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Ohio Players

R&B/Soul

The next Ohio Players concert is scheduled for Saturday, June 21, 2025 at The Birchmere in Alexandria, VA, United States. See all 1 upcoming concerts
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Upcoming Concerts for Ohio Players

  • Jun
    21
    Jun 21, 2025
    The Birchmere
    Alexandria

Latest Release

Listen to Observations In Time: The Johnny Brantley/Vidalia Productions by Ohio Players
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More albums from Ohio Players

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Artist Playlists

Ohio Players Essentials
Ohio Players Essentials
This legendary crew laid the foundation for modern funk and soul.
Ohio Players Essentials
Ohio Players: Sampled
Ohio Players: Sampled
Their original tunes have been the source material for some of modern music’s biggest hits.
Ohio Players: Sampled
Inspired by Ohio Players
Inspired by Ohio Players
The funk masters' influence spans pop, hip-hop, and rock.
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About Ohio Players

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Hometown
Dayton, OH, United States
Formed
1959
Genre
R&B/Soul
The Ohio Players’ horn-driven grooves and risqué album sleeves propelled funk music from a regionally rich novelty to a commercially viable art form. Formed in Dayton as the Ohio Untouchables in 1959, they first served as the backing band for the vocal group The Falcons before regrouping as the Ohio Players. With guitar phenom Leroy “Sugarfoot” Bonner and funk prodigy Walter “Junie” Morrison in the fold, the band signed to Westbound Records in 1971. Inspired by funk forefather James Brown’s “on the one” rhythm philosophy, the oddball vocal stylings of Junie (who promptly left the band for a solo career, and later joined Parliament-Funkadelic) powered the Players’ eclectic funk sound across five albums for the label between 1971 and 1974. They hit commercial pay dirt in the mid-’70s on the Mercury label. From 1974’s Skin Tight to 1977’s Angel, the band fashioned Sugarfoot’s distinctive yowling vocals around sleek, deliciously street funk grooves that paved the way for Dayton’s future funk acts—from Slave to Zapp & Roger—while being immortalized through countless samples in R&B and hip-hop today.
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Members of Ohio Players include, or have included, Leroy Bonner, Clarence Satchell, James Williams, Billy Beck, Vincent Thomas, Robert Ward, Junie Morrison, and Dutch Robinson.