B.T. Express
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B.T. Express (originally named Brooklyn Trucking Express) was a funk/disco group that had a number of hits in the 1970s. Members of the group included vocalist Barbara Joyce Lomas, brothers Louis and Bill Risbrook, Richard Thompson, Lead guitar-vocals Wesley Pike Hall,Jr.,Carlos Ward and Dennis Rowe. Michael Jones, a keyboardist in the band from 1976-1979, later went solo and recorded under the name Kashif; he had several R&B hits in the 1980s.
B.T Express is most known for their #2 Billboard Hot 100 song from 1974 "Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)" (which also hit #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart), as well as its follow-up, "Express", (Hot 100 #4).
Albums
- Do it til' You're Satisfied (1975) RB#1, US#5
- Non-Stop (1975) RB#1, US#19
- Close to you (1976) RB#31, US#82
- Energy to Burn (1976) RB#11, US#43
- Function at the Junction (1977) RB#39, US#111
- Shout (1978) RB#16, US#67
- B.T. Express (1980) RB#29, US#164
- Keep it up (1981) RB#49
Singles
- "Do It (Til You're Satisfied)" (1974) R&B #1 U.S. #2
- "Express" (1975) R&B #1 U.S. #4
- "Peace Pipe" (1975) R&B #5 U.S. #31
- "Give It What You Got" (1975) R&B #5 U.S. #40
- "Shout It Out" (1977) R&B #12
- "Give Up the Funk (Let's Dance)" (1980) R&B #24
