The Hues Corporation

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The Hues Corporation was an American pop and soul band that became famous in the mid-1970s as part of the burgeoning disco era.

Band history

In 1969 Hubert Ann Kelley, St. Clair Lee and Karl Russell founded the trio The Hues Corporation. Karl Russell was replaced by Fleming Williams around 1972, but returned to the group in the mid-1970s. With the title track of the 1973 debut album Freedom for the Stallion , it entered the US charts for the first time , where the single reached number 63.

Rock the Boat , from the same album , became a global hit and million seller in 1974 . The single rose to the top 10 in Germany and Great Britain , was No. 2 on the US R&B charts and No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. In addition to Love's Theme by the Love Unlimited Orchestra , Rock Your Baby by George McCrae and The Sound of Philadelphia (TSOP ) by MFSB , the song is one of the first top hits of the disco era. From spring to summer, Rock the Boat dominated American discos for several months and is only not listed on the Billboard Dance Charts because they were first drawn up on October 26, 1974.

The Hues Corporation was able to build on its great success with the album Rockin 'Soul and the released title track. This single also placed in the international charts and climbed the top 10 of the R&B and the newly formed dance charts in the United States. Further chart successes were the 1975 album Love Corporation and the single of the same name. The last time it made it into a hit parade in 1977 with the title I Caught Your Act .

Members

  • Hubert Ann Kelley (born April 24, 1947 in Fairfield , Alabama )
  • St. Clair Lee (actually Bernard St. Clair Lee Calhoun Henderson ; born April 24, 1944 in San Francisco , † March 8, 2011)
  • Fleming Williams (born December 26, 1943 in Flint , Michigan ; † February 15, 1998) - around 1972 to around 1974
  • Tommy Brown (* in Birmingham , Alabama ) - 1974 (for Williams) to around 1975
  • Karl Russell (born April 10, 1947 in Columbus , Ohio ) - 1969 to around 1972 and from around 1975 (for Brown) to around 1979
  • Kenny James - circa 1979/1980

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US R&B R&B
1973 Freedom for the Stallion US20 (18 weeks)
US 		R&B59 (2 weeks)
R&B
First published: October 1973
Producer: John Florez
1974 Rockin 'soul - R&B20 (10 weeks)
R&B
First published: November 1974
Producers: John Florez, Tom Sellers, Wally Holmes
1975 Love Corporation US147 (5 weeks)
US 		R&B40 (6 weeks)
R&B
First published: November 1975
Producer: David Kershenbaum

More albums

  • 1976: I Caught Your Act
  • 1978: Your Place or Mine

Compilations

  • 1977: The Best of Hues Corporation
  • 1991: Golden Classic Edition: Rockin 'Soul
  • 2000: Rock the Boat
  • 2014: Rockin 'Soul / Love Corporation (2 albums on 1 CD)

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US R&B R&B Dance Dance
1973 Freedom for the Stallion
Freedom for the Stallion 		- - US63 (8 weeks)
US 		- -
First published: March 1973
Author: Allen Toussaint
1974 Rock the Boat
Freedom for the Stallion 		DE7 (20 weeks)
DE 		UK6th
silver
silver

(10 weeks)UK 		US1
gold
gold

(18 weeks)US 		R&B2 (21 weeks)
R&B 		-
First published: April 1974
Author: Waldo Holmes
Rockin 'Soul
Rockin' Soul 		DE32 (2 weeks)
DE 		UK24 (6 weeks)
UK 		US18 (12 weeks)
US 		R&B6 (15 weeks)
R&B 		Dance9 (3 weeks)
Dance
First published: September 1974
Author: Waldo Holmes
1975 Love Corporation
Love Corporation 		- - US62 (6 weeks)
US 		R&B15 (11 weeks)
R&B 		Dance11 (4 weeks)
Dance
First published: January 1975
Author: Waldo Holmes
1977 I Caught Your Act
I Caught Your Act 		- - US92 (2 weeks)
US 		R&B61 (11 weeks)
R&B 		Dance3 (14 weeks)
Dance
First published: February 1977
Author: Waldo Holmes

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More singles

  • 1970: Goodfootin '
  • 1973: There He Is Again (from the soundtrack of the film Blacula )
  • 1973: Go to the Poet
  • 1973: Miracle Maker (Sweet Soul Shaker) (Release: October)
  • 1974: One Good Night Together (release: September)
  • 1975: I'll Take a Melody (released January)
  • 1975: You Showed Me What Love Is
  • 1977: Telegram of Love (release: September)
  • 1978: Give Me Everything
  • 1978: With All My Love and Affection
  • 1980: Something in Return

literature

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  1. ↑ a b c Chart sources: Singles UK US
  2. ^ Obituary in The Independent
  3. ^ The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
  4. ↑ a b Gold / Platinum databases: UK US
  5. ^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9 .
  6. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0-89820-186-4
  7. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot Dance / Disco 1974-2003, ISBN 978-0-89820-156-7 .

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