T-Connection: Don't Stop The Music

Yet another great song from T-Connection's 1978 album on T.K. subsidiary Dash, produced by Cory Wade. Lead vocals and keyboards by band leader Theophilus Coakley.

T-Connection were originally formed in the Bahamas and recorded eight albums in total between 1977 and 1984 and is still performing together. Their finest moments were all made on T.K. records, even if their Capitol albums are nice too, but they regrettably dropped the heaviest funk elements after "Pure And Natural" in 1982 for a more laid-back soul approach to their music.

T-Connection were:
Theophilus Coakley, bandleader, main songwriter, producer, piano, keyboards, vocals.
His brother Kirk (Kirkwood) Coakley on bass, Monty Brown (guitar), Anthony "Tony" Flowers (percussion, later in the Baha Men), Berkley Van Byrd (drums) and David Mackey (guitar).

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All Music Guide Biography by Andy Kellman
T-Connection was one of those groups during the late '70s and early '80s that blurred the line between funk and disco. Unlike virtually all of their peers, they were from the Bahamas; led by vocalist, guitarist, and keyboardist Theophilus "T" Coakley, T-Connection's membership was fleshed out by Kirkwood Coakley (bass, drums), David Mackey (guitars), and Anthony Flowers (drums, percussion). Shortly after the group's 1975 inception, they decided to relocate to Miami, FL, and ended up signing with Dash, an offshoot of Miami's T.K. Disco. The group's affiliation with that label spawned four albums released between 1977-1979; "Do What You Wanna Do," released in 1977, would become the most popular highlight of their career, reaching number one on Billboard's Disco Singles chart and also registering at number 15 on the R&B chart. Once their time with T.K. was up, they signed with Capitol and headed north to New York. Four more albums steeped in synthesized funk followed for the group until they opted to stop (the title track from 1981's Everything Is Cool peaked at number 15 on the R&B chart). A number of retrospectives have hit record-store shelves since then; Classic Masters, released in 2002 by Capitol, is the best of the bunch

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[ZasterDisatster]

the sad thing is that Capitol and T.K. records screwed them all out of there money.. and the only reason i know things is cuz Theo is my uncle. i listen to his music all the time its so fkn great.

[missfunkyflyy]

@ZasterDisatster The music industry, especially recording, has screwed far too many.- Sorry to hear this was the case with T-Connection as well. Say hi to Theo from me, his biggest fan in Sweden. He is a musical genius, underrated master mind.

[Funkyadicta79]

Esta fue la mejor epoca para ser joven, a mi me tocó en plena adolescencia, pena me daban los que les toco el bacalao de los cojones siendo jovencitos. A mi me tocó el funk de los 70 80, el rap, el hip-hop, el house de los 90, eso sí era musica que te arrastraba a la pista a bailar de verdad, no dando saltitos como hacen ahora.

[missfunkyflyy]

@Funkyadicta79 Spanish to English translation

"This was the best time to be young, I happened to a teenager who gave me grief that I play the cod balls being young. I really touched 70 80 funk, rap, hip-hop, house of 90, yes it was music that drew you to the dance floor for real, not jumping as they do now." Google helped me a bit and yes, I feel the exact same way! :)

[AbsoluteFunkFan]

One of my favorite funk band with Pleasure or Con funk shun :)

[Funkyadicta79]

takk så mykke for sangen, takk for sangen, gracias por la cancion, thanks a lot for this song!

[savere2006]

I found this album in my mother collection.

[MrFonkster]

cool jam...100/100*****