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…