Pockets are an American R&B band. They had three top 40 R&B hits in the late 1970s. They are best known for their single " Come Go With Me".

History

The

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based band was firstly dubbed the Pockets by singer

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as a description of their musical style. As a septet the band went on to record several demos at Sheffield Studios in 1975. Being mostly top 40 covers and four original songs these records didn't make much of an impact. With this being so band member Al McKinney eventually met up with John Mackey of the

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. Mackey happened to be

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's next-door neighbor and thus a cassette of the group was passed along to White who became impressed. White went on to bring in Larry Jacobs from San Francisco to be the group's lead vocalist. As an eight-man band the Pockets got signed in 1977 to

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. The group then started recording their first album which was being produced by White. Entitled '' Come Go With Us'' the Pockets' debut LP was issued in October 1977 by Columbia. Come Go With Us got to no. 17 upon the

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Top R&B Albums charts. The album's lead single " Come Go With Me" also rose to nos. 17 & 32 upon the

Hot R&B Songs and

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charts. The Pockets' sophomore album '' Take It On Up'' was issued in 1978 on Columbia Records. The LP was executively produced by

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with Verdine White and Robert Wright also serving as producers. The album reached No. 22 on the

Top Soul Albums chart. The LP's title track reached No. 24 on the

Hot Soul Songs chart. They would go on to have a third R&B top 40 hit with "So Delicious" which made it to no 34. Other songs that charted were "Catch Me", and "Happy for Love". The latter charted at 69 in the R&B chart and no 79 in the dance chart. The band eventually reformed and along with another classic R&B act

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went about a tour of the

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during 2016 & 2017.

Members

Original lineup

* Kevin Barnes - trombone, vocals, percussion * Gary Grainger - bass, vocals * Gregory Grainger - percussionist, vocals, aux drummer * George Gray - drums, vocals, percussion * Larry Jacobs - vocals, percussion * Albert McKinney - keyboards, vocals * Irving Madison - saxophone, vocals, percussion * Jacob Sheffer - guitar, percussion * Charles "Chuck" Williams - trumpet, flugelhorn, trombone, vocals, percussion

2016/2017 line up

* Craig Alsten * Rick Aspel * Greg Boyer * Chris Fischer * Gary Grainger * Greg Grainger * Freedom Imani * Larry Jacobs * Marshall Keyes * Robert Wawa Legrand * Edgar Montalvo * David Ylvisaker * Bryan Fox (Special guest)Pockets website
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History

Members

Original lineup

2016/2017 line up

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

External links