C. J. & Company
| C.J. & Company | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Detroit, USA |
| Genres | Disco, R&B |
| Years active | 1977–1979[1] |
| Members |
Curtis "CJ" Durden Connie Durden Joni Tolbert Charles Clark Cornelius Brown |
C.J. & Company (also C.J. & Co. or C.C. & Co.) was a disco group from Detroit, Michigan. They were the partnership of producers, funk-brother, Dennis Coffey & Mike Theodore. Their highest charting single in the US was "Devil's Gun", which reached #36 on the Billboard pop chart, spending 29 weeks on the HOT 100. It wound up being the #100 song of the year on BILLBOARD's year end charts, (though only peaking at #36), and #2 on the R&B chart in 1977.[2] It also peaked at #43 in the UK Singles Chart.[3] That song, along with "We Got Our Own Thing" (later sampled by Heavy D and the Boyz) and "Sure Can't Go to the Moon," hit #1 for five weeks on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.[4]
They released two full-length LPs, 'Devil's Gun' (1977) and 'Deadeye Dick' (1978) both for Westbound Records. In 1998 a compilation CD was released with full length selected tracks from both LPs.
"Devil's Gun" was the first record played at the opening of Studio 54 by DJ Richie Kaczor.[5]
An instrumental version of "Devil's Gun" was featured prominently in the International version of Crocodile.
Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Record label | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [6] |
US R&B [6] |
CAN [7] | ||||||||||||
| 1977 | Devil's Gun | 60 | 12 | 67 | Westbound | |||||||||
| 1978 | Deadeye Dick | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Compilation albums
- USA Disco (1998, Westbound)
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [6] |
US R&B [6] |
US Dan [6] |
CAN [7] |
NLD [8] |
SWE [9] |
UK [10] | ||||||||
| 1975 | "Day Dreamer" [A] | 91 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 1977 | "Devil's Gun" | 36 | 2 | 1 | 55 | 17 | 19 | 43 | ||||||
| "We Got Our Own Thing" | — | 93 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Sure Can't Go to the Moon" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| 1978 | "Big City Sidewalk" | 106 | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Deadeye Dick" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
- A Single credited to C. C. & Company
See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
References
- ↑ CJ & Co profile on Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-07-25.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 120.
- ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 89. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 356.
- ↑ http://www.disco-disco.com "Disco-Disco: A history of Studio 54".
- 1 2 3 4 5 "US Charts > C. J. & Company". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
- 1 2 "CAN Charts Search > C. J. & Company". RPM. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
- ↑ "NLD Charts > C. J. & Company". MegaCharts. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
- ↑ "SWE Charts > C. J. & Company". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 2015-03-14.
- ↑ "UK Charts > C. J. & Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2016-02-22.