T-Connection was a
funk and
disco group
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from
Nassau
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Canada
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,
the Bahamas
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, who scored two
hits on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 between 1977 and 1979. They did better on the
US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, where they had five
Top 10 hits, including "
Do What You Wanna Do
"Do What You Wanna Do" is the debut 1977 single by Nassau, Bahamas based group, T-Connection
T-Connection was a funk and disco group from Nassau, the Bahamas, who scored two hits on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 between 1977 and 1979. They did ...
", which reached
#1, and "Everything Is Cool", which peaked at #10 on the US ''
Billboard''
R&B chart.
In the
United Kingdom
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, they scored five entries in the
UK Singles Chart
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, with "Do What You Wanna Do" their highest placed success at #11.
Their track "Groove to Get Down" has been heavily
sampled
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due to its inclusion on the 1986 ''
Ultimate Breaks and Beats
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'' series.
Group members included the brothers Theophilus "T" and Kirkwood Coakley, plus guitarists David Mackey and Monty Brown and drummer Anthony Flowers.
Discography
Albums
* ''
Magic
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'' (
TK Records
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, 1977)
* ''
On Fire'' (TK Records, 1978)
* ''T-Connection'' (TK Records, 1978)
* ''Totally Connected'' (TK Records, 1980)
* ''Everything Is Cool'' (Capitol, 1981)
* ''Pure & Natural'' (Capitol, 1982)
* ''The Game of Life'' (Capitol, 1983)
* ''Take It to the Limit'' (Capitol, 1984)
Singles
See also
*
List of Billboard number-one dance club songs
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*
References
External links
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Disco groups
Bahamian musical groups