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Five Stairsteps
The Five Stairsteps in 1966
Background information
Also known as
The Five Stairsteps & Cubie; The Stairsteps; The Invisible Man's Band
Origin
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Genres
Chicago soul
soul
psychedelic soul
funk
disco
Years active
1965–1976 1978–1983 (as the IMB)
Labels
Cameo-Parkway Buddah Mango Dark Horse
Past members
Clarence Burke Sr.
Alohe Burke
Clarence Burke Jr.
James Burke
Charles Bryant
Dennis Burke
Kenneth "Keni" Burke
Cubie Burke
Dean Gant
The Five Stairsteps, known as "The First Family of Soul" and later "The Invisible Man's Band",[1] were an American Chicago soul group made up of five of Betty and Clarence Burke Sr.'s six children: Alohe Jean, Clarence Jr., James, Dennis, and Kenneth "Keni", and briefly, Cubie. They are best known for the 1970 song "O-o-h Child", listed at number 402 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
^Pruter, Robert (1992). Chicago Soul. University of Illinois Press. p. 143. ISBN 0-252-06259-0.
The FiveStairsteps, known as "The First Family of Soul" and later "The Invisible Man's Band", were an American Chicago soul group made up of five of Betty...
career with four siblings in the 1970s band the FiveStairsteps. As a member of the FiveStairsteps, Burke wrote the group's first minor hit "You Waited...
sometimes called the "First Family of Soul" (a title first bestowed on the FiveStairsteps), the "Imperial Family of Pop", or the "Royal Family of Pop", especially...
started performing around 1968 with the R&B group The Unifics, The FiveStairsteps, then The Chambers Brothers. George Clinton saw Jerome performing with...
including covers by Ella Fitzgerald, Todd Rundgren, The Escorts, The FiveStairsteps, Linda Ronstadt, and many others. The Miracles' original version of...
adopted by The Jackson 5. Hogan, Ed. "The FiveStairsteps". AllMusic. Calloway, Earl (August 22, 1998), "FiveStairsteps remembered on ultimate Regal stage revue"...
James "Big Jim" Wright Stan Vincent All for You 2001 "O-o-h Child" by FiveStairsteps "Someone to Call My Lover" † Janet Jackson Janet Jackson Dewey Bunnell...
from "Funky President" by James Brown, "Don't Change Your Love" by FiveStairsteps, "Make Me Say it Again, Girl" by Isley Brothers, "You Can't Turn Me...
You" 13 92 32 "I'm In Love" 47 — — "Danger! She's A Stranger" The FiveStairsteps 16 89 — 1968 "Don't Change Your Love" 15 59 — 1969 "Baby Make Me Feel...
a song by Billy Stewart, 1965 "Because I Love You", a song by the FiveStairsteps, 1970 "Because I Love You", a song by Georgie Fame, 1967 "Because I...
dealer's life of any in hip-hop". Q magazine gave Ready to Die three out of five stars, and stated "the natural rapping, clever use of sound effects and acted...
hits "I'm Gonna Make You Mine" by Lou Christie and "O-o-h Child" by FiveStairsteps. He is also a composer notably having written "O-o-h Child" and several...
sampled from Zapp's "Be Alright" and the chorus is taken from The FiveStairsteps' "O-o-h Child". It was first released in Shakur's 1993 album Strictly...
Run-DMC (1985) "On the Edge" sampled "Danger! She's a Stranger" by FiveStairsteps (1967) "Fuck Everyone" sampled "Black Grass" by Bad Bascomb (1972)...
Ottawa, Ontario, best known for their 1971 hit single "Signs" The FiveStairsteps, an American R&B band composed of brothers Clarence Burke Jr., Keni...
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