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Ohio Players is an American funk band, most popular in the 1970s. They are best known for their songs "Fire" and "Love Rollercoaster", and for their erotic album covers that featured nude or nearly nude women. Many of the women were models featured in Playboy. The singles "Funky Worm", "Skin Tight", "Fire", and "Love Rollercoaster", and their albums Skin Tight, Fire, and Honey, were awarded Gold certification. On August 17, 2013, Ohio Players were inducted into the inaugural class of the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame that took place at Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio.

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  • Ohio Players (en)
  • Ohio Players (de)
  • Ohio Players (es)
  • Ohio Players (it)
  • Ohio Players (fr)
  • オハイオ・プレイヤーズ (ja)
  • The Ohio Players (nl)
  • Ohio Players (pl)
  • Ohio Players (pt)
  • Ohio Players (sv)
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  • Die Ohio Players waren eine US-amerikanische R&B-, Soul- und Funkband aus Dayton, Ohio. Ihre erfolgreichsten Hits waren Fire und Love Rollercoaster. (de)
  • Ohio Players fue una banda estadounidense de funk, soul y R&B formada en Dayton, Ohio, en 1959 y muy popular en la década de los setenta. (es)
  • Ohio Players est un groupe américain de funk, actif pendant les années 1970 et originaire de Dayton dans l'Ohio. La formation a d'abord été connue sous le nom des Ohio Untouchables en 1959. (fr)
  • Ohio Players is an American funk band, most popular in the 1970s. They are best known for their songs "Fire" and "Love Rollercoaster", and for their erotic album covers that featured nude or nearly nude women. Many of the women were models featured in Playboy. The singles "Funky Worm", "Skin Tight", "Fire", and "Love Rollercoaster", and their albums Skin Tight, Fire, and Honey, were awarded Gold certification. On August 17, 2013, Ohio Players were inducted into the inaugural class of the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame that took place at Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio. (en)
  • Gli Ohio Players erano un gruppo funk e R&B che raggiunse il suo apice di popolarità dalla metà alla fine degli anni settanta, dopo aver firmato per la Mercury Records. Il gruppo si è formato a Dayton, nel 1959, con il nome "Ohio Untouchables", e inizialmente comprendeva Robert Ward (voce e chitarra), Marshall Jones (basso), Clarence Satchell (sassofono e chitarra), Cornelius Johnson (batteria) e Ralph Middlebrooks (tromba e trombone). Nel 1975 il singolo Fire arriva primo nella Billboard Hot 100 ed ottavo nei Paesi Bassi. Nel 1976 Love Rollercoaster arriva primo nella Billboard Hot 100. (it)
  • オハイオ・プレイヤーズ (Ohio Players) は、アメリカ合衆国のファンクバンド。ザップやスレイヴ、レイクサイドらと並んで、オハイオファンクの代表的なバンドでもある。メンバーには、シュガーフット、ジュニー、ビリー・ベック、ダイアモンドらがいた。ロバート・ワードも元メンバーだった。 (ja)
  • The Ohio Players was een Amerikaanse r&b-, soul- en funkband uit Dayton. Ze zijn vooral bekend om hun nummers Fire en Love Rollercoaster, evenals voor hun erotische albumhoezen met naakte of bijna naakte vrouwen. Veel van de vrouwen waren modellen in Playboy. De singles Funky Worm, Skin Tight, Fire en Love Rollercoaster, evenals hun albums Skin Tight, Fire en Honey werden met goud gecertificeerd. Op 17 augustus 2013 werden Ohio Players ingewijd in de inaugurele klasse van de Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame, die plaatsvond aan de Cleveland State University in Cleveland (Ohio). (nl)
  • Ohio Players – amerykańska grupa funkowo-R&B, której największe sukcesy przypisuje się na drugą połowę lat 70. Zespół powstał w Dayton, w stanie Ohio w 1959 r. jako Ohio Untouchables (Nietykalni z Ohio). Założycielami formacji byli: Robert Ward (wokal/gitara), Marshall „Rock” Jones (bas), Clarence „Satch” Satchell (saksofon/gitara), Cornelius Johnson (bębny), and Ralph „Pee Wee” Middlebrooks (trąbka/puzon). Ich piosenka „Runnin' from the Devil” zainspirowała zespół Van Halen do stworzenia utworu „Runnin' With the Devil”. (pl)
  • The Ohio Players foi uma banda norte-americana de funk, soul e R&B, conhecida durante a década de 1970 por hits como "Fire" e "Love Rollercoaster." Os singles "Funky Worm", "Skin Tight", "Fire" e "Love Rollercoaster"; e os álbuns Skin Tight, Fire e Honey ganharam discos de ouro, na época concedidos aos que vendiam mais de 500 mil cópias. Posteriormente, estes singles — em particular "Funky Worm" — foram amplamente sampleados por artistas de hip hop e G-funk da costa oeste americana. (pt)
  • The Ohio Players var en amerikansk musikgrupp bildad 1959 i Dayton, Ohio, då som Ohio Untouchables. Under mitten av 1970-talet var de en av de största musikgrupperna inom funken. De blev också mycket uppmärksammade för sina sexuellt utmanande skivomslag. Gruppmedlemmar varierade kraftigt under åren, men när gruppen var som mest populär åren kring 1975 var den en fast enhet. (sv)
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