B.T. Express
This funk-disco group was formed by Jeff Lane in Brooklyn during the '70s. They started in 1972 as the King Davis House Rockers, and later were called the Brooklyn Trucking Express. The roster consisted of saxophonist/vocalist Bill Risbrook, percussionist Dennis Rowe, guitarist Rick Thompson, saxophonist/flutist Carlos Ward, keyboardist Michael Jones (Kashif), lead guitarist/vocalist Wesley Hall, drummer Leslie Ming, bassist, organist and vocalist Louis Risbrook, and vocalist Barbara Joyce Lomas. Their debut LP Do it ('Til You're Satisfied) had two number-one R&B and Top Ten pop hits in the title cut and "Express." Subsequent LPs yielded two more R&B Top Ten singles, "Give It What You Got/Peace Pipe" in 1975 and "Can't Stop Groovin' Now, Wanna Do It Some More" in 1976. After 1977's "Shout It Out," which cracked the R&B Top 20 (number 12), the group slumped with the album Shout! They were off the charts until 1980. They made a slight comeback that year with B.T. Express 1980, though only the single "Give Up the Funk (Let's Dance)" made it into the Top 40 (number 24). They later recorded for Record Shack, Earthtone, and King Davis, but couldn't duplicate their earlier success. Kashif scored hits as a producer, performer, and composer in the '80s.
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Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)
Disco - Released by Roadshow Records on 26 Aug 2016
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Greatest Hits
Soul - Released by Roadshow Records on 27 Mar 2017
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Energy to Burn
Disco - Released by Roadshow Records on 26 Aug 2016
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Function at the Junction
Disco - Released by Roadshow Records on 26 Aug 2016
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Shout! (Shout It Out)
Disco - Released by Roadshow Records on 26 Aug 2016
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Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)
Funk - Released by Roadshow Records on 3 Feb 1974
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Free Man / Peace Pipe (Unreleased Remixes)
South Shore Commission, B.T. Express
Funk - Released by Roadshow Records on 5 Dec 2021
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Give up the Funk (Let's Dance)
Funk - Released by Roadshow Records on 23 Dec 1980
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Star Child (Spirit of the Night) / This Must Be the Night for Love
Funk - Released by Coast To Coast Records on 2 Jan 1982
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Escape To Planet Ohm
Rockabilly - Released by Terrykemplermusic on 1 Jan 2002
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Express
Electronic - Released by Roadshow Records on 20 Jan 1974
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Can't Stop Groovin' Now, Wanna Do It Some More
Funk - Released by Roadshow Records on 23 Dec 1976
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Energy to Burn
Funk - Released by Roadshow Records on 23 Dec 1976
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Shout It out / Ride on B.T.
Funk - Released by Roadshow Records on 28 Dec 1977
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Give It What You Got
Funk - Released by Roadshow Records on 26 Sep 1975
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