the Brooklyn, Bronx, and Queens Band), was an American post-disco/funk group, who were created in 1981 and disbanded in 1986. The B. B. & Q. Band was a studio concept created in 1981 by the businessman, Jacques Fred Petrus. After the success with Change in 1980, and also with Macho and the Peter Jacques band in the late 1970s Petrus and his close co-worker, Italian Mauro Malavasi decided to launch a new project, named after the three boroughs in New York that the band "members" came from. Fred Petrus pulled several musicians together of which NYC session bassist Paris Ford and his musicians became the band. The self-titled debut album on Capitol record album provided several melodies of which Malavasi wrote all except one. The biggest hit single "On the Beat", which reached #8 on Billboard's Black Single chart. Also "Time for Love" (#72 on the same chart) mixed a melody with vocals by the lead singer, Ike Floyd. After the debut Petrus invited guitarist Kevin Robinson, an ex Der Kinky Fox member that he had met already in 1980, to take over to lead the band. The new line-up included Chielli Minucci, Kevin Nance, and Tony Bridges and for the first time B. B. & Q. band had a more defined role as a band. The second album release was 1982's All Night Long (#32 on Billboard's Black Albums chart), which included "All Night Long (She's Got the Moves I Like)" (#32 on Billboard's Club Play Singles list), "Imagination" (#21 on Billboard's Black Sing

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Greatest Hits and Rare Tracks

Genie

The B.B. & Q. Band

The Brooklyn, Bronx & Queens Band

All Night Long

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Greatest Hits of the 80's [1999 Disky] Disc 7

Six Million Times

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The Disco Box

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Greatest hits of the 80's

The Brooklyn Bronx & Queens Band

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The Disco Years, Vol. 2: On the Beat

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Greatest Hits of the 80's (disc 7)

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