Beautiful Ballads
O'Jays
Producer: Leo Sacks
Legacy Recordings, 2006
1 CD
Catalogue #: 915325
EAN: 0828768915325
UPC: 828768915325
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The O'Jays: Sammy Strain, Eddie Levert, Walter Williams, William Powell.
Additional personnel: MFSB.
Recording information: 1969 - 1993.
The legendary R&B band the O'Jays had a bunch of great dance hits, but they were also expert purveyors of the slow jam, collected here as part of Legacy's Beautiful Ballad series. "Stairway to Heaven" (not the Led Zeppelin song) and "Let me Make Love to you" are just two of the sexy love songs representing the mellow side of the 1970s hit-makers.
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O'Jays
Although formed in 1958, The O'Jays failed to find major success until the early '70s when they signed to the Philadelphia International label. Under the direction of producers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, the group (along with label mate Harold Melvin and others) pioneered a brand of slick, danceable, smoothly accessible R&B music. This approach resulted in a string of hit singles that virtually defined what has become known as the "Philly sound."
