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THE O'JAYS
Canton, Ohio, USA
* 1963

Line-Up (2018):

Eddie Levert - voc
Eric Grant - voc
Walter Williams - voc

Former Members:

William Powell (voc, 1963-cca 1969); Bobby Massey (voc, 1963-?); Bill Isles (voc, 1963-65); Sammy Strain (voc)
Jack Cooper (ds)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Comin' Through	1965
2.	Soul Sounds	1967
3.	Back On Top	1972
4.	The Box Set Series	1972	Legacy
5.	Back Stabbers	9/1972	CBS
6.	The O'Jays In Philadelphia	5/1973	Epic
7.	Ship Ahoy	12/1973	Philadelphia International
8.	Live In London	6/1974	Philadelphia			13
9.	Peace	18.04.1975	Power Exchange
10.	Survival	25.04.1975	Philadelphia			12
11.	Family Reunion	11/1975	Philadelphia			13
12.	O'Jays	1976
13.	Message In The Music	24.09.1976	Philadelphia			26
14.	Travelin' At The Speed Of Trought produced by: Kenny Gamble/Leon Huff	10.06.1977	Philadelphia			26
15.	The O'Jays Collectors Items Greatest Hits (2LP)	16.12.1977	Philadelphia International
16.	Full Of Love	21.04.1978	Philadelphia International			7
17.	Identify Yourself	9/1979	Philadelphia International			16
18.	The Year 2000	10/1980	TSOP
19.	My Favourite Person	1982
20.	When Will I See You Again	1983
21.	Love And More	1984
22.	Love Fever	10/1985				121
23.	The Artists Volume 3 & Womack & Womack & SOS & Kleer	10/1985			87
24.	Let Me Touch You	10/1987	PIR/EMI			66
25.	Serious	5/1989				114
26.	Emotionally Yours	1/1991	EMI			73
27.	Heartbreaker	8/1993	EMI			75
28.	Give The People What They Want	3/1996
29.	Love Train: The Best Of The O'Jays	3/1996
30.	In Bed With O'Jays	03.02.1997	EMI
31.	Love You To Tears	04.08.1997	Volcano/BMG			75
32.	Best Of The O'Jays: 1976-1991	09.02.1999
33.	Smooth Love	16.02.1999
34.	Best Of Old School	16.02.1999
35.	Live In London	13.07.1999	Epic
36.	The Ultimate O'Jays	10.04.2001	Legacy/Epic
37.	For The Love ...	09.10.2001	MCA			53
38.	The Complete Bell Recordings	30.10.2001	Sundazed
39.	The Bell Sessions 1967-1969	26.02.2002	Sundazed
40.	Love Songs	14.01.2003	Sony
41.	Anthology	08.07.2003	Capitol
42.	O'Jays vs. The Whispers & The Whispers	05.08.2003	Capitol
43.	Collection	06.04.2004	Madacy
44.	Together We Are One	06.04.2004	Capitol
45.	Imagination	28.09.2004	Sanctuary			178
46.	Message in Our Music: The Best of the O'Jays	18.01.2005	Music Club International
47.	Essential O'Jays	08.02.2004	Epic
48.	Take Two & Isley Brothers	15.03.2005	Collectables
49.	Rock Breakout Years: 1972	11.10.2005	Madacy
50.	Greatest Hits	23.05.2006	Collectables
51.	Beautiful Ballads	26.12.2006	Sony
52.	Best of the O'Jays	20.02.2007	Mastercuts
53.	Playlist: The Very Best of the O'Jays	19.11.2007	Sony Legacy
54.	Let Me Make Love to You	29.01.2008	Sbme Special Mkts
55.	Triple Feature	17.11.2009	Sony/BMG
56.	Message in the Music	25.05.2010	EMI
57.	Christmas With the O'Jays	14.09.2010	Saguaro Road
58.	We'll Never Forget You: Imperial Years 1963-66	03.04.2012	Shout
59.	Original Album Classics	30.04.2012	Epic
60.	Collectors' Items	19.06.2012	Hi Horse
61.	Livin' for the Weekend / I Love Music	19.06.2012	Hi Horse
62.	Live In Concert	28.08.2012	Cleopatra
63.	Ballads	20.03.2013	Capitol
64.	Look Over Your Shoulder	25.02.2014	Sugarhill
65.	Superbad	07.05.2015	P-Vine
66.	50th Anniversary Concert	16.10.2015	Wienerworld
67.	Soul: The O'Jays	26.02.2016	BMG
68.	The Last Word	22.02.2019	S-Curve/BMG

Eddie Levert:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Father And Son & Gerald Levert	9/1995	east west			20
2.	Something To Talk About & Gerald Levert	11.06.2007	Atlantic			19
3.	I Still Have It	01.05.2012	WaterTower Music
4.	Did I Make You Go Ooh	19.08.2016	Blackbyrd

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Lonely Drifter	8/1963	Imperial		93
2.	Stand Tall	1/1964	Imperial		131
3.	Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette)	4/1965	Imperial		48
4.	I've Cried My Last Tear	7/1965	Imperial		94
5.	Working On Your Case	1966
6.	Stand In For Love	10/1966	Imperial		95
7.	I'll Be Sweeter Tomorrow (Than I Was Today)	11/1967	Bell		66
8.	Look Over Your Shoulder	5/1968	Bell		89
9.	The Choice	8/1968	Bell		94
10.	One Night Affair	7/1969	Neptune		68
11.	Deeper (In Love With You)	3/1970	Neptune		64
12.	Looky Looky (Look At Me Girl)	8/1970	Neptune		98
13.	Working On Your Case	11.02.1971	United Artists
14.	Back Stabbers	7/1972	Philadelphia International	14	3
15.	I Dig Your Act	11/1972	Mojo
16.	992 Arguments	01.12.1972	Philadelphia International		57
17.	Love Train produced by: Gamble/Huff	1/1973	Philadelphia International	7	1
18.	Time To Get Down	5/1973	Philadelphia International		33
19.	Put Your Hands Together	12/1973	Philadelphia International		10
20.	For The Love Of Money	15.03.1974	Philadelphia International		7
21.	Let Me Into Your World	7/1974	Neptune
22.	Now That We Found Love	06.09.1974	Philadelphia
23.	Peace	08.11.1974	Power Exchange
24.	Sunshine Part II	12/1974	Philadelphia International		48
25.	Give The People What They Want	4/1975	Philadelphia International		45
26.	Let Me Make Love To You	7/1975	Philadelphia International		75
27.	I Love Music (Part 1) produced by: Gamble/Huff	10/1975	Philadelphia	13	5
28.	Christmas Ain't Christmas New Years Ain't New Years Without The One You Love	14.11.1975	Philadelphia International
29.	Living For The Weekend / Stairway To Heaven	2/1976	Philadelphia International		20
30.	Message In Our Music	9/1976	Philadelphia		49
31.	Darlin' Darlin' Baby (Sweet Tender Love) produced by: Gamble/Huff	11/1976	Philly Int	23	72
32.	So Glad I Got You Girl	10.06.1977	CBS
33.	Work On Me	7/1977	Philadelphia
34.	We're All In This Thing Together	07.10.1977	Philadelphia International
35.	Use Ta Be My Girl produced by: Gamble/Huff	4/1978	Philadelphia International	11	4
36.	I Love Music	14.04.1978	Philadelphia International	36
37.	Brandy	8/1978	Philly Int.	21	79
38.	Sing A Happy Song	8/1979	Philly Int.	39	102
39.	Forever Mine	11/1979	Philadelphia International		28
40.	Identify	30.11.1979	Philadelphia International
41.	Girl, Don't Let It Get You Down	8/1980	TSOP		55
42.	I Just Want To Satisfy	4/1982	Philadelphia International		101
43.	Your Body's Here With Me	8/1982	Philadelphia Int
44.	Put Your Hands Together	7/1983	Philly Int	45
45.	Extraordinary Girl	5/1984		87
46.	Lovin' You	2/1988		87
47.	Don't Let Me Down	1/1991
48.	What's Stopping You	6/1997			73
49.	Baby You Know	10/1997			76
50.	Easy Money / My Favourite Person & Dee Dee Sharp Gamble	24.01.2000	Philadelphia
51.	Summer Fling / Put Our Heads Together	24.01.2000	Philadelphia
52.	Love Train / I Love Music	21.02.2000	Vinyl Junkie
53.	Let's Ride	7/2001	MCA
54.	Dimitri From Paris: In The House (New Dance Beat ("D'extended" mix) / Any Love (Dim's "Classic" re-edit) / I Love Music (Dim's "Dancefloor" touch-up)) & Rufus & Chaka Khan & Lil' Louis	22.12.2003	ITH/Defected
55.	For The Love Of Money / Back Stabbers (reissue)	28.06.2004	Philadelphia International
56.	Message In Our Music	21.10.2011	Philadelphia
57.	I Dig Your Act / Be My Girl	11.01.2011	Amy Reissue
58.	Philadelphia International Classics: The Tom Moulton Remixes Part 1 of 3 EP (I Love Music (Tom Moulton remix) / Don't Leave Me This Way (Tom Moulton remix) / Let's Groove (Tom Moulton remix) / You'll Never Find (Tom Moulton remix)) & Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes & Archie Bell & The Drells & Lou Rawls	30.04.2012	Harmless
59.	Philadelphia International Classics: The Tom Moulton Remixes Part 3 of 3 EP (This Time Baby / Party Time Man / My Love Don't Come Easy / Nights Over Egypt) & The Futures & Jean Carne & The Jones Girls	19.06.2012	Harmless
60.	To Prove I Love You / My Favourite Person	19.10.2012	PIR/Expansion
61.	Above The Law	19.10.2018

Eddie Levert:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Baby Hold On To Me & Gerald Levert	2/1992	eastweest		37
2.	Already Missing You & Gerald Levert	10/1995			75

Awards:

2002 Soul Train Music Awards - 2002 Quincy Jones Award for Outstanding Career Achievements
2004 Vocal Group Hall of Fame
2005 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
2006 Grammy Hall Of Fame (SP "Love Train", 1973)
2016 Grammy Hall Of Fame (SP "For The Love Of Money", 1974)

Various:

1958 Mascots
1958-63 Triumphs (1)

Compilation Appearances:

"I Love America" on Red Cross benefit compilation "United We Stand" (6.11.01, Capitol)
"Love Train" on OST "Undercover Brother" (21.5.02, Hollywood)
"Family Reunion" on OST "Madea's Family Reunion" (21.2.06, Motown)

Press References:

Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1972	0	12.02.1972	26	New Pop Singles	single review
1975	21	24.05.1975	38	Albums	album review
1976	3	17.01.1976	39	Soul Food	album review
1976	48	27.11.1976	31	Soul Albums	album review
1977	31	30.07.1977	20	Soul/Reggae Albums	album review
1977	41	08.10.1977	24	Singles - Soul	single review
1978	16	22.04.1978	22	Singles - Soul	single review
1978	22	03.06.1978	18	Albums	album review
1978	40	14.10.1978	62	Caught In The Act	gig review
1979	45	01.12.1979	28	Singles	single review
1980	36	18.10.1980	24	Albums	album review
1982	21	22.05.1982	19	Singles	single review
1996	28	13.07.1996	52	Albums	album review
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1974	0	13.07.1974	10	Albums	album review
1974	0	02.11.1974	2	News Desk - Record News
1975	0	17.05.1975	18	Platters	album review