Ohio Players - A documentary about the Ohio Players.
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- Ohio Players - A documentary about the Ohio Players. Unsung; Episode aired July 4th, 2011 (S4.E5).
The Ohio Players, American funk and pop band from Dayton, Ohio, that put an indelible stamp on Black music from the urban Midwest in the 1970s. The principal members were Clarence (“Satch”) Satchell (b. April 14, 1940, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.-d. December 30, 1995, Dayton, Ohio), Leroy (“Sugarfoot”) Bonner (b. March 14, 1943, Hamilton, Ohio-d. January 26, 2013, Trotwood, Ohio), Greg Webster (b. January 4, 1938, Hamilton), James (“Diamond”) Williams (b. March 27, 1950, Dayton), Marshall Jones (b. January 1, 1941, Dayton-d. May 27, 2016, Houston, Texas), Ralph (“Pee Wee”) Middlebrooks (b. August 20, 1939, La Grange, Georgia-d. October 13, 1996, Dayton), Marvin (“Merv”) Pierce (b. July 13, 1951, Dayton), Walter (“Junie”) Morrison (b. 1954, Dayton-d. January 21, 2017), and Billy Beck.
Formed in 1959 as the Ohio Untouchables by singer-guitarist Robert Ward (b. October 15, 1938, Luthersville, Georgia-d. December 25, 2008, Dry Branch, Georgia)-who departed for a solo career some two years later-the group first recorded as a backing band for the vocal group the Falcons, featuring Wilson Pickett. Having changed their name, the Ohio Players signed to Westbound Records in 1971 and fused rhythm and blues, rock, jazz, and eclectic album art to create a regional brand of heavy funk. The band’s first national hit was the 1972 novelty song “Funky Worm,” which featured the comic vocal characters of keyboardist Morrison (who promptly left the group and later joined Parliament-Funkadelic). With Beck as Morrison’s replacement on keyboards, Williams replacing Webster on drums, and guitarist-vocalist Bonner playing an expanded role, the Ohio Players fashioned a sleek yet raucous sound that appealed to fans of soul, rock, and disco. A series of hit albums followed-among them Skin Tight (1974), Fire (1975), Honey (1975), and Contradiction (1976)-along with two chart-topping pop hits, “Fire” (1974) and “Love Rollercoaster” (1975). The Ohio Players enjoyed a glittery high-fashion image and created a rock controversy with their risqué album covers. Yet their diverse, highly original music was steeped in Midwestern blues and influenced a number of contemporary funk and soul groups. They were the most successful of a series of Ohio-based soul and funk artists in the 1970s that included Lakeside, Slave, and Zapp.
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When I play the sounds of the Ohio Players I feel like a young man and arthritis leaves my body. They bring me Joy of life.
when i hear this song now i can totally relate to Pain is in my heart tearing me apart. Im a chocolate female 60/y/o n its so true for me. 11-6-21
Awesome band 👍🏻
@lamascotapan😂😂
I don't think a higher compliment could possibly be made! That's about as good as it gets Brother!
Beautiful. Keep dancing young man!
How I wish that this type of band and music was still around. Thank God for the great musical legacy the Ohio Players left us with. They were a premiere group in my opinion.
I loved some Ohio Players. They were the bomb...
You are so right! I remember when they were on the Midnight Special!
And the look and image too. Never to return
Ohio Players always had a sprinkling of JAZZ in their Funk. They will always be one of my ALL TIME FAVORITES.
These were the days when a person had to have real talent musically. I will always have love for the Ohio players.
Yes !!!!! You said it all🎷🎸🎺🎷🎷🎷🎸
This documentary got me all funk up 😱 🎸🎷🎺
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Wow! Who would have known that this band went thru this hell...
Facts; they did it for the love of the music back then
THE OHIO PLAYER'S FOREVER WILL NEVER DIE LOVE Y'ALL
The are ageless! Many younger musicians used their musical innovations!
The 70’s were, (musically) unparalleled. What a great time to be alive. What we now need is a “Unsung” episode of
Cameo.
Slave "Unsung"!
The absolute truth 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽❤️❤️💯💯💯💯🔥👍🏽
Who’s still listening to their classics?
On high volume?
Reminiscing bout them good old day?
Mid summer 2021🙋🏽♀️
Took the words out of my mouth.... still listening ( today July 16, 2024). Still daydreaming about those good old disco club days!!! And still turning UP THE VOLUME !!! SKIN TIGHT. Enjoy the sound. Have a blessed life... Thanks TH-cam for ALL the disco music & videos!!!!!!
Just LOVE this documentary.
Just LOVE The Ohio Players...🥰😍🤩!!!
One of my bands (through the years) got to open a show for these guys. The bass player graciously let me use his amp. He seemed genuinely glad to help me out. Their music was tough, world-class, and super funky. Great memory. Sugar blew my mind on guitar. Yeah.
Its a sin that they are not in that R & R Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. The Ohio Players are Ohio natives. They've sold a lot records a lot of music. They're known the world over. Wolfman Jacks favorite band. The Ohio Players. Catch em on the Midnight Special.
Love Ohio Players! every song they sang, slow and the fast ones rest in peace sugar foot and all the bands players that passed on! yall was so far the best funk band ever! love u guys, and I still listen to yall music ❤❤❤
Skin tight and the worm was the jam!!
The Ohio players will never die..
THESES GUYS PUT US ON THE MAPS🗽
These guys literally made my life a happy one! I still play their music on my 💿, and even my old vinyls from vintage flavor! I love you guys! Thanks for sharing your greatness!
Baddest funk band ever
No way Parliament Funkadelic
SKIN TIGHT !!!!!!
They both are good 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
P,funk they are in the hall of fame
Thank you so much for posting this!!! Loved this series
I must admit, I bought "Honey" for the album cover.
But I did love the music.
Ohio players will always my most loved band along with HEATWAVE. Proud to have been born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio!
Indeed!
This is so heart breaking 💔
These guys were masters.
I remember the day I heard Sugafoot died. Sad day here in Birmingham back in 2013.
From 1974 on, The Ohio Players were one of my favorites. I had all of their albums. I was listening to 'Fopp' just yesterday in my car. Now that's a bad ass tune.
that was my favorite OP song too. 11-6-21
The Ohio Players -- overall the greatest soul/funk/r & b cultural touchstone, institution, phenom -- EVERYTHING -- that has ever been or ever shall be -- and I'm from _Detroit,_ damnit!!
My favorite group in the 70.s
Love their music. Of course Fire and Love Rollercoaster is part of my childhood memories.
Remember the old myth that a girl was killed on the Rollercoaster and you were supposed to be able to hear it in the song?
That rumor sold sooooo many records! I don't know who started it, but if it was a record exec, it was genius.
@@roxannemoser Yes. I was in junior high and that was the big news.
RIP OHP...well done!
The Ohio Players set the mood! One of my college friends join the Ohio Players!
All I heard as a young child in the 70's was the Ohio Players. A favorite with me and my cousins was song "Love Roller Coaster". They made up wild stories to the sounds of screaming on the song. I had never been on a rollercaster, it was scary to listen, didn't make the connection until I grew up. 😂 amk
They shouldn't have younger people talk about the older groups you can tell in their commentary they actually dont know them and it takes away from the story
For real...
RIGHT 👍
Oh come on~ at least they watched this and know who they is...we can definitely deck em when they stray outta line though
Those were the days, hanging out with my friend Frank, I never been cooler.
😊from Phoenix Az. To Alameda CA. We would gather in one of the guys apartment and listen when a new Ohio player album came out. I want to have a old school party , invite all of my friends. BBQ, beer and lumpia. One last time. Tomorrow is not promised. ❤😊😊😊
One thing i always thought about this band. Not too many had so much funk in one group of musicians!
The Leaders of Soul Music. There the model, every band should follow.
Ohio players should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame..I mean this shit..they are the best ever 😊😊😊
The Ohio Players shud BE a Hall of Fame that others Bands aspire to get into
So inexcusable what satchel did, all the blood sweat and tears for 15 years, just like that, everything gone..I can't blame them for putting him out, but its sad they broke up after it..the music left to be made by them was lost..RIH Foots..
Satchel had to try and be a pimp and putting women in apartments all over America. And not paying the taxes and that's what did them in with the USA government. Record labels always tried to get their artists high on drugs.
Mr Billy taught us music at church. Good old days.
When I got older I realized what ROLLERCOASTER meant..I would sing it all the time..my mom said now u know what they saying huh lol...Ohio Players were freaky 🥰😂
They still don't want to give them their props up to this very day. THEY ARE NO# [1]
Yeah I just saw them play in Plainfield New Jersey at a concert picnic in the park they were great ❤❤❤
I have just one question... Where in the hell does Bootsy Collins get his clothes from in 2021?
I'm sure Bootsy has everything tailor made. He always match from head to toe.❤
@@LisaPettigen I love Bootsy ever since he was with James Brown.
Ohio PLAYERS FOREVER and ever ❤️❤️❤️❤️💙💙💙💙🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
great video, thank you.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥✊🏽✊🏿✊🏾✊🏼 KINGS, LEGENDS, ICONS IN THE MUSIC GAME PERIOD 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
OHIO OHIO OHIO PLAYER'S FOREVER 💯
My older brothers and sisters (five of the ten) all had Ohio Players albums. I was just 10 or 11 and I would always get cassette tape recorders for Christmas so I could record Ohio Players, James Brown, EW&F, WAR, Barry White, Marvin Gaye, etc, etc, etc. from my siblings album collection of great "musicians" like these cats.
Amazing! Thank you for posting!
James Brown was the foot print for All the funk band, hence was why he was & is & will Always be the King!
Sigar foot....FIRE....HE KILLED IT😮
Still one of my favorite groups.
SLAVE WAS ANOTHER BAD AZZ GROUP ALONG WITH THE GAP BAND..MAN GOOD MUSIC THEN
GROWING UPS WAS SO GREAT GOING TO THEIR CONCERNS❤😅
God bless them pay attention to what you want for your life never give up on yourself as a child of God soooooooo blessed to know God for myself Linda j.☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️
Nice video, yet you left out the fantasy drumming hit I WANT TO BE FREE
It is sad greed caused them so much unhappiness
Sugarfoot and his 2 neck guitar. I love it.
Sweet Sticky Thing still has no equal... FUNKY
Hi this was great super good,
It sounds like whenever they ran into a bump in the road they hit that bump and kept going hats off to the Ohio players 💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽
I mean between EW&F and the Ohio Players, how many hits did each have? They both had a huge impact on popular music across the board. LEGENDARY! Both bands are amazing!
As a teen in the 70s those were my Groups namely EWF and TOP. It's was a great era to have BarKays, Commodores Brass Construction etc ..
@@erinmeggik391 🙌🏾🙌🏾💯
I think the Ohio players should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of fame
Man, I've been saying that for Decades.
When you look at classic songs, influence, style they should definitely be there. Their music was part of the American soundtrack back in the 70's.
Unquestionably!
They're not ??!!!
So true
This is the music that I came up on. I really enjoyed this documentary. I am happy to hear this music 🎶. God bless you all.
Album covers were LEGENDARY
That and sexy
Back then the album cover said everything about the music songs and the greatness of the band.
It was a special time in life to be a part of the 70’s✌🏾❤️✊🏾
My parents would tape them up.
John, they show as hell were.
Fact.. they are etched in the brain
My first two record albums I bought when I was a kid in 1975 was Honey by The Ohio Players and Gratitude by Earth, Wind & Fire! That’s how potent my favorite bands were at that time. The music was phenomenal.
That Last Days and Time album by EW&F was 🔥🔥🔥 too.
I love Sugarfoot no matter where the story comes from. 2021 still in love with the Ohio Players.
Right. . 👌💯💯💯💯🎤
Yes
Mee tóo.
Me too. He was fun to party with.
I Love SF
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame should call their name The Ohio Player's music is FIRE!!
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All praise is due to the creator of the black man
That would be....God
THE OHIO PLAYERS WERE THE S-H-I-T BACK IN THE DAY SKIN TIGHT FIRE HEAVEN MUST BE LIKE THIS WHOO SHE COO FOPP I LOVED EVERYTHING THEY PUT OUT
100👊🏽♥️
What you talkin about‼️ WOOOOOOO
When I was a little kid with my mom at the record store, I would always run to The "O" section to see the Ohio Players album covers and my mom would yell at me to put them down.
I bet it was that Honey album! Bad boy! Lol
Was it the Fire or Honey Album?
@@thetayoung242 yes they had some explicit album covers I remember my mom had three of them the one with the honey on the girl maybe the pain album and there was another picture of a woman's nipples showing through her top .
@@carwashconnoisseur7216 My mom had the one with the girl's nipples showing I went through her record collection.
@@thetayoung242 she was stuck to the floor that honey was so thick and gooey .
I freaking loved Ohio Player as a kid in the 70's. What a great band. Are they in the rock and roll hall of Fame yet?
Me too
They should Be!
Lets make an petition
Darren Miller ,if they're not they definitely should BE😁💜The sound tracks of my youth❣️Back when Music was Music🎶🎼🎶🎷🎸🎺
Everybody loves the Ohio Players. My mom, grand parents, my brother, my daughter, Blacks, Whites, LatinX, Asians, cool people, squares etc!
This shows the importance of financial literacy . Paying taxes, saving money, buying real estate, not buying excessively, etc. They should never been homeless after all their success
Be quiet. Put up your Financials. You probably poor
You are absolutely right! Not being financially responsible causes financial issues that doesn't have to be.
You have to keep these three letters happy IRS.
Exactly
What does "financial literacy" mean in a nation that is designed to confiscate black wealth?
I love this. Billy Beck and I went from 2nd grade all of the way to graduate together. So proud of Billy.☺️ Janet A.
The players were one of the funkiest groups ever
Since i first heard the Ohio Players (i was maybe 5) I LOVED their music - my Dad played them a lot. The album covers troubled me bit as a young lady, but i would still sneak and play them. I saw them perform a few times as an adult; I wish I had seen them more. Some of their songs are MASTERPIECES of jazz infused funk, and their musicianship was off the charts. Best horn riffs ever, EWF included. They deserve more credit and recognition.
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Every group applied distinctively was artistically phenomenally, and back then, you couldn’t get in the studio without measure of talent.
those were the days when every song on the album was good
Sugar Foot mentioned in this documentary, that he wants the Ohio Players to be mentioned right beside Earth Wind & Fire, in terms of their legacy within the music industry. As far as I'm concerned, The Ohio Players has earned their rightful place to be mentioned right beside EW&F, as one of the greatest R&B bands in music history! RIPSUGARFOOT!
You're right! But, there's no need to compare them, both were astounding in their own right & sound.
Growing up listening to both groups, The Ohio Players were right there side by side in greatness with EW&F
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Naw. Different genre.
@ Sixers five, I remember when.
The Ohio Players played it.
The Ohio Players pushed it.
Coming to ya from the D.
Motown. They earned their place.
I just watched it and I don't think it was Sugar Foot that said that. It was a really weird out of place comparison. Really out of nowhere suddenly this guy, whoever he is makes that statement. Apples to Oranges.
One of the first albums that my uncle bought for me was the Ohio Players. Rest In Beats Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks, Clarence "Satch" Satchel, Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner, Walter " Junie" Morrison, and Marshall "Rock" Jones.
So they all died in the group
@@jenniferfields7113-Yes Sadly 😔😔😔
@@jenniferfields7113 no Billy beck and diamond Williams also chet are still alive
@@dougjones2506Merv is still alive. Merv the trombonist just did a 2 part youtube interview in 2024 for Truth N Rhythm
@@dougjones2506Dutch the vocalist before Junie (he sang on a couple of the Pain album songs with Junie and Sugarfoot) is still alive
I remember having to buy the Ohio Players albums when I was 12 to 15 years old and keeping them in the garage then sneaking them into my bedroom after my parents went to bed unwrapping the album and then adding it to my rotation of EWF, Commodores, Funkadelic- Parliament, Isley Bros, Ronnie Laws, Chi Lites, Kool n the Gang and so on and so forth!
Omg for those of us in our 60’s and older; we grew up with the best music and probably the best time anyone could ever imagine!
Nothing but the truth. Love my era ❤
@@cmarie6157 OUR ERA! ❤️
The Ohio Players were in a league all by themselves. Especially when James "Diamond" Williams (their sensational drummer- man listen to that foot drum) joined them and they proceeded in putting together 3 blockbuster albums in a row with "Skin Tight", "Fire", and Honey!" Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner with the double-neck guitar and that slanted fro (not to mention the greatest of funk voices)! These dudes were just simply TOO COOL. No one quite like them. But hey, no mention of "I Want To Be Free!" Come on now - to this day, I never could get enough of that one.
When black music met something compared to the trash out there now the players play real instruments back then wasn't about pushing a button and getting a sound that sound like a instrument yeah...right
'Say it brother...'
Love the group! Did anyone ever see Sugarfoot play the other neck on the guitar? I didn't. Not a criticism, I just wondered if it sounded different?
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@Frank From L.A. Make that when both Diamond and William “Billy” Beck joined.
I loved this group. I was in college going to house parties and listening fo this group. They were great. Loved their album covers too. I’m 70 but I can still dance to their music.
AMEN....!!!
I remember seeing them in DC in the 70s. They were outstanding! Yes...They had some creative album covers. Love the song, "The Funky Worm."
I didn't know about their original songs like Pain, and the others, but when I heard about the Ohio Players was about 1975, and I loved this group, absolutely. My favorites were, Skin Tight, Heaven must be like this, FIRE, Sweet Sticky thing, and Love Rollercoaster. FIRE was everybody's all time favorite. Like Stevie said, it was smoking hot.
I just want to thank them, for those incredible songs they made.✌🏽
That's because you're not a true fan, but a Johnny come lately.... LOL just kidding
Sweet Sticky Thing takes me to another place!! 😆😆😆
@@sharonedge9434 Don't I know that. Lol.
IF IT'S STEVIE Approved Y.O U KNOW it was a HIT!
TRUE STORY...IN 1993 IN ATLANTA THEY HAD A FREE CONCERT AT GRANT PARK WITH PARLIAMENT FUNKADELICS AND THE OHIO PLAYERS......MAAAN LET ME TELL YOU,THEY TORE THAT DAMN PLACE DOWN.....FACTS!
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I was there
WOW!!!
I went to a concert at Austin Peay to See Wild Cherry, Average White Band and Ohio Players.
The Ohio Players will always be loved and never be forgotten thank you much love from Cleveland Ohio
This was the greatest band ever assembled in music history. Idc what anyone says. Nobody sounded like them or played like them. Greatest of all times. The Ohio Players🎙 🎸🎹🎺🥁🎵🎼🎶🎵🎵
Got that right! They were da shit! Nuff Said!
They were Untouchable and Funkalicious! Too much, tight and undammforgetable! Besides their funk music, their album covers were Untouchable! Nuff Said!
Yes!!!!
It was real music funk soul I love that band I'm old school I don't listen to the garbage out there now....you don't see black bands with horns any more I miss that!😊🎷👍🎺🎷
Not the greatest but they were up there!
Ohio Players were one of the first funk groups to catch my attention. The album cover images and the heavy sound with true musicianship, it was all good. Whereas PFunk subject material was often fantastical, the Players were speaking on everyday realities. Subsequently, they felt authentic. From "Pain" to "Angel", everything they made was solid. Not much after that, but they left an indelable mark nonetheless.
Equal shares - that’s how you keep a thang together. And pay your damn taxes.
Back in the day when the album covers were a work of art and these guys at the time would beat everyone when it came to their album covers you would see the most beautiful women you could imagine.
This is who Cameo got they're style from
They were so Talented!
Amongst many more..
I was a teenager living in Ohio and enjoying every moment. Back then, they even played in the grass on college campuses. Forever memories❤
Cameo original name was New York City Band they were forced to change it due to infringement on OHIO PLAYERS, People will say they just changed the name but they were forced to change it
Rigomortis sounds just like Ohio players
Love these guys! Super talented
I used to hear them practice some Saturdays in a warehouse on the corner of Fairport and Hillcrest . And around the corner and down Salem Ave Roger and Zapp had a studio .
As good as they were back in the day tell me this : Why aren't they in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame ?
Whose going to be the 1st ones to induct them ?
I would if I could . Sugarfoot used to go and see the battle of the bands at Island Park in the summertime .
I sure do miss these brothers .
R.I.P. to the funksters that didn't make it to this point . Dayton used to be the place to be once upon a time .
SUGARFOOT was the man and sound of the band no doubt
That comes along with having the right "front man" for your band. Their personality/charisma/talent either propels the band or tanks it! It's hard to believe Sugarfoot wasn't the first front man for them but I am so glad it came to be. He is truly iconic!!
The Ohio Players were one of my favorite groups from the seventies. Luckily, I did get to see them perform. My favorites are Love Rollercoaster, Heaven Must Be Like This and Skin Tight.
💒CAN'T FOREVER FORGET THEM😍
Fire 😛
I was so blessed to grow up in Dayton Ohio in the 70's and be a part of all of this. Dayton will always be the Land of FUNGK.
Never been to Dayton but born and raised in Ohio...we felt the Funk in "small town" NE Ohio....I think it was something in the air.
Lakeside , Hog bottom , 3rd Street ,
Upper and upland ave
Louisville Kentucky to Xenia Ohio thur Bellbrooke Ohio to West Carrolton Ohio to Stopped at the Dayton Mall then on to Centerville Ohio to Springsboro Ohio to Corpus Christi Texas But still a blue eyed soul brother...I’m Show and telling with some soul food having Chicken wings and waffles with Al Wilson and Me..Singing Show and Tell just a game I play when I want to play it.
@@CoachatCole , yes sir 🎵🎶🎸
Sax killed that on sweet sticky thang
One of the Greatest Bands of all time! Their songs can not be duplicated! The RRHOF is not legitimate with out The OHIO PLAYERS!
Well said! I was surprised to hear they're not already in it! What a travesty!
A full, funky, jazzy, sound with the craziest vocals. Skin tight, Fire and Sweet sticky thing, the Ohio players were the bomb.
I really hope they can get their funds back together
Because they should all be set .
They don’t need to live large but they should be able to live without stressing .
That pain song sounds a lot like something Sly Stone would come up with...
Those album covers shaped my childhood! The Ohio Players made some stone cold grooves.