Ohio Players

The Ohio Players formed in 1959 in Dayton, Ohio, USA. Originally named Greg Webster and the Ohio Untouchables, it was the studio house band at Compass Records.
Renamed the Ohio Players, the group signed to Capitol Records in Los Angeles in the mid '60s. In 1972, the band signed to Westbound Records in Detroit and achieved commercial success, after which it recorded for Mercury Records.
Original band members are:
Leroy Bonner, Billy Beck, Clarence Satchell, Ralf Middebrooks, Marshal Jones and Jimmy Williams.

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Учасники

Billy Beck
Bobby Lee Fears
Clarence "Chet" Willis
Clarence Satchell
Edmond Weeden
Gregory Allen Webster
James "Diamond" Williams
Joe Harris
Junie Morrison
Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner
Marshall Jones
Marvin "Merv" Pierce
Michael Jennings
Norman Napier
Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks
Robert "Kuumba" Jones
Theodore Robinson (3)