Enchantment
Smooth and melodious soul group Enchantment formed in 1967 at Pershing High School in Detroit. Emanuel "E.J." Johnson, Joe Thomas, Dave Banks, Ed "Mickey" Clanton, and Bobby Green obtained their first recording contract by winning first place in a 1969 talent contest sponsored by local radio station WCHB. The next year, the group joined forces with Dick Scott's Artists International, a talent development agency for up-and-coming artists. While with AI, Enchantment honed their craft, concentrating on stage presence, choreography, and expanding their theatrical talents by performing in musical plays around the city. Enchantment became acquainted with their producer-to-be, Michael Stokes, in 1973 while performing at local nightclub Stage One. Through this union, they recorded music for the film Deliver Us from Evil. Its "Call on Me," a single recorded with Stokes, Paul Riser, and Jimmy Roach, was issued on Polydor in 1975. Excellent but weakly promoted, the uptempo song should have been the group's breakthrough.
Enchantment later signed with the Roadshow label and recorded their self-titled debut album. The first single to hit the R&B chart from Enchantment (1977) was "Come On and Ride." Later that year, the charismatic showmen received national acclaim with their second single, "Gloria." Written and arranged by dynamic lead singer Johnson, the song reached number five on the R&B chart. The follow-up, "Sunshine," peaked even higher at number three. As they rode that momentum, album number two, Once Upon a Dream (1978), produced the pleading "It's You That I Need," a number one R&B hit that reigned for four weeks.
After their third and final Roadshow album, Journey to the Land Of...Enchantment (1979), Enchantment's commercial success quickly faded. Soft Lights, Sweet Music (RCA, 1980), Enchanted Lady (Columbia, 1982), and Utopia (Columbia, 1983) nonetheless offered a crop of durable modern R&B cuts that included should-have-been hits like "I Can't Be the One" and "Here's Your Chance." Although they didn't record afterward, the group, still fronted by Johnson, continued to work as a performing act well into the 2010s.
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Enchanted Lady (Bonus Track Version)
R&B - Paru chez Legacy Recordings le 1 janv. 1982
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Soft Lights, Sweet Music (Expanded Edition)
R&B - Paru chez Legacy Recordings le 21 oct. 2011
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Journey to the Land Of...Enchantment
Disco - Paru chez Roadshow Records le 19 août 2016
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Sunshine (The Enchantment Anthology 1975-1984)
Soul - Paru chez Roadshow Records le 4 mars 1975
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If You're Ready...The Best Of Enchantment
R&B - Paru chez EMI Catalogue le 1 janv. 1977
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Utopia (Expanded Edition)
R&B - Paru chez Columbia - Legacy le 1 juil. 1983
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It's You That I Need Live and Other Favorites
Soul - Paru chez Roadshow Records le 22 juil. 1977
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Enchantment Remastered Expanded
Disco - Paru chez Roadshow Records le 19 août 1976
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Dance the Marble Naked
Rock - Paru chez Century Media le 1 avr. 1994
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Sunny Shine Feeling / It's You That I Need
Funk - Paru chez Roadshow Records le 28 déc. 1977
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Forever More / Magnetic Feel
Funk - Paru chez Roadshow Records le 28 déc. 1979
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Enchantment Live (Live)
Soul - Paru chez Soul Concerts.Com Limited le 22 nov. 2010
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If You're Ready (Here It Comes)
Funk - Paru chez Roadshow Records le 13 déc. 1977
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Anyway You Want It / Oasis of Love
Funk - Paru chez Roadshow Records le 28 déc. 1979
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Come On And Ride / Hold On
Funk - Paru chez Desert Moon Records le 5 déc. 1976
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