Ohio Players Timeline

71 - Signed to Westbound Records
12/71 - "Pain" LP released on Westbound
3/72 - "Pain" charts #28 LP
12/72 - "Pleasure" LP released on Westbound
6/73 - "Funky Worm" charts #1 soul, #4 pop
7/73 - "Pleasure" charts #7 LP
11/73 - "Ecstacy" LP released on Westbound
12/73 - "Ecstacy" charts #22 soul, #34 pop
2/74 - "Pain + Pleasure = Ecstacy" released on Westbound
3/74 - Announced move to Mercury Records
4/74 - "Skin Tight" LP released on Mercury
7/74 - "Skin Tight" charts #1 LP, #2 soul, #13 pop
74 - "Jive Turkey" charts #6 soul, #47 pop
11/74 - "Fire" LP released on Mercury
11/74 - "Climax" LP released on Westbound
1/75 - "Fire" charts #1LP, #1 soul, #1 pop
75 - "I Want To Be Free" charts #6 soul, #44 pop
75 - "Ohio Players Greatest Hits" LP released on Mercury
8/75 - Signed long-term contract with Mercury
8/75 - "Honey" LP released on Mercury
9/75 - "Honey" charts #2 LP
2/76 - "Rattlesnake" LP released on Westbound
4/76 - "Fopp" charts #9 soul, #30 pop
76 - "Sweet Sticky Thing" charts #1 soul, #33 pop
76 - "Love Rollercoaster" charts #1 soul, #1 pop
5/76 - "Rattlesnake" charts #7 LP
5/76 - court order orders "Rattlesnake" removed from circulation
6/76 - "Contradiction" LP released on Mercury
76 - "Who'd She Coo?" charts #1 soul, #18 pop
76 - "Far East Mississippi" charts #26 soul
11/76 - "Gold" LP released on Mercury
4/77 - "Angel" LP released on Mercury
5/77 - "Angel" charts #5 LP
77 - "O-H-I-O" charts #9 soul, #45 pop
77 - "Body Vibes" charts #19 soul
77 - "The Best of the Ohio Players Early Years Volume 1" LP on Westbound
77 - "Mr. Mean" LP released on Mercury
77 - "Good Luck Charm" charts #51 soul, #101 pop
2/78 - "Jam" recorded but not released
78 - "Jass-Ay-Lay-Dee" LP released on Mercury
78 - "Funk-O-Nots" charts #27 soul, #105 pop
78 - "Time Slips Away" charts #53 soul
10/78 - Disbands to work on other projects
4/79 - Announce signing with Arista
5/79 - "Everybody Up" LP released on Arista

"Fire" #1 soul, #1 pop
"Love Rollercoaster" #1 soul, #1 pop
"Funky Worm" #1 soul, #4 pop
"Skin Tight" #2 soul, #13 pop
"Who'd She Coo?" #1 soul, #18 pop
"Sweet Sticky Thing" #1 soul, #33 pop
"Fopp" #9 soul, #30 pop
"I Want To Be Free" #6 soul, #44 pop
"Jive Turkey" #6 soul, #47 pop
"O-H-I-O" #9 soul, #45 pop
"Ecstacy" #22 soul, #34 pop
"Funk-O-Nots" #27 soul, #105 pop
"Good Luck Charm" #51 soul, #101 pop
"Body Vibes" #19 soul
"Far East Mississippi" #26 soul
"Time Slips Away" #53 soul

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