
Artist
Ohio Players
Ohio Players is a funk artist formed in 1959. 67 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
- 67
- Releases
- 1969–2025
- Active years
- 1959
- Formed

Artist
Ohio Players is a funk artist formed in 1959. 67 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.

Most popular
Honey
1975

Fire
1974

Skin Tight
1974

Pleasure
1972

Ecstasy
1973

Pain
1971

Contradiction
1976

Angel
1977

Ouch!
1982

Tenderness
1981

Soul On The Real Side #16
2025

Observations In Time: The Johnny Brantley/Vidalia Productions
2024

Wigan Casino Chapter Two
2024

On Fire!
2023

Pleasure (2023 Remastered)
2023

Gold
2018

Funk On Fire - The Mercury Anthology
2018

20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Ohio Players
2018

Fresh Takes
2018

More Funky Soul Party
2015

Love Rollercoaster - Anthology 1967-1988
2014

A Little Soul Party
2013

Fire - the Best Of
2013

Back
2013

Live 1977
2013

Groovin' With… Ohio Players
2013

Best Soul & R'n'B
2012

Greatest Hits: Ohio Players
2012

I Got To Get Away-Ohio Players
2011
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Live Soul Party - [The Dave Cash Collection]
2011
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These Guys Can Play - [The Dave Cash Collection]
2011

Devoted
2011

Ohio Players
2011

Fan-Tastic Ohio Players
2010

Summertime
2009

Playas
2009

Sweet Foxy Lady
2008

Jam
2008

The Soul and R&B Archives - Ohio Players
2008
Skin Tight / Fire
2007

Jass-Ay-Lay-Dee
2007

Mr. Mean
2007

Tresspassin'
2006

Soul Party
2006

The Great Ohio Players
2006

Ohio Players' I Gotta Get Away
2006

Gold Soul
2000

Backtracks
1999

Graduation
1997

Original Artist Hit List: Ohio Players
1996

Ol' School (On Tour)
1996
Everybody Up
1979
Jass-Ay-La-Dee
1978
Climax
1974

The Best of Ohio Players
1972
Oberservations in Time
1969

Observations In Time
1969

Here Today And Gone Tomorrow
Single · 2024

Fire (Safari Riot Remix)
Single · 2023

Love Rollercoaster (Re-Recorded - Sped Up)
Single · 2023

Fire (Re-Recorded - Sped Up)
Single · 2023

Reset
Single · 2017

Tell Me Why
Single · 2013

Little Soul Party
Single · 2012

Over the Rainbow
Single · 2012

Try a Little Tenderness / Dddddddance
Single · 1981

Try a Little Tenderness
Single · 1981
The Ohio Players are a funk and R&B band whose heyday was in the mid- to late 1970s. They formed in Dayton, Ohio in 1959 as the Ohio Untouchables, and initially included members Robert Ward (vocals/guitar), Marshall "Rock" Jones (bass), Clarence "Satch" Satchell (saxophone/guitar), Cornelius Johnson (drums), and Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks (trumpet/trombone). The Ohio Untouchables broke up in 1963, with Ward leaving for a solo career, but the core members of the group returned to Dayton and added Gary Webster (drums) and Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner (guitar) in 1964. The group added two more singers, Bobby Lee Fears and Dutch Robinson, and became the house band for New York City-based Compass Records in 1967. They soon became one of the better known R&B bands of the 1970's. They inspired many artists including The Mighty Majors ("You Can Never Go Back"), which opened a show for them once on the road. Their song "Runnin' from the Devil" inspired the Van Halen song "Runnin' With the Devil". The group disbanded again in 1970. After again reforming with a line-up including Bonner, Satchell, Middlebrooks, Jones, Webster, trumpeter Bruce Napier, trombonist Marvin Pierce, and keyboardist W…