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 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" 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]

References

1. ^ CJ & Co profile on Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-07-25.
2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 120. 
3. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 89. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. 
4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 356. 
5. ^ www.disco-disco.com "Disco-Disco: A history of Studio 54".

See also

• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

Preceded by "Got to Give It Up" by Marvin Gaye

"Devil's Gun"/"We Got Our Own Thing"/"Sure Can't Go to the Moon" Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single May 28 – June 25, 1977

Succeeded by "I Remember Yesterday" (all cuts) by Donna Summer