Right On Time, their second album, featured “Strawberry Letter 23” alongside the R&B Top 20 entry “Runnin’ For Your Love” and “Q,” inspired by their great producer. From it, “I’ll Be Good To You,’ a No.1 R&B single, was later remade by Quincy with Ray Charles and Chaka Khan, and hit the top again.įrom the same album, “Thunder Thumbs and Lightnin’ Licks” was the autobiographical title to describe Louis’ bass and George’s guitar work “Get The Funk Out Ma Face” was a superbly funky hit that spread their name internationally and “Free And Single” echoed the horn-laden exuberance of Earth, Wind & Fire. When Look Out For #1 arrived, with Jones’ production and fellow A-list musicians like Ritenour, Dave Grusin, Harvey Mason, Ralph MacDonald, Billy Cobham, and Ernie Watts, the results were powerful.
“Is It Love That We’re Missin’” hit the R&B Top 20 late in 1975, establishing their distinctive vocal sound and powerful musicianship. “Stomp!” is perhaps the pair’s best-known crossover hit, another R&B No.1 from 1980’s Light Up The Night that not only hit No.7 on the American pop chart but also became their one UK Top 10 single, reaching No.6 and filling dancefloors from that day to this.Īfter those introductory hits, a chronological move through the Brothers Johnson’s A&M catalog arrives at the Quincy track on which they had their first key role.