Enchantment (band)
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Enchantment is a 1970s R&B band formed in Detroit, Michigan
by Emanuel "EJ" Johnson, Bobby Green, Mickey Clanton, Joe Thomas and Dave Banks. Best known for the hits Gloria and It's You That I Need
.
. In 1970, Enchantment joined forces with Artists International, a talent development agency for up-and-coming artists (founded by renowned manager Dick Scott). For the next several years, Enchantment began to hone their craft, concentrating on stage presence, choreography ect by performing in numerous clubs around the city.
" Two singles from the album would chart very well on the R&B Charts. "Gloria" at number five and "Sunshine" at number three. The self-contained group would enter the studio in the fall of 1977, and recorded their second album, Once Upon A Dream
. Once Upon A Dream
, was a gem, far surpassing its predecessor charting on the R&B album charts at 8 and Pop Albums charts at 46. Featuring the crossover ballad "It's You That I Need
" which charted number one on the R&B charts. Unfortunately, while Once Upon A Dream
should have thrust the group to A-list status, it would became Enchantment's commercial peak. Journey to the Land Of... Enchantment
would be Enchantment's third and final album with Roadshow. Released in 1979, this would be their final album that would chart well on the R&B charts coming in at number twenty five. But problems with Roadshow's promotion and visibility of the group along with
. Soft Lights, Sweet Music
was the bands fourth album. The album was a disappointment with both singles charting at 47 respectfully in 1981. Enchantment would sign with Columbia Records
in 1982 and would go on to release two more albums 1982's "Enchanted Lady" & 1984's "Utopia" both albums barley dented the charts. Utopia would be their last album released.
with proceeds benefiting United Way.
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...
by Emanuel "EJ" Johnson, Bobby Green, Mickey Clanton, Joe Thomas and Dave Banks. Best known for the hits Gloria and It's You That I Need
It's You That I Need
"It's You That I Need" was a hit song by Detroit R&B vocal group Enchantment. Released from their 1977 LP, Once Upon A Dream, it spent a week at number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart in February, 1978, and peaked at number thirty-three on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming their most successful...
.
Beginnings
Enchantment first joined forces in the late 60s at Detroit's Pershing High School. The group obtained their first recording contract by winning first place in a 1969 talent contest sponsored by local Detroit radio station WCHBWCHB
WCHB is an American AM radio station licensed to Taylor, Michigan, at 1200 kHz, and serving the Detroit market. Owned by Radio One, WCHB identifies as NewsTalk 1200 WCHB and airs a News/Talk format.-AM 1440 WCHB:...
. In 1970, Enchantment joined forces with Artists International, a talent development agency for up-and-coming artists (founded by renowned manager Dick Scott). For the next several years, Enchantment began to hone their craft, concentrating on stage presence, choreography ect by performing in numerous clubs around the city.
Success
By 1976, Enchantment had its first big break by signing with music industry veteran and internationally known pop artist Sid Maurer (the "Daddy of NuPOP Art"), Tash Howard and Fred Frank on their Roadshow Records imprint. They released their self-entitled debut album, "EnchantmentEnchantment (Enchantment album)
Released in 1976, This would be their first album for Roadshow Records. Charting at number eleven on the R&B charts in 1977. Two singles from the album would chart very well on the R&B Charts...
" Two singles from the album would chart very well on the R&B Charts. "Gloria" at number five and "Sunshine" at number three. The self-contained group would enter the studio in the fall of 1977, and recorded their second album, Once Upon A Dream
Once Upon a Dream (Enchantment album)
Released in 1977, This album charted at number eight on the R&B album charts in 1978. Featuring the crossover ballad "It's You That I Need" which charted number one on the R&B charts. If You're Ready also charted very well coming in at number fourteen on the R&B charts.-Covers:"Silly Love Song"...
. Once Upon A Dream
Once Upon a Dream (Enchantment album)
Released in 1977, This album charted at number eight on the R&B album charts in 1978. Featuring the crossover ballad "It's You That I Need" which charted number one on the R&B charts. If You're Ready also charted very well coming in at number fourteen on the R&B charts.-Covers:"Silly Love Song"...
, was a gem, far surpassing its predecessor charting on the R&B album charts at 8 and Pop Albums charts at 46. Featuring the crossover ballad "It's You That I Need
It's You That I Need
"It's You That I Need" was a hit song by Detroit R&B vocal group Enchantment. Released from their 1977 LP, Once Upon A Dream, it spent a week at number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart in February, 1978, and peaked at number thirty-three on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming their most successful...
" which charted number one on the R&B charts. Unfortunately, while Once Upon A Dream
Once Upon a Dream (Enchantment album)
Released in 1977, This album charted at number eight on the R&B album charts in 1978. Featuring the crossover ballad "It's You That I Need" which charted number one on the R&B charts. If You're Ready also charted very well coming in at number fourteen on the R&B charts.-Covers:"Silly Love Song"...
should have thrust the group to A-list status, it would became Enchantment's commercial peak. Journey to the Land Of... Enchantment
Journey to the Land Of... Enchantment
Released in 1979, This album charted at number twenty five on the R&B album charts in 1979. This would be their last album for Roadshow Records before moving on to RCA Records the following year.-Track listing:#Future Gonna Get You 3:50...
would be Enchantment's third and final album with Roadshow. Released in 1979, this would be their final album that would chart well on the R&B charts coming in at number twenty five. But problems with Roadshow's promotion and visibility of the group along with
Decline
By 1980, Roadshow had folded and shut down, Enchantment would sign with RCA RecordsRCA Records
RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...
. Soft Lights, Sweet Music
Soft Lights, Sweet Music
-Track listing:#Settin' It Out - 3:59#I'm Who You Found - 4:13#I Believe In You - 5:04#Moment Of Weakness - 3:45 #I Can't Fake It - 2:54#Soft Lights, Sweet Music - 4:20#Are You Ready For Love - 4:07#I Can't Be The One - 3:07...
was the bands fourth album. The album was a disappointment with both singles charting at 47 respectfully in 1981. Enchantment would sign with Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
in 1982 and would go on to release two more albums 1982's "Enchanted Lady" & 1984's "Utopia" both albums barley dented the charts. Utopia would be their last album released.
Currently
Today, |Enchantment still performs to enthusiastic fans. Also, in 2003 Enchantment released "God Bless America" in honor of the Troops fighting in IraqIraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
with proceeds benefiting United Way.
Studio albums
| Year | Album | Chart positions | Record label | |||
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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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| 1977 | Enchantment Enchantment (Enchantment album) Released in 1976, This would be their first album for Roadshow Records. Charting at number eleven on the R&B charts in 1977. Two singles from the album would chart very well on the R&B Charts... |
104 | 11 | Roadshow/United Artists Records United Artists Records United Artists Records was a record label founded by Max E. Youngstein of United Artists in 1957 initially to distribute records of its movie soundtracks, though it soon branched out into recording music of a number of different genres.-History:... |
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| 1978 | Once Upon A Dream Once Upon a Dream (Enchantment album) Released in 1977, This album charted at number eight on the R&B album charts in 1978. Featuring the crossover ballad "It's You That I Need" which charted number one on the R&B charts. If You're Ready also charted very well coming in at number fourteen on the R&B charts.-Covers:"Silly Love Song"... |
46 | 8 | |||
| 1979 | Journey to the Land Of... Enchantment Journey to the Land Of... Enchantment Released in 1979, This album charted at number twenty five on the R&B album charts in 1979. This would be their last album for Roadshow Records before moving on to RCA Records the following year.-Track listing:#Future Gonna Get You 3:50... |
145 | 25 | |||
| 1980 | Soft Lights, Sweet Music Soft Lights, Sweet Music -Track listing:#Settin' It Out - 3:59#I'm Who You Found - 4:13#I Believe In You - 5:04#Moment Of Weakness - 3:45 #I Can't Fake It - 2:54#Soft Lights, Sweet Music - 4:20#Are You Ready For Love - 4:07#I Can't Be The One - 3:07... |
— | 65 | RCA Records RCA Records RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label... |
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| 1982 | Enchanted Lady | 132 | 40 | Columbia Records Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company... |
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| 1983 | Utopia | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes the album failed to chart | ||||||
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,... |
US Dance |
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| 1976 | "Come On And Ride" | — | 67 | 37 | |||
| 1977 | "Gloria" | 25 | 5 | — | |||
| "Sunshine" | 45 | 3 | — | ||||
| 1978 | "If You're Ready (Here It Comes)" | — | 14 | — | |||
| "It's You That I Need It's You That I Need "It's You That I Need" was a hit song by Detroit R&B vocal group Enchantment. Released from their 1977 LP, Once Upon A Dream, it spent a week at number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart in February, 1978, and peaked at number thirty-three on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming their most successful... " |
33 | 1 | — | ||||
| 1979 | "Where Do We Go From Here?" | — | 29 | — | |||
| "Any Way You Want It" | — | 38 | — | ||||
| 1981 | "Moment Of Weakness" | — | 47 | — | |||
| "Settin' It Out" | — | — | 47 | ||||
| 1982 | "I Know Your Hot Spot" | — | 45 | — | |||
| "—" denotes the single failed to chart | |||||||
External links
- Enchantment Biography at All Music
- [ Enchantment charts and awards - Billboard singles]
- Enchantment biography and updates at Soul Tracks