What was the S.O.S. Band's only top ten hit single on the "Billboard" Hot 100?
The S.O.S. Band (sometimes written as S.O.S. Band; abbreviation for Sounds of Success) is an American R&B and electro-funk group who gained fame in the 1980s. They are best known for the songs "Take Your Time (Do It Right)", "Just Be Good to Me", and "The Finest".
The Atlanta, Georgia, band was started in 1977, when keyboardist / vocalist Jason Bryant, saxophonists Billy Ellis and Willie "Sonny" Killebrew, guitarist Bruno Speight, bassist John Alexander Simpson, drummer James Earl Jones III, and lead vocalist Mary Davis formed a group called Sounds of Santa Monica that played at Atlanta nightclub the Regal Room. The band work with songwriter/producer Sigidi Abdullah who came up with a new band name, The S.O.S. Band.
Abdullah produced and co-wrote "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" (which went platinum) with Harold Clayton. In the United States, it reached the number-one spot on the "Billboard" R&B singles chart and number three on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in mid-1980. On the "Billboard" dance chart, it went to number one for four non-consecutive weeks. It was the band's only top ten hit single on the "Billboard" Hot 100.
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