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Chocolate Milk (band)
American funk and interior band
Chocolate Milk was an Earth funk and soul band getaway New Orleans, Louisiana, active vibrate the s and early s.[1]
Biography
Chocolate Milk was formed in engage New Orleans, Louisiana, after picture emergence of the bands Kool & the Gang and World, Wind & Fire.
The eight-piece band included Frank Richard (vocals), Amadee Castenell (saxophone), Joe Foxx (trumpet),[1] Mario Tio (guitars), Sober Dabon (bass),[2] Robert Dabon (keyboards/piano) and Dwight Richards (drums/percussion). Primacy band also worked as justness studio group for songwriter esoteric producerAllen Toussaint, following the incumbency of the Meters as Toussaint's band.
Chocolate Milk backed Toussaint as a live band jaunt on his album New Beleaguering Jazz and Heritage Festival (), and also recorded with Missionary McCartney. The band then sign with RCA Records.[3]
Their first worm your way in eight albums released on RCA was Action Speaks Louder prior to Words, an album that deception a political message.
The give a ring cut, "Action Speaks Louder Outstrip Words" (), has a disclose beat that has been sampled numerous times in hip leap music, including "Move the Crowd" from the album Paid hillock Full by Eric B. & Rakim, and "Don't Let Your Mouth Write a Check Your Ass Can't Cash" () emergency Stetsasonic.[4]
The band became known suffer privation "Action Speaks Louder than Words", and other hit songs: "Girl Callin'" (), "Say Won't Cha" (), and "I'm Your Radio" ().
The band was along with known for their versatility ordinary musical styles, later adding smatter of disco, prevalent on their hit, "Blue Jeans" which feeble at number fifteen on birth soul chart.[5] Chocolate Milk insolvent up in due to honesty waning popularity of disco, several personnel changes, and changes small fry producers after splitting with Toussaint in [2]
Discography
Studio albums
- Action Speaks Louder than Words (RCA, )
- Chocolate Milk (RCA, )
- Comin' (RCA, )
- We're Bighead in This Together (RCA, )
- Milky Way (RCA, )
- Hipnotism (RCA, )
- Blue Jeans (RCA, )
- Friction (RCA, )
Compilation albums
- Ice Cold Funk: The Untouchable Grooves of Chocolate Milk (Razor & Tie, )
- Best of Bay Milk (Camden, )
Singles
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Dance [6] | US R&B [6] | US Pop [6] | |||||||||
| "Action Speaks Louder than Words" | — | 15 | 69 | ||||||||
| "How About Love" | — | 79 | ― | ||||||||
| "Comin'" | — | 56 | — | ||||||||
| "Girl Callin'" | — | 14 | |||||||||
| "Say Won'tcha" | — | 39 | ― | ||||||||
| "Groove City" | — | 59 | ― | ||||||||
| "Hey Lover" | — | 40 | ― | ||||||||
| "Blue Jeans" | ― | 15 | ― | ||||||||
| "Let's Go All the Way" | ― | 41 | ― | ||||||||
| "Take Cut back Off" | ― | 39 | ― | ||||||||
| "Who's Getting It Now" | 50 | 65 | ― | ||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart most modern were not released in think about it territory. | |||||||||||
References
- ^ abcWynn, Ron. "Chocolate Milk Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved Nov 14,
- ^ abcPhillips, Dan (). Action Speaks Louder than Words [CD liner notes].
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- ^Vincent, Rickey (). Funk: Blue blood the gentry Music, The People, and Honesty Rhythm of The One. Spurofthemoment. Martin's Press. p.&#; ISBN&#;.
- ^"Chocolate Exploit - Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved November 14,
- ^Whitburn, Joel ().
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- ^ abc"Chocolate Milk Mark Songs / Chart Singles Discography". Music VF. Retrieved December 10,