Contradiction (album)
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Track listing
All tracks by Ohio PlayersOhio Players
The Ohio Players were an American funk and R&B band, most popular in the 1970s. They are best known for their double #1 hit songs "Fire" and "Love Rollercoaster".- Biography :...
- "Contradiction" – 4:37
- "Precious Love" – 4:57
- "Little Lady Maria" – 4:16
- "Far East Mississippi" – 4:58
- "Who'd She Coo?Who'd She Coo?"Who'd She Coo?" was a hit song for The Ohio Players in 1976. Released from their hit album, Contradiction, it spent one week at #1 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and peaked at #18 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in September, 1976. It would be their last chart-topping single.-Chart...
" – 4:32 - "My Life" – 4:01
- "Tell the Truth" – 3:37
- "My Ladies Run Me Crazy" – 3:54
- "Bi-Centennial" – 3:44
Personnel
- Billy BeckBilly Beck (musician)Billy Beck is a keyboardist, pianist, and songwriter for the Original and New Ohio Players, as well as Zapp and Roger.A graduate of Youngstown State University's Dana School of Music, he was born on the South Side of Youngstown, Ohio....
-Grand piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Wurlitzer Electric piano, Hohner ClavinetClavinetA Clavinet is an electrically amplified keyboard instrument manufactured by the Hohner company. It is essentially an electronically amplified clavichord, analogous to an electric guitar. Its distinctive bright staccato sound has appeared particularly in funk, disco, rock, and reggae songs.Various...
, RMI Electric piano, ARP Odyssey SynthesizerARP Instruments, Inc.ARP Instruments, Inc. was an American manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, founded by Alan Robert Pearlman in 1969. Best known for its line of synthesizers that emerged in the early 1970s, ARP closed its doors in 1981 due to financial difficulties...
, ARP string ensembleARP Instruments, Inc.ARP Instruments, Inc. was an American manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, founded by Alan Robert Pearlman in 1969. Best known for its line of synthesizers that emerged in the early 1970s, ARP closed its doors in 1981 due to financial difficulties...
, percussion, and vocals - James "Diamond" Williams - drums, timbales, congas, cowbells, steel drums, temple blocks, percussion, and vocals
- Marshall 'Rock' Jones - electric bass and percussion
- Mervin Pierce - trumpets, trombones, and percussion
- Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks - trumpets
- Clarence "Satch" Satchell - flute, alto saxophones, tenor saxophones, percussion, and vocals
- Leroy "Sugar" Bonner - guitars, harmonica, percussion, and vocals
Charts
| Year | Album | Chart positions | |
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| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
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| 1976 | Contradiction Contradiction (album) -Track listing:All tracks by Ohio Players# "Contradiction" – 4:37# "Precious Love" – 4:57# "Little Lady Maria" – 4:16# "Far East Mississippi" – 4:58# "Who'd She Coo?" – 4:32# "My Life" – 4:01# "Tell the Truth" – 3:37# "My Ladies Run Me Crazy" – 3:54... |
12 | 1 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions | ||
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| US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
US R&B Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... |
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| 1976 | "Far East Mississippi" | — | 26 | — |
| "Who'd She Coo?" | 18 | 1 | — | |