The Presidents were an American

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from

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The group's members were Tony Boyd, Archie Powell, and Billy Shorter. The group scored a

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in the United States in 1970 with the

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produced track, "

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", taken from the

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of the same name. The album hit #158 on the

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and #15 on the R&B Albums chart, and the song peaked at #11 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 pop singles chart, #5 on the R&B singles chart, and #43 in Canada. Later in the 1970s, the group changed its name to Trilogy, then Anacostia, under which they recorded the similar-sounding single "On and Off" (later recorded by

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) and continued

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under this name into the 1980s.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Presidents, The Musical groups from Washington, D.C.