Consumer Rapport
Encyclopedia
Consumer Rapport was a disco
studio group from New York City
. Vocal duties were handled by Frank Floyd, who was a pit singer in the Broadway
musical The Wiz
. "Ease On Down the Road
", from that musical, hit number one on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1975.
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
studio group from New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. Vocal duties were handled by Frank Floyd, who was a pit singer in the Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
musical The Wiz
The Wiz
The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" is a musical with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls and book by William F. Brown. It is a retelling of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in the context of African American culture. It opened on October 21, 1974 at the Morris A...
. "Ease On Down the Road
Ease on Down the Road
"Ease on Down the Road" is a song from the 1975 Broadway musical The Wiz, performed in the original production by Stephanie Mills and Hinton Battle...
", from that musical, hit number one on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1975.
See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart