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Raydio was an American
United States
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 funk
Funk
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 and R&B
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...

 vocal
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 group
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 formed in 1977, by Ray Parker Jr.
Ray Parker Jr.
Ray Erskine Parker, Jr. , is an American guitarist, songwriter, producer and recording artist. Parker is known for writing and performing the theme song to the motion picture Ghostbusters, for his solo hits, and performing with his band Raydio as well as the late Barry White.-Early life and...

, with Vincent Bohnam, Jerry Knight
Jerry Knight
Jerry Knight was an American R&B vocalist and bassist in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Along with Ray Parker Jr., he was a founding member of the group Raydio, singing vocals on their early hit, "Jack and Jill"...

, and Arnell Carmichael.

Career

The group scored their first big hit
Hit record
A hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings...

 in 1978 with "Jack and Jill", which was taken from their self-titled debut album
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. The song peaked at #8 on the U.S.
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 Billboard Hot 100
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 chart
Record chart
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, and reached #11 in the UK Singles Chart
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, earning a gold record
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 in the process. "Is This a Love Thing" peaked at #27 in the UK
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 in August 1978. Their next successful follow-up hit, "You Can't Change That
You Can't Change That
"You Can't Change That" is a song by Raydio from their album Rock On. Released as a single in 1979, it reach number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and number three on the R&B chart....

" was released in 1979, and lifted from their Rock On album. The single made it up to #9 on the Billboard chart that year. In September 1979 they participated in an anti-nuclear concert at Madison Square Garden. Their performance of "You Can't Change That
You Can't Change That
"You Can't Change That" is a song by Raydio from their album Rock On. Released as a single in 1979, it reach number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and number three on the R&B chart....

" at this show appears on the No Nukes album. By 1980, the group had become known as Ray Parker Jr. and Raydio, and they released two more albums: Two Places at the Same Time (1980), and A Woman Needs Love (1981).

These spawned another two Top 40 single hits ("Two Places at the Same Time" - #40 in 1980; and "That Old Song" - #21 in 1981). Their last, and biggest hit, "A Woman Needs Love
A Woman Needs Love
A Woman Needs Love is the fourth and final album by the group Raydio, led by guitarist/singer/songwriter Ray Parker, Jr. It again includes eight tracks, but this time, all of them were written and produced by Parker himself. The album, released in 1981, gave Raydio their biggest pop hit in the form...

," was also released in 1981, and went to #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Raydio finally broke up in 1981.

Parker started his solo career, scoring six Top 40 hits, including the hit singles "The Other Woman" (Pop #4), and "Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters (song)
"Ghostbusters" is a 1984 song recorded by Ray Parker, Jr. as the theme to the film of the same name starring Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd. It hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on August 11 in 1984, and stayed there for three weeks...

". "Ghostbusters" was a title track of the box office
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 hit movie
Film
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 Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters is a 1984 American science fiction comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. The film stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, and Rick Moranis and follows three eccentric parapsychologists in New York City, who start a...

, starring Bill Murray
Bill Murray
William James "Bill" Murray is an American actor and comedian. He first gained national exposure on Saturday Night Live in which he earned an Emmy Award and later went on to star in a number of critically and commercially successful comedic films, including Caddyshack , Ghostbusters , and...

, Harold Ramis
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 and Dan Aykroyd
Dan Aykroyd
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. The single went to #1 for three weeks on the Billboard Hot 100.

Knight helped form Ollie & Jerry
Ollie & Jerry
Ollie & Jerry was an American dance-pop duo active in the 1980s, consisting of drummer Ollie E. Brown and R&B singer Jerry Knight.Despite releasing no studio albums under their own name, they are still widely known for their hit single "Breakin'.....

, with Ollie E. Brown
Ollie E. Brown
Ollie E. Brown is an American drummer, percussionist and record producer. A prolific session musician, Brown has performed on over a hundred albums in the 1970s, 80s and 90s. Brown was also half of the American dance-pop duo Ollie & Jerry, which had a Top 10 hit with "Breakin'.....

. Their two biggest hits came from soundtracks. "Breakin'... There's No Stopping Us
Breakin'... There's No Stopping Us
"Breakin'... There's No Stopping Us" is a dance-pop song by American music duo Ollie & Jerry. Released in 1984 as a single from the soundtrack to the film Breakin, the song reached No. 9 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart. It is the theme song to the film Breakin...

" was the theme to the motion picture Breakin'
Breakin'
Breakin', released as Breakdance: The Movie in some countries, is a 1984 breakdancing-themed film directed by Joel Silberg. The film setting was inspired by a German documentary entitled Breakin' and Enterin set in the Los Angeles multi-racial hip hop club Radiotron, based out of Macarthur Park in...

, and hit #9 on the Hot 100 and #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play
Hot Dance Club Play
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 chart. Their second single "Electric Boogaloo
Electric Boogaloo (song)
"Electric Boogaloo" is a dance-pop song by American music duo Ollie & Jerry. Released in late 1984 as the lead single from the soundtrack to the film Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, the song reached number 45 on the R&B chart.- Background :...

" (from the movie Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
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), did not enter the Hot 100, but did climb to #43 on the Dance chart.

Albums

  • Raydio
    Raydio (album)
    Raydio is the self-titled debut album by the group Raydio, formed by session guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Ray Parker, Jr.-Reception:Released in 1978 on Arista Records, it featured two hit pop singles: "Jack and Jill" and "Is This A Love Thing"...

    (1978)
  • Rock On
    Rock On (Raydio album)
    Rock On is the name of the second album by Raydio, led by guitarist/songwriter/producer Ray Parker Jr.-Reception:Like the debut, it features eight tracks, most of which were written by the guitarist. It reached a peak of number 45 on the charts and featured two singles; one of them being "You...

    (1979)
  • Two Places at the Same Time
    Two Places at the Same Time
    Two Places at the Same Time is the third studio album from Raydio, the group led by session guitarist/songwriter/producer Ray Parker, Jr. Like the two albums that came before it, it again features 8 tracks; one of them, "Until The Morning Comes" was written by Parker and vocalist Arnell Carmichael...

    (1980)
  • A Woman Needs Love
    A Woman Needs Love
    A Woman Needs Love is the fourth and final album by the group Raydio, led by guitarist/singer/songwriter Ray Parker, Jr. It again includes eight tracks, but this time, all of them were written and produced by Parker himself. The album, released in 1981, gave Raydio their biggest pop hit in the form...

    (1981)

Singles

  • "Jack And Jill" (1978)
  • "Is This a Love Thing" (1978)
  • "Honey I'm Rich" (1978)
  • "You Can't Change That
    You Can't Change That
    "You Can't Change That" is a song by Raydio from their album Rock On. Released as a single in 1979, it reach number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and number three on the R&B chart....

    " (1979)
  • "More Than One Way to Love A Woman" (1979)
  • "Two Places at the Same Time" (1980)
  • "For Those Who Like to Groove" (1980)
  • "Can't Keep You from Cryin'" (1980)
  • "A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)
    A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)
    "A Woman Needs Love " is a song recorded by R&B vocalist and songwriter Ray Parker Jr., along with his group, Raydio. It led their 1981 album, A Woman Needs Love, the last Parker recorded with Raydio. The song was a hit on both the Billboard pop and soul charts in early 1981...

    " (1981)
  • "That Old Song" (1981)

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