Chairmen Of The Board - Pay To The Piper - [STEREO]

[sauquoit13456]

OH NO!!! DOUBLE 13s!!! "Pay The Piper" peaked at No. 13 and spent a total of 13 weeks in the Top 100 chart in 1970/71, it entered the charts on November 14th, 1970!!!

(But then again; there are thousands and thousands of songs on You Tube that never charted at all)

[gsdlvr123]

"Dan done good..." I loved when General said that!!!!!!

[trookula1]

Soul at its best !!!!!!!! RIP to the General

[TheAZBF]

Many nights with the 8 transistor........CKLW on the rotation.....



[namvet12]

Oh man, I love the way the radio station call letters kick this off. I miss the days when AM radio ruled. Great song.

[panhandleshagclub]

The lead singer on this song is Danny Woods.

[IrisMG]

Tip of the hat to the General

[panhandleshagclub]

The lead vocals on this is Danny Woods



[raiderdanCA]

The General killed us with this BADDDD SONG ... need proof, " ... ASS YO' MAMA !!!! "

Great Backup Orchestra, TOO !

[sandralawson18]

Sandra Dee Lawson.

[BFCP4647]

What a great song! This is my favorite by them. I haven't heard this song in more than ten years. Thank you so much for putting it up on You Tube.

[rickydfcc77]

Awesome song and great post. It seems to me like C.O.T.B. picked up where the Four Tops left off with H-D-H. I can see Levi Stubbs singing their songs. RIP to Levi and the General.

[tiacynnick]

Love the CKLW bit...grew up listening to CKLW...I so miss that station!!! Thanks for sharing this song!!

[jody808]

aahh..that Invictus Records label, i used to love watching it go around and around like this

[someray]

No matter what u do or how u do it. U will one day " Pay to the Piper", ask your mama !

[RShroads]

What a great song! I love the background singers of Chairmen Of The Board they are: Joyce Vincent, Telma Hopkins and Pamela Vincent! Those girls comprised of (Dawn) of Tony Orlando & Dawn. They did all of the Chairmen Of The Board music on the the Invictus Records they also did all of Freda Payne, Flaming Ember and many other groups. They are such beautiful women and wonderful singers. I did see Joyce is on the Former Ladies of The Supremes & Telma is on a show called: Are We There Yet? /

[YajaBeige]

Thank you for posting this. Melancholy memories. Life was simpler and we just didn't know it.

[fatpizzaman]

A sadly overlooked soul classic from the early 1970s. I've always liked this song - General Johnson had a very distinctive song and it's a shame he's gone now. Thanks for putting this song up MusicMike2.

[jferg7159]

Interesting lyric "....ask your mama...". I'm not so sure her mama is going to tell her to put out since the guy 'wined and dined" her. Still a great song.

[nanlisa]

I was only 13 when this song came out. I used to pick up this station here in Philadelphia at night. It was a great station.

[MrStablelad]

The General is now singing to Jesus Chtist

RIP SIR

[fatpizzaman]

@MrStablelad great comment! :D

[MOMMYG48]

Hey this was a great song to roller skate to . Great Memories!! Thanx for the post

[Bolly558]

RIP Forever General you were the finest... Love from a white soul brother Steve over here in the UK....

[Vincent50]

I loved this song back in the day. I am not sure if it was 1971 or 1972 when I bought the 45 but I still have it. I liked the flip side of that song, forgot the name but it was good. I think this guy sang better than General Johnson but I have to say General had a recognizable voice. I loved what INVICTUS RECORDS was putting out during that time. They seemed unstoppable but as always good things come to an end.

[saturnday]

RIP General Norman Johnson, passed away on 10/13/2010

[DNSKansas]

I once saw a clip on the Internet of a dance show which aired on WWL-TV in New Orleans from 1961-72, "The John Pela Show". They showed a bunch of teen-agers dancing to this song in 1972. You should have seen the outfits...the skirts were so short. GROOVY.

[dldupuy]

Kick Ass Music!!!! Love it!

[BobWXXI]

Could just as easily have a WABC jingle in front of it, because "Pay To The Piper" may have had its biggest success in NYC (hit #7 on the WABC survey the first two weeks of 1971, was top-10 for weeks, which may have been its strongest chart performance anywhere)

[Kell1295]

TUNE! <3

[DetroitLives313]

This was our music! If you lived in Detroit, Windsor or Toledo you know what I mean......Thanks MusicMike!

[brandee5678]

@DetroitLives313 Hey now!...or L.A.!! :o)

[cmulwee001]

People who listen to garbage like Miley Cyrus, Britney Spears, or the Jonas Brothers, need to give stuff like THIS a listen, then they'll know what REAL music is all about. This is real voices and real instruments unlike so much of what's out there today

[Kingcurtisss]

Danny Woods Singing Lead on this One....

[tropicalpancake56]

So wonderful, Mike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[peeterpoon]

A great song with pretty risque lyrics. General Johnson knew how to convey frustration in his vocals!

[abolof]

bring 'em back mike! i think i can frug!