- Hamilton Bohannon
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Name = Hamilton Bohannon
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Hamilton Frederick Bohannon
Alias = Bohannon
Born = birth date and age|1942|3|7|mf=yNewnan, Georgia ,USA
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Instrument = vocals, drums, percussion
Genre =R&B ,disco
Occupation = singer, songwriter,record producer
Years_active = 1965-1983
Label = Dakar/Brunswick Records Mercury Records
Associated_acts =Carolyn Crawford
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Notable_instruments =Hamilton Bohannon (born Hamilton Frederick Bohannon,
7 March 1942 , inNewnan, Georgia ) is an Americanpercussionist ,band leader andrecord producer , who was one of the leading figures in 1970sdisco music.Career
After graduating from Clark College, Atlanta, and playing in local bands, he was hired by
Stevie Wonder to be thedrummer in his touring band. He moved toDetroit in 1965, and was employed by Motown as band leader and arranger for many of the label’s top acts. When Motown moved from Detroit in 1972, he stayed behind to form his own band.He signed with Dakar/
Brunswick Records , and in early 1973 released thealbum "Stop And Go". This was followed by five more albums for the label over the next two years, on which he perfected his formula of heavy, thudding bass accents and aggressive rhythms. Although several of his tracks were club hits he had limited chart success – however, in 1975 "Disco Stomp" made the Top Ten in the UK, and "Foot Stompin’ Music" later that year scraped into theBillboard Hot 100 and R&BTop 40 .In 1976 Bohannon signed to
Mercury Records , and two years later had his biggest success with "Let’s Start The Dance". It made the R&B Top Ten and featured thesinger Carolyn Crawford , whose subsequent albums Bohannon went on to produce.Although he continued to release records through the 1980s, using new vocalists Liz Lands and Altrinna Grayson, he met with diminishing success. Nevertheless, more recently his
music has been widely sampled.UK single discography
*"South African Man" - 1975 - #22
*"Disco Stomp" - 1975 - #6
*"Foot Stompin' Music" - 1975 - #23
*"Happy Feeling" - 1975 - #49
*"Let's Start the Dance" - 1978 - #56
*"Let's Start to Dance Again" - 1982 - #49
*"Let's Start to Dance III" - 1983
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