T-Connection
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T-Connection was a funk and disco group from Nassau, the Bahamas, who scored two hits on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1977 and 1979. They did better on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, where they had five Top 10 hits, including "Do What You Wanna Do", which reached #1, and "Everything Is Cool", which peaked at #15 on the US Billboard R&B chart.[1] In the United Kingdom, they posted five entries in the UK Singles Chart, with "Do What You Wanna Do" their highest placed success at #11.[2]
Group members included the brothers, Theophilus "T" and Kirkwood Coakley, plus David Mackey and Anthony Flowers.[3]
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Singles
- 1976: "Disco Magic" - US Hot Dance Music/Club Play #16
- 1977: "Do What Ya Wanna Do" - US Billboard Hot 100 #46; US R&B #15; UK #11
- 1977: "On Fire" - US Hot Dance Music/Club Play #5; UK #16
- 1978: "Let Yourself Go" - US Hot Dance Music/Club Play #7; UK #52
- 1978: "On Fire" - US R&B #27
- 1979: "At Midnight" - US Billboard Hot 100 #56; US R&B #32; US Hot Dance Music/Club Play #3; UK #53
- 1979: "Saturday Night" - US R&B #28; UK #41
- 1982: "A Little More Love" - US R&B #37[4][2]
[edit] Albums
- Magic (Dash/TK) 1977 [5][6]
- "Do What Ya Wanna Do"
- "Disco Magic"
- "Go Back Home"
- "Got to See My Lady"
- "Crazy Mixed up World"
- "Mothers Love"
- "Monday Morning"
- "Peace Line"
- On Fire (Dash/TK) 1978 [5]
- "On Fire"
- "Prisoner of My Mind"
- "Lady of the Night"
- "Watching You"
- "Let Yourself Go"
- "Groove to Get Down"
- "Cush"
- "Playin' Games"
- T-Connection (Dash/TK) 1979 [5][6]
- "Funkannection"
- "Coming Back for More"
- "Funky Lady"
- "Don't Stop the Music"
- "Saturday Night"
- "At Midnight"
- "Midnight Train"
- "Love Supreme"
- Totally Connected (Dash/TK) 1980 [5]
- "Totally Connected"
- "Ecstasy"
- "Let's Do It Today"
- "I Like Funkin' with You"
- "Choosing"
- "That's Love"
- "Danger Zone"
- "Born to Boogie"
- Everything Is Cool (Capitol) 1981 [5]
- "Groove City"
- "Spend the Night with Me"
- "Spinnin'"
- "Paradise"
- "Everything Is Cool"
- "Give Me Your Love"
- "Heaven in Your Eyes"
- "We've Got a Good Thing"
- Pure & Natural (Capitol) 1982 [5][7]
- "Girl Watching"
- "Party Night"
- "A Little More Love"
- "Slippin' Away"
- "Might as Well Dance"
- "Rushing Through the Crowd"
- "The Best of My Love"
- "Goombay Time"
- The Game Of Life (Capitol) 1983 [5]
- "The Game of Life"
- "Love Odyssey (Love Shines Forever)"
- "Superstar"
- "Is It Real"
- "Closer to Home"
- "Tonight's the Night"
- "I've Got News for You"
- "Time Is Short"
- "Say That You Love Me"
- Take It To The Limit (Capitol) 1984 [5]
- "Take It to the Limit"
- "Right Place, Wrong Time"
- "You Can Feel the Groove"
- "In Another Life"
- "Anything Goes"
- "Travellin' Man"
- "Burnin' with Desire"
- "You Found Someone New"
[edit] See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
[edit] References
- ^ Andy Kellman. "T-Connection Biography". All Music Guide. http://www.amazon.com/T-Connection/e/B000APZBPY. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
- ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 545. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Allmusic.com biography - accessed February 2011
- ^ Allmusic.com / Billboard Singles accessed February 2011
- ^ a b c d e f g h "T-Connection". Discogs. http://www.discogs.com/artist/T-Connection. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
- ^ a b "T-Connection/Magic". Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/T-Connection-Magic/dp/B00000AF97. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
- ^ "Pure & Natural". Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Pure-Natural-T-Connection/dp/B00020P7O2. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
