Chairmen of the Board was a Detroit, Michigan based soul music group active in the 1970s. Nickname: Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (Latin for, We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes) Location in Wayne County, Michigan Coordinates: Country United States State Michigan County Wayne County Settled 1701 Incorporation 1806 Government  - Type Strong Mayor-Council  - Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Area  - City  143. ... Official language(s) None (English, de-facto) Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Area  Ranked 11th  - Total 97,990 sq mi (253,793 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 491 miles (790 km)  - % water 41. ... For other uses, see Soul music (disambiguation). ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ...

Recording career

General Norman Johnson (born 23 May 1943, Norfolk, Virginia) had a hit as the lead singer of The Showmen in the early 1960s, with the New Orleans rock and roll anthem "It Will Stand". General Norman Johnson (born 23 May 1943, in the Huntersville region of the seaside city of Norfolk, Virginia) was the leader of Chairmen of the Board and a top R&B songwriter / producer. ... May 23 is the 143rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (144th in leap years). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Motto: Crescas (Latin for, Thou shalt grow. ... Official language(s) English Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Area  Ranked 35th  - Total 42,793 sq mi (110,862 km²)  - Width 200 miles (320 km)  - Length 430 miles (690 km)  - % water 7. ... In popular music, a chart-topper is an extremely popular recording, identified by its inclusion in a ranked list—a chart—of top selling or otherwise judged most popular releases. ... Ercole de Roberti: Concert, c. ... The Showmen were a New Orleans-based pop group formed in 1961. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... Nickname: Location in the State of Louisiana and the United States Coordinates: Country United States State Louisiana Parish Orleans Founded 1718 Government  - Mayor Ray Nagin (D) Area  - City  350. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ...

When Holland/Dozier/Holland left Motown in 1967 to establish their own Invictus/Hot Wax group of record labels, they teamed Johnson up with Eddie Custis, Danny Woods and Canadian born Harrison Kennedy as the new company's flagship act, under the appropriate name "Chairmen of the Board". Custis left the group after their second album. Holland-Dozier-Holland was a songwriting and production team consisting of Lamont Dozier and brothers Brian Holland and Edward Holland, Jr. ... Motown Records, also known as Tamla-Motown outside of the United States, is a record label originally based out of Detroit, Michigan (Motor City), where it achieved widespread international success. ... Invictus Records was a record label created by Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland. ... Hot Wax Records was a record label created by Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks distributed to the public. ...

Though they all had a turn at lead vocals, it was Johnson's quirky hiccup-laden style and his songwriting which became increasingly showcased, with the group selling a million plus copies of their single, "Give Me Just a Little More Time". Chairmen of the Board also scored with "You've Got Me Dangling On A String", "Pay To the Piper", "Everything's Tuesday", "Working On A Building Of Love", "Elmo James", "Finders Keepers", and the original version of "Patches", a memorable Grammy Award winning ballad when later covered with great success by Clarence Carter. A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... One of the last tracks to be recorded for the Lets Get to It album, Kylie Minogues remake of the 1970 hit by Chairman Of The Board Give Me Just A Little More Time debuted at No. ... The 13th Grammy Awards were held on 16 March 1971, and were broadcast live on American television. ... Illustration by Arthur Rackham of the ballad The Twa Corbies A ballad is a story, usually a narrative or poem, in a song. ... In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition (performance or recording) of a previously recorded song. ... Clarence Carter (born 14 January 1936, Montgomery, Alabama) is a singer and musician. ...

Kennedy, Woods and Johnson all went on to cut solo albums of varying quality, whilst Johnson wrote and produced (with Greg Perry) for other Invictus/Hot Wax acts, notably Honey Cone. Harrison having left, Johnson and Woods toured the UK in 1976 with six musicians as "Chairmen of the Board", but were not as successful as before. The act was broken up immediately afterwards, Johnson having signed for Arista Records as a solo artist. In music, solo means to play or sing alone. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Honey Cone was an American R&B and soul singing girl group who was most famous for the #1 hit, Want Ads, and were the premier female group for the legendary Holland-Dozier-Holland writing and producing team in the early-1970s after the team departed from Motown Records. ... Arista Records is an American record label that is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony BMG, and operates under the RCA Records Group // After being fired from CBS Records, Columbia Pictures hired Clive Davis to be a consultant for the company’s record and music operations. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music Musicians can be classified by their role in creating or performing music: A singer (or vocalist) uses his or her voice as an instrument. ...

In 1978, Johnson reformed the Chairmen of the Board. In 1980, the new Chairmen founded Surfside Records, for which the group still records. Sound recorder redirects here. ...

Discography

Albums

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. ...

Charting singles discography

In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles have been released since the 1950s. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the main singles chart used by Billboard magazine. ... The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, formerly known as Top Soul Singles, Top Black Singles, and Top R&B Singles (before the hip-hop term was added in the late 1990s), lists the most popular songs, calculated weekly by airplay and sales, in traditionally African American venues... The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ... One of the last tracks to be recorded for the Lets Get to It album, Kylie Minogues remake of the 1970 hit by Chairman Of The Board Give Me Just A Little More Time debuted at No. ... An instrumental is, in contrast to a song, a musical composition or recording without lyrics or any other sort of vocal music; all of the music is produced by musical instruments. ...

References

• British Hit Singles - 15th Edition - ISBN 0-85112-187-X
• The Illustrated Music of Black Music - Salamandar Books - ISBN 0-86101-145-7