Black Heat was a 1970s funk band founded by King Raymond Green and discovered by

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. Their albums include ''

Black Heat Black Heat was a 1970s funk band founded by King Raymond Green and discovered by Phillip Guilbeau. Their albums include ''Black Heat (album), Black Heat'' (with guest artist David "Fathead" Newman), ''No Time to Burn, No Time To Burn'' and ''Keep o ...

'' (with guest artist

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), '' No Time To Burn'' and '' Keep On Runnin'''. The group had one hit single, "No Time to Burn", which reached #46 on the U.S. Billboard Black Singles chart.

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A CD re-issue of their first two albums was released by Label M in 2001 under the title, Declassified Grooves. They had recently appeared at a memorial concert for

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their original producer at Atlantic Records. It was the first time they had reunited in over 34 years.

Members

*Johnell Gray - Keyboards, Vocals *Bradley Owens - Guitar, Vocals *Chip Jones - Bass Guitar, Vocals *King Raymond Green - Congas, Timbales, Harmonica and Vocals *Esco Cromer - Drums, Vocals *Ray Thompson - Woodwinds *Rodney Edwards - Trumpet *Ken Carroll - Tenor Sax

Guest musician

*Ralph MacDonald *David Newman

Discography

*''

'' ( Atlantic Records, 1972) *'' No Time to Burn'' (Atlantic, 1974) U.S. R&B #58, U.S. #201 Billboard

*'' Keep on Runnin'' (Atlantic, 1975) U.S. R&B #51

References

External links

*http://www.last.fm/music/Black+Heat *http://www.discogs.com/artist/Black+Heat American funk musical groups {{US-R&B-band-stub