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Infobox musical artist | name = Raydio| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Detroit , Michigan , United States|U.S. | instrument = Guitar , piano | genre = R& B , disco , funk | years_active = 1977–1981| label = Arista Records|Arista | website =| current_members = Ray Parker, Jr. Vincent Bohnam Jerry Knight Arnell Carmichael| past_members = Raydio was an United States|American funk and Rhythm and blues|R& B human voice|vocal musical ensemble|group formed in 1977, by Ray Parker, Jr. , with Vincent Bohnam, Jerry Knight , and Arnell Carmichael.
Career
The group scored their first big hit record|hit in 1978 with "Jack and Jill", which was taken from their self-titled debut album . The song peaked at #8 on the United States|U.S. Billboard Hot 100 record chart|chart , and reached #11 in the UK Singles Chart ,cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 451 earning a Music recording sales certification|gold record in the process. "Is This a Love Thing" peaked at #27 in the United Kingdom|UK in August 1978. Their next successful follow-up hit, " You Can't Change That " was released in 1979, and lifted from their Rock On album. The single made it up to #9 on the Billboard chart that year. In September 1979 they participated in an anti-nuclear concert at Madison Square Garden. Their performance of " You Can't Change That " at this show appears on the No Nukes album. By 1980, the group had become known as Ray Parker Jr. and Raydio, and they released two more albums: Two Places at the Same Time (1980), and A Woman Needs Love (1981).
These spawned another two Top 40 single hits ("Two Places at the Same Time" - #40 in 1980; and "That Old Song" - #21 in 1981). Their last, and biggest hit, " A Woman Needs Love ," was also released in 1981, and went to #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Raydio finally broke up in 1981.
Parker started his solo career, scoring six Top 40 hits, including the hit singles "The Other Woman" (Pop #4), and " Ghostbusters (song)|Ghostbusters ". "Ghostbusters" was a title track of the box office hit film|movie Ghostbusters , starring Bill Murray , Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd . The single went to #1 for three weeks on the Billboard Hot 100.
Knight went on to have a moderately successful solo career of his own, later forming Ollie & Jerry , with Ollie E. Brown (who had been a session drummer on all of Raydio's albums) in the mid- 1980s . Their two biggest hits came from soundtracks. " Breakin'... There's No Stopping Us " was the theme to the motion picture '' Breakin' , and hit #9 on the Hot 100 and #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. Their second single " Electric Boogaloo (song)|Electric Boogaloo " (from the movie Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo ), did not enter the Hot 100, but did climb to #43 on the Dance chart.
http://www.soulinterviews.com/ray-parker-jr-2012/ Ray Parker Jr 2012 Audio Interview at Soulinterviews.com
Raydio Category:African American musical groups Category:American rhythm and blues musical groups Category:Acid jazz ensembles Category:Musical groups established in 1977 Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1981 Category:Musical groups from Detroit, Michigan
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