July 20, 2024 – 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Radford University
801 E Main Street
Radford, VA
Join us for an evening with the Chairmen of the Board!
General Norman Johnson had a hit as the lead singer of The Showmen in the early 1960s, with the New Orleans rock ‘n’ roll anthem “It Will Stand”. When Holland/Dozier/Holland left Motown in 1967 to establish their own Invictus/Hot Wax group of 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”. Though they all had a turn at lead vocals, it was General Johnson’s quirky hiccup-laden style and his songwriting which became increasingly showcased, with the group selling a million plus copies of “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 ballad later covered with great success by Clarence Carter. 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. In 1980, the new Chairmen founded Surfside Records. In 2010 General Johnson passed on 2018 Danny Woods passed on. 40 plus year member Ken Knox, reformed the Group with Thomas Hunter & Brandon Stevens, in 2015 hey scored a #5 UK Soul Chart single penned by Hunter & Knox “ Reach Out 2 Me” Produced by the UK Superior Remixer Nigel Lowis.
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