The Universal Robot Band was an American music group comprising Gregory Carmichael,
Patrick Adams,
Leroy Burgess
Leroy O'Neil Jackson Jr. (born August 20, 1953), known by his stage name Leroy Burgess, is an American singer, songwriter, keyboard player, recording artist, arranger and record producer.
Burgess was a member of Black Ivory and lead vocalist o ...
,
Gregory Tolbert and Woody Cunningham.
The band was formed by Patrick Adams and Greg Carmichael in 1976. Their debut single, "Dance and Shake Your Tambourine" which featured Gregory Tolbert on keyboards, peaked at No. 25 on the
Dance/Club Play Singles chart, #48 on the
R&B Singles
The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by '' Billboard''. Rankings are based on a measure of radio airplay, sales data, and streaming activity. The chart had 100 ...
chart and No. 93 on the
Hot 100.
The band consisted of the members of
Kleeer
Kleeer was an American New York City–based funk, disco and post-disco band, which was formed in 1972 under the name The Jam Band, as a backup group to different disco bands and vocalists.
Members
* Woodrow "Woody" Cunningham (lead vocalist an ...
- Woody Cunningham (vocals/drums), Richard Lee (vocals/guitar), Paul Crutchfield (vocals/percussion) and Norman Durham (vocals/bass/keyboards) - when they accepted an offer to effectively become the studio group in 1976 while they transformed themselves from rock band Pipeline. They toured and recorded as the Universal Robot Band for two years before deciding to set out on their own again, as Kleeer.
Discography
Studio albums
* ''Dance and Shake Your Tambourine'' (1977)
* ''Freak in the Light of the Moon'' (1978)
Singles
References
External links
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Leroy Burgess interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' September 2010
American boogie musicians
American dance music groups
American rhythm and blues musical groups
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