Ohio Players live performing “Honey”

[@eileenjohnson3021]

I'm 67 years old and the Ohio players is one of the baddest groups I heard.

[@AntwhaleNearfar]

Super facts

[@SalvationinCHRISTalone888]

9/21/2024: So true.

[@carldaleavery2344]

I love hearing “Sugar-foot’s” voice. One of the most unique voices of all time.

[@ladygemini5967]

Love him too

[@JBlingBling03]

Omg!!! One of my favorite songs from this FANTASTIC group!!!!! Saw them perform in the Bronx NY years ago before Sugarfoot passed. They put on a fantastic show!! RIP Sugarfoot and all in the group who preceded him ❤🙏🏾💐

[@snnxcpln]

sugarfoot is one of the most underrated guys in music history! Love his singing at least as much as his playing.

[@jayskywalker5049]

THERE'S NO WAY IN THE WORLD YOU CAN TELL ME THAT PRINCE WASN'T INFLUENCED BY THE BACKING VOCALS OF BILLY & DIAMOND

[@marcellinejackson3826]

I'm 62 and I certainly hope this isn't my first time viewing this fantastic performance. I love the Ohio Players.

[@aladinmarkseaforth8112]

I'm 61 and still in awe with this amazing group

[@nancyconyers5802]

I played their music over and over!

[@lesiamccord5334]

Ahhh the soul brothers of the 70s incredible music. Wish we could still find talent like this❤😊

[@RoLPeace]

Kinda hurts to see how much music has changed. Excellent performance.

[@thepromiseman7745]

Baddest group ever in history of music ..... The Ohio players. Period

[@skinnyman1434]

Ironic to see the photo of Fred Williamson, just yesterday l was looking for an old Western our Pop's took us to see when we were shorties, The Stranger starring Tony Anthony. Right under it was Fred's Boss N-word and Joshua. I wound up watching both of em. Man Fred was a Baad mutha...you know the rest. Got a feeling a lot of movie exec's and good ole boys hated his guts in the 70's.

[@skinnyman1434]

In a Battle of the Bands who do you like, The Westbound era Ohio Players with Junie or the Billy Beck era Ohio Players ?

[@thepromiseman7745]

@@skinnyman1434 omg you and I are going to be the best of friends Fred Williamson is my favorite actor i seen those movies you were talking HELL up in Harlem is my favorite and I'm glad you brought up Fred Williamson because The Ohio players did the soundtrack for his movie called Mr.Mean

[@thepromiseman7745]

@@skinnyman1434 umm I actually heard Junie first as a kid but when Billy...diamond.....Sugar foot....Satch.....Merv......Jones......pee wee they always been original to me and I'm a very very big fan of them I also met them to

[@lazlokovacs2263]

They are bad guys. It's a lot of talent together.

[@abaachi13]

One of the coldest ballads ever.

[@saj8]

I'm more partial to Together.

[@RoLPeace]

@@saj8 Damn, I thought I was the only one that loved Together. Record should have been longer.

[@ladygemini5967]

Frfr

[@brotherfugue]

This AND Can You Still Love Me

[@alvin1039]

This the first band I was ever crazy about. The first album I brought was Ohio Players Fire. Really a jazz band that was funky as hell. Just a tight tight band

[@randyeno]

Bootsy Collins never made a secret that he admired the Ohio Players. Definitely can see the influence Sugarfoot had on Bootsy's showmanship. 💯

[@ericrobinson1789]

These dudes were so cool. They musicianship was 2nd to none!

[@sbm_in_atl3291]

So much talent in these old school groups! RIP Sugarfoot.

[@charlestrane]

This may be the most RIDICIULOUS exclusion from the Rock Hall of Fame. The Players

[@versatilethearcane]

You know we always gotta jump through extra hoops....it's acts that don't have half the catalog the Players do but they're in smh

[@RoLPeace]

@@versatilethearcane so true. It like people screaming for heavy metal groups to get in so many funk acts are just being ignored. Kool and the Gang, The Commodores, War and obviously The Ohio Players!

[@proplayer566]

F the Rock Hall of Fame. If it was legit, the Players would have been in it a long long time ago.

[@robedmonds9588]

Yup. Omission, omission,, omission quite fowl!

[@Workerbee-zy5nx]

​@@RoLPeaceheavy metal ain't all great. Ohio players should be in the rock and roll hall of fame..

[@kurtpatterson1296]

All the bands in the 70's sounded even better live than on their studio recordings!Plus you got some great live performances and energy!

[@rjam1974]

Yes most of these groups live performances were better than the LP VERSIONS. More organic

[@debiluv4704]

Glad I got to interview these guys before Sugafoot passed.

[@Onlythetruth247]

OMG!!! Imma watch this a million times...Sugar Foot, please!!!

[@linbonn4749]

And Sugar never wanted to sing😮

[@SalvationinCHRISTalone888]

Onlythetruth247 That AFRO....WOW.

[@yvonneoliver4564]

Me too... I just can't stop....

[@terrence8059]

The Ohio Players were the best at what they did,soul,funk,R&B a very talented group of singers and musicians.💯🌟💥✊

[@elizabethdixon1009]

Ohio Players made the Funk Funkier! Those Dayton Ohio guys had it going on in the 70s! What's Funk without the Players!😊♥️

[@tianzi49]

these cats were the essence of blues funkdafied to the nth degree!

[@jerronjohnson2895]

The ending did it for me. The whole song but the ending part. They killed it for sure. 😢miss you Shawny. 😘😞😘

[@jakelee1357]

Sugar!,….you will not be forgotten!🤎🤎🤎🤎

[@JacquiDaughteroftheKing]

December 13, 2024!! Still 🔥🔥🔥

[@brodocbetty4856]

Talent at its best.

[@daryljordan7591]

Never get tired of them

[@johnhannibal6199]

66 years old & played that this morning.

[@wesgriffin6081]

This song Still gives me L I F E !! Billy Beck on keyboards wrote it. He wrote "Heaven Must Be Like This" too. Billy Beck wrote most of the love ballads they did. The "Honey" album is my favorite album.

[@musicnauts]

Keyboard genius!

[@Onlythetruth247]

Me too.

[@davidmalik9821]

For my money the greatest funk album ever.

[@yvonneoliver4564]

BILLY Beck notes pulls everything together... YESSS

[@wesgriffin6081]

@@musicnauts 😎

[@yvonneoliver4564]

Why I can't stop coming back to this.....smh yesss

[@serpentinefire77]

The Ohio Players are the baddest. All those self contained funk/r&b groups that had success after them have to bow in their presence, they created the prototype with that extra sauce.

[@stevebradshaw797]

Ohio Players in excellent form! Great funk musicianship and album covers!

[@jeannie20001]

I really miss these guys together this was one of the funkiest band. Love some SugarFoot and the players. 💞🙏💞

[@garysmith8073]

I met Diamond and Sugarfoot REALLY COOL GUYS !!!!.

[@michaledavissr.4661]

The best

[@wesgriffin6081]

Words are not enough to appreciate Sugarfoot's lead vocals.. Then Chet, Billy Beck and Diamond on them background vocals 💯💯💯 And Diamond hitting that final note ❤❤❤

[@ladygemini5967]

Dam Diamond and the guy on the keyboard forgive me I forget his name we’re FINE

[@wesgriffin6081]

@@ladygemini5967 that's Billy Beck on keyboard. A lotta people think that's Junie - but there are hardly any performances of when Junie was with OP except Soul Train. He stepped back to solely produce the OP's and chose Billy Beck to handle keyboard. Billy ended up being a master on keyboards. Junie left grouo and Sugarfoot, Diamond & BIlly Beck took reign writing, arranging and producing the majority of the hits the OP are known for. Diamond, Billy and Chet (guitarist far left on stage) killed background vocals...especially on recordings. And Sugarfoot...a legend .

[@ladygemini5967]

@@wesgriffin6081 junie Morrison had a song called stick it in that was fire in Dallas

[@wesgriffin6081]

@@ladygemini5967 .... y'eah he left the OP"s to go solo. Then he hooked up with P-Funk. Junie was a music producing genius. Ima check out that song. Thanx for sharing 😎😎😎

[@kittykatz4001]

@@wesgriffin6081 So the OP signature falsetto harmonies were Billy, Diamond, and Chet? Chet was a falsetto too? Was it the 3 of them singing on Sweet Sticky Thing? I’m sorry for the Barrage of questions. I have searched the Web trying to find an article on these harmonies! So unique. In some of these performance videos I have seen, I thought the higher singing might be Billy and Diamond, but I wasn’t certain. Please tell everything you know. This so unique. I love Sugar’s vocals, but the high harmonies for backing vocals are amazing! Not duplicated anywhere.

[@annewoodcock8526]

I’m so glad I got to see these guys in concert. I think it was 1976 or 1977. My favourite group ❤

[@dianeharris8020]

love this song'

[@CBrown9758]

Lord i must thank u for the gift u gave and that gift is The Ohio Players 🙏🏼🙏🏾🙏🏻🙏🏽🙏🏿🙏🏼🙏!

[@clydereid2976]

Man this brings back memories. Love the Players!

[@davellbruton1901]

OMG. I remember watching this back in the when this came on TV. The Ohio Players had one of the hottest Album out that was called HONEY!! That was back in 1975. Yes, I did say Album! This was back in the when 45 records, and the 8-Track tape was the hot media out at that time. And the Cassette tape came out and replace the 8-Track tape. And then CD came out and replace the Cassette tape...

[@rickistephens5483]

I used to couldn't wait to see their next album cover man...

[@skinnyman1434]

KNOWyouright!! Me and the boys used to listen to Ecstasy album and pass it around wishing we were those twins. Honey album cover just didn't make much sense at all. "Hey Daddy, have you seen my Honey album?!!?" Aaaa yeah..... I've got it. "Can I get it back?!!?" Aaaaa yeah.

[@angelafisher299]

@@skinnyman1434 That's what the Ohio Players won their Grammy for back in '76. I didn't know that an artist could win a Grammy for album covers, but the OPs were an exception. ❤😊

[@waynefoote3781]

This is HISTORICAL! Thank you!

[@musicnauts]

My favorite PLAYERS track...STELLAR!

[@henrymartin4083]

I haven't seen this since I was a kid, when I use to watch Don Kirshner Rock Concert show late Saturday nights. I love this song so much, I still play it at least three times in a row.

[@sandrasgotvoice]

I had to watch this twice. RIP Sugarfoot. I had this album; a classic. Saw them in Chicago in the '90s (with AWB) and they were still fire! Don Kirshner's Rock Concert was on in my house every Saturday night back in the (real) day!

[@jamesporter100]

Honey was their best LP. From the music, to the album cover!

[@kittykatz4001]

I beg to differ! Their best LP was “Contradiction!”

[@jamesporter100]

Did you like the, Angel album? Contradiction had a kind of bluesy vive to it. I appreciated it more when I reached my 20's !!

[@charlesbrazell2136]

Yes I agree; it's quite obvious that the "Honey" album was their best album ever and it brings back memories for me to hear and see them do this song on Kirschner's Rock Concert. 1-23-23.

[@jamesporter100]

@@charlesbrazell2136 That was the show! I loved the 70's!

[@charlesbrazell2136]

@@jamesporter100 I miss that music man-and thank you for your reply-God bless! 1-24-23.

[@Cocoatreat]

This is my favorite song by them! I could listen to this over & over every day!

[@reg7000]

One of the OP's greatest hits ever!

[@BAYBEKDL]

You're 100 correct best song they ever made

[@wesgriffin6081]

I totally agree 😎

[@eileenjohnson3021]

I love. The ohio players there a bad group.

[@kittykatz4001]

I’m so happy this appeared in my feed! When I was kid in the 70s, OP was an “auto buy” starting with the FIRE album! Ty KZbin GODS!

[@lorettabooker5116]

OHIO PLAYERS FOREVER AND EVER I cried when I heard Sugar foot pass away ❤️‍🩹💝

[@josephturner6012]

Talent at best good soul music

[@Eighty8Keyze]

The Arp String Ensemble, while somewhat cheesey in comparison to the realistic orchestral string sounds and samples of today. The instrument was masterfully used in totally different ways by Billy Beck, and Parliament Funkadelics Bernie Worrell. Beck used it orchestrally and primarily in the upper registers to approximate a violin section, Worrell on the other hand used it in a way that lent an etheral other worldly quality and tonality to Parliament Funkadelics compositions. A truly classic instrument in the hands of two mastsr musicians!

[@patriciabennett5728]

Absolutely!!! YES!!!

[@yvonneoliver4564]

Go head BILLY and sugar 💕

[@___sabr]

2021 Still rocking Old School Musicians....(Harlem is listening 🎧 l

[@Steve-mp7by]

Amazing band

[@angelahall7372]

Feeling this hypnotic classic in 2022. Real music 🎶 🎵 💜💜💜💜

[@PhilMoskowitz]

One of the few classic R&B bands I didn't see back in the day.

[@ladygemini5967]

Love this sooo much

[@yvonneoliver4564]

C'mon here sing it...😍😍😍

[@anthonywestjr1063]

Time well spent! ✊🏾🍻👍🏾

[@garrisonthad]

Golden Era of Funk.

[@MichaelHBrown-lr1lv]

Still sending "Chills". Pioneer s.

[@loosescrews2440]

Pee Wee's double trumpet and Sugar's double neck guitar were standard fare for the Ohio Players style.

[@yvonneoliver4564]

Yessssss sir. 🥰

[@lorettabooker5116]

I cried when I heard sugar foot pass ❤️‍🩹

[@garysmith8073]

Thank You for posting this . I would love to see them do Contradiction. The way it so constructed.

[@Nina513]

This is right on time, diggin’ it! 💙

[@skinnyman1434]

Diamond, Billy and Chet were killin' it. Think I'll find my Shadow album and see if my Bose Speakers still sound proper.

[@ezedikeohamadike9003]

Billy Beck and Satch are from Warren and the Warren area. Tight Band. They were one of the keys to the Dayton music scene. The other was the factorys.

[@saritasamples100]

So smooth. One of the many favorites that they had. Luv u guys.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤thanx for upload.

[@artistlovepeace]

This is so awesome! Thank you for posting!

[@shawnglover2829]

It's time to put the players in the RRHOF

[@jeromejackson2455]

I remember my mom brought me the album at 6 years old

[@ladygemini5967]

Ohhhh yessss very beautiful present

[@ronalynjohnson1489]

Amen!!✨🎹🎼🎤💥💯!!!

[@darrylslaughter649]

West side Arlington Courts,Dunbar Manor,Summit Courts,Parkside,West third and Broadway

[@cehayes74]

Thank U Dayton, Ohio 4 all the great & wonderful music 🎼 they gave us !!!

[@Ston247]

Sugarfoot is the master of tones. He also had a W.C. Fields and Al Jolson vocal.

[@TheWisdomWitch]

Real gifts

[@cheechee80]

Memories

[@DJRICHARDBrown-ip9tw]

HONEY OHIO PLAYERS MERCURY RECORDS From the LP:HONEY DIRECTOR:MARC DANIELS PRODUCER:CHRIS GIFFORD SONGWRITERS:NORTON/DANIEL Survey song number 94 was the Ohio Players with the titled cut off of the LP of the same name. I'm DJ Richard Brown counting them down & the countdown doesn't stop until we get to the top. Here's a letter from Patty Mayonnaise played by Constance Shulman. Dear Richard Brown!Make no mistake cause everything else was named after the Bluffs. Bluffington Mall,Bluff School,Bluffco Industries & infact the whole town.Beebe Bluff was trying to concentrate on her credit card when suddenly her credit card got shredded to pieces & then she was trying to concentrate on the circus with Skeeter Valentine as the DJ just like you & suddenly her parents told her to cancel the circus while the mansion was sold instead of being Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous,she's now Lifestyles of the Broke & Busted in the Doug Funnie episode titled Beebe Bluff Goes Broke.Story by Ray DaSilva Teleplay by Jim Jinkins,Jack Spillum,Curtis Crawford & Tony Eastman. Richard Brown could you please play I'm Busted by John Conlee cause she lost all of her money,her credit card got shredded & her circus got cancelled by her parents.Thanks Patty Mayonnaise. Patty Mayonnaise Here's your request & your dedication.

[@kayandaeddings4803]

I don’t know if anyone will agree with me on this. People like Maurice White, Larry Dotson, Larry Blackman, and Michael Cooper took the style of Leroy Sugarfoot Bonner. Oh! How can I forget Lionel Richie?

[@rodharris1997]

You really gotta start w Sly cause after James Brown he and The Fam Stone was fonkin before everybody lol But when you break it all down it's still blues with a little preach from the pulpit

[@kayandaeddings4803]

@@rodharris1997 true.

[@pbrokers1]

You're so right and although, Sly and the Family Stone may have initiated that music style true enough. Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner was the one whom perfected it. As he created a vocal music styling to fit his own flow, personality and style. All the others that you named off did indeed adopt his style and further added their own flow and personality to their own songs all from his influence. Sugar and all the original Players in that line up were True Innovators. Their musical skills influenced countless musicians during their hey day and time. They in essence were ahead of their time. Thus adding to the reason for them not getting the real attention, recognition and accolades that they beyond a shadow of a doubt deserved. "Sugar" as Diamond the Players drummer had stated in the past. "Sugar" were their Mick Jaggar...

[@kayandaeddings4803]

@@pbrokers1 it's sad that all of the original Ohio players is all dead and gone now. But, they left an everlasting work of art of music. I left out somebody else I left out who took that style just like the artist that I named. Sugar bear of experience Unlimited as we all know as E.U.

[@pbrokers1]

Yes so true the lead singer Sugar Bear from EU you could tell were influenced by "Sugarfoot" all the way hands down.

[@josephturner6012]

This is A nice groups Ohio players

[@dexxtur]

SUGAR!!!!

[@soulmuchsoul]

I played this on Soul much soul radio!

[@williamparker3328]

TIGHT! LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THE OHIO PLAYERS LIVE AND LOWDOWN!

[@donnaparrish6248]

Sugarfoot is Ottah sight!!!

[@dianeharris8020]

just don't make music like this anymore a keeper love it.......

[@daphnerodriguez9980]

AMAZING LOVELY OHIO PLAYERS ❤️🖤💚🤎 FAMILY DAPHNE COTTON ALWAYS 💜 AWESOME,

[@yvonneoliver4564]

Oh YESSS honey......

[@Goodnplentee]

This came out and a buddy in church gave me this album while in Sunday service, oh my !! .his mother saw that cover ( im 15) she had a fit and im trying to explain to her " its not mine " im.65 and still in therapy 😂 great music though just not for church😊

[@BonnieW-lo5oe]

LOVE THIS! SWEET LOVELY THANG! DOES IT GET ANY BETTER?

[@dwaynejones1146]

Smooth.

[@brotherfugue]

How do you know I love you? When I look into your eyes and sing "I wanna tell ya you a lovin thannng!"

[@odeskoo]

I wanna b a PLAYER!!!

[@derrickbrennan1478]

Yes 👍 333.Rick

[@ladygemini5967]

My top 5 favorite BANDS 1.EWF 2.Ohio Players 3.AWB 4. Mint Condition 5. TonyTonyTone,

[@dianeharris8020]

o my love honey honey just bad......

[@queenofswords8888]

💖😍😘

[@jerronjohnson2895]

I MOST BE OLD CAUSE THIS SONG IS FLY. YEP. 👍 BANGER YEP PECE TO DA OHIO PLAYERS THESE DAY😎🫵🏾

[@nelfoster4301]

Ain't no funk like they funk was just absolutely da'funky stuff show'nuff u'dig now can u'dig itttttttt from da'conductor nelfoster from the chocolate city cle ohio chocolate u'dig

[@nelfoster4301]

Funk'a-teerz don't dey multiply baby now u'dig dat...baby,baby

[@nelfoster4301]

Funk don't die we multiply keep your head to da sky....u'dig